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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...