Tag: Human rights

The priests said they made “prayerful discernment, diligent study, critical analysis” of the nature and implications of the proposed law

The group Bahaghari condemned the police action, saying it is “not acceptable and is clearly a violation of our rights to gather and to protest.”

Despite the ratification of a UN treaty banning torture, human rights experts say the practice continues around the world today

The survey showed that at least 65 percent of young Muslims agree that discrimination is widespread in all forms of media

A UN report this month revealed alleged 'widespread and systematic' human rights abuses in the context of the Philippines' war on drugs

“Personally I don’t believe that. I marched with Sister Mananzan in the streets before," said the senator in an online forum.

Pastor Marcelino Mariano is a member of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines - North Luzon Amburayan Conference

Vietnam’s ruling communists control all media and tolerate no dissent

Sister Mananzan, a known political and women’s rights activist, said she is undaunted by the accusation, which she described as “libelous”

Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy accused Sister Mary John Mananzan of being an ally of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines