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Ecumenical youth group decries arrest warrants against 2 environmental defenders
The warrants, dated February 2, 2024, are in connection with charges of oral defamation filed by the Department of Justice in December 2023
Groups praise SC’s protective writs to 2 environmental activists
The Supreme Court said that the activists had established that there were violations or threats to their “life, liberty, and security.”
Rohingya refugees face worsening conditions in Cox’s Bazar amidst global silence”
Rohingyas, an ethnic minority group predominantly Muslim, faced a genocide in 2017 that forced over 740,000 to flee to Bangladesh
Philippine media groups hail Khan’s visit to detained journalist
Cumpio was editor of the Eastern Vista news website when she was arrested in 2020 and charged with illegal possession of firearms
Karapatan sounds alarm on deepening rights crisis as anti-terror laws target...
Karapatan revealed that there are at least 27 political prisoners facing charges under the Anti-Terrorism Act
Protestant Church raises human rights concerns in dialogue with UN envoy
The Protestant Council also denounced the “series of fabricated charges,” under the Anti-Terrorism Law, against church workers
Philippine groups urge UN envoy to probe attacks on journalists, environmental...
The reports highlight community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio's continued detention, red-tagging, and blocking of alternative media outfits
Philippines falls short of adhering to human rights mechanisms, says IP...
Katribu also warned against “a disturbing trend” of consecutive abductions and enforced disappearances that has emerged
Government says no executive clemency for oldest political prisoner
Kapatid spokesperson Fides Lim questioned the BPP’s denial of Dela Peña’s executive clemency despite serving 11 years in prison
Asia witnesses highest rate of Christian persecution in 2023
The number of countries categorized with an "extreme level" of persecution rose from 11 to 13 compared to the previous year's report
Caritas Philippines calls for end of violence against Church in Nicaragua
The dictatorship of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has ended the year 2023 with two bishops, 15 priests, and two seminarians in custody
Four Asians among missionaries ‘murdered’ in 2023
“All the baptized, whatever their position in the Church or their level of instruction in the faith, are agents of evangelization"