Tag: Human rights
Regional legislators sound alarm over Cambodia’s ‘excessive’ pandemic response
The regional legislators noted that the rise of COVID-19 cases in Cambodia has introduced “a slew of harsh laws and other measures”
Seafarers Rights: Damages due to unauthorized substitution of employment contract
Recruitment agencies are liable for damages due to unauthorized substitution of government-approved employment contracts
Families of ‘desaparecidos’ remember missing activist
The abduction of Jonas Burgos in 2007 has become one of the most prominent cases of enforced disappearances in the country
‘Philippines faces health, human rights crisis a year into pandemic’
Amnesty International said the government’s failure to ensure an adequate response to the pandemic is 'a serious human rights issue'
Catholic bishop backs call for probe into funds of Philippine anti-insurgency...
Bishop Bacani stressed the danger of “red-tagging,” saying that many of those who have been accused of being communist were killed
Philippines slips in global press freedom Index; gov’t maintains media remain...
The Philippines is urged “to provide legal protection” to media workers and “to expedite the investigation of media-related killings"
State of press freedom in Asia worsens during coronavirus pandemic, says...
The RSF annual report says the region’s “authoritarian regimes” have capitalized on the global health crisis to control information
Attacks on Philippine Church leaders threaten country’s religious freedom, says ACN...
The ACN report said the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte has presented several challenges directly related to religious freedom
Fighting murder and mayhem with compassion and courage
Filipinos chose the way of compassion by putting up hundreds of community pantries all over the country
Filipino missionary nun who championed social justice dies at 67
Sister Mary Francis Añover, RSM, was national coordinator of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016