Tag: Human rights

Desaparecidos are “neither dead nor alive” in a physical sense, leaving families with no body to bury or a specific cemetery, grave or known resting place to visit

Environmental advocates urge stronger marine safeguards as warming seas and El Niño add pressure on reefs across Southeast Asia

Catholic leaders say worsening fires threaten public health, livelihoods and Indigenous communities while exposing deeper ecological justice concerns

Advocates say competing land claims, plantation operations and development projects are putting ancestral domains and communities under growing pressure

“More women and girls are trapped in wars than at any point in decades. Yet military spending keeps rising, and development assistance keeps falling”

About 700 people from diverse communities gathered for an annual Catholic celebration highlighting solidarity, shared faith and cultural unity

Environmental and human rights groups urge stronger safeguards as communities warn of mounting ecological, livelihood and health impacts

Villegas said Filipino fishermen in small boats, known as bancas, face harassment from Chinese vessels that make it difficult or sometimes impossible to work

Bishop Gerardo Alminaza says ecological protection must uphold Indigenous Peoples’ rights and give affected communities a voice in development

A dramatic performance at Song Khon retraces the faith, sacrifice and enduring witness of Thailand’s first native martyrs