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FACT CHECK: No, this photo does not show De Lima petitioning the SC to allow visits from her ex-lover

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Agence France-Presse

An image shared hundreds of times on Facebook purports to show jailed Philippine senator Leila de Lima holding a petition asking the Supreme Court to allow her ex-lover to visit her. The picture is a doctored version of an original AFP photo showing De Lima filing a petition against President Rodrigo Duterte in 2016.De Lima is in jail awaiting trial on charges she ran a drug ring in the country’s largest prison when she was justice secretary. Here is an <a href="https://sg.news.yahoo.com/top-philippine-drug-war-critic-arrested-senate-afp-002334423.html">AFP report</a> from after her arrest in February 2017.The photo, posted multiple times on Facebook for example <a href="https://archive.fo/S2ZCG">here</a> and <a href="https://archive.fo/vN7Iq">here</a> on March 29, 2019, where it has been shared more than 700 times, shows De Lima holding a document.The papers in her hands have the words “Republic of the Philippines, Supreme Court Manila” in the upper-right corner and give her name as the petitioner.The document also purports to say: “To allow Mr. Ronnie Dayan to visit me even once a week.” Dayan is De Lima’s former lover and driver and she has spoken about their relationship to Philippine media.Below is a screenshot of one of the misleading posts:<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/life/04/06/20190406-fact-check-1.jpg"/><figcaption>Screenshot of Facebook post</figcaption></figure></div>The post’s caption, translated to English, says in capital letters: “Just like a plant, De Lima also gets dried up and also needs to be watered. Uggghhh!&quot;De Lima is a high-profile critic of Duterte and her arrest has drawn accusations from rights groups that the case is politically motivated, such as Amnesty International <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/02/philippines-outspoken-senator-marks-two-years-arbitrary-detention/">here</a>.A Google reverse image search traced the image of De Lima to a photo published by AFP on November 7, 2016.Below is a screenshot of the photo on the AFP image site <a href="http://c6.mediaforum.afp.com/CacheServer/Cache.svc/g?hid=C20FC3E36D2F3065A7E3B2B6DF5FDE7166221B3F0549D72E2E2CA8F86EE0F4CC">here</a>:<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/life/04/06/20190406-fact-check-2.jpg"/><figcaption>Screenshot of photo on AFP&#x27;s image website</figcaption></figure></div>The photo was taken as De Lima asked the Supreme Court to stop Duterte from securing private information about her in order to attack her. <a href="http://www.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2016/1107_delima1.asp">Here</a> is a Senate press release on her petition.Both the altered and the original photos contain these key details: De Lima wearing a black scarf, a pearl ring on her left hand and a video camera at the background.The image below compares a screenshot of the misleading Facebook post (L) and the AFP photo (R):<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/life/04/06/20190406-fact-check-3.jpg"/><figcaption>Screenshot of images</figcaption></figure></div>

The picture is a doctored version of an original AFP photo showing Sen. Leila De Lima filing a petition against President Rodrigo Duterte in 2016.

The picture is a doctored version of an original AFP photo showing Sen. Leila De Lima filing a petition against President Rodrigo Duterte in 2016.