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Human Rights Watch raises alarm over enforced disappearances

Conde lambasted the infectivity of the law against enforced disappearances – the first in Asia – that Congress enacted in 2012.

While in the hands of abductors

"Hope and love are what kept us firm and made us survive while we were in the hands of our abductors..."

Marcos Jr. urged to investigate ‘abduction’ of environmental defenders, political activists

Human rights groups challenged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to conduct an investigation into the alleged abduction and enforced disappearances of activists. The groups made the...

Philippines remains ‘worst place’ in Asia for environmental defenders

Eleven of the 16 environmental defenders killed in Asia in 2022 were in the Philippines while three took place in Indonesia and two in India

In the Philippines, justice remains elusive for victims of enforced disappearances

Despite the enactment of the Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2012, “enforced disappearances have not stopped”

Global groups urge Philippines to ‘ensure enabling environment’ for rights workers

The groups also condemned the alleged “renewed judicial harassment” against 10 human rights workers, including church workers

SPOTLIGHT: Babies sold on Facebook as Philippine gov’t struggles to improve...

Facebook pages selling Filipino babies continue to proliferate despite efforts to stop the illegal trade online

Philippines group hits ‘renewed judicial attacks’ against rights activists

The situation has drawn attention to the importance of safeguarding the rights and protection of those who work to defend human rights

Second Philippine judge quits trial of jailed Duterte critic

Multiple witnesses, including prison gang bosses, died or recanted their testimonies, resulting in the dismissal of two charges against her

Catholic Church in India set to hold ‘Day of Prayer for...

The Catholic Church, through its social action arm – Caritas India – has been responding to the Manipur crises soon after the conflict began

PH counter-insurgency program is ‘immoral’, says church group

PCPR said the killing of the Fausto children and their parents “is so repugnant and repulsive that our indignation cannot be assuaged”

Bishop seeks justice for slain family of four in central Philippines

A Catholic bishop on Sunday lamented the slaughter of four members of a peasant family in the central Philippine province of Negros Occidental. “I implore...

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