Tag: Human rights

“In many countries in the Asia-Pacific region, states used emergency regulations ... to block or disrupt protests and detain protesters"

The SOGIESC Equality bill mandates the State to address all forms of discrimination and violence on the basis of SOGIESC

The victim's father said the court decision was a small victory, considering that there are thousands more who were killed

Rights groups had protested against the amendments, denouncing a crackdown on civil liberties and a shift towards fundamentalism

“Such charges are meant to harass and intimidate human rights defenders and journalists to report on the facts and ferret out the truth"

"Red-tagging and vilification campaigns are wielded against women who exercise their right to dissent and speak out against injustice”

The group welcomed the announcement by Justice Secretary Jesus Remulla that the UN Special Rapporteur will visit the Philippines next year

"A cursory review of the SOGIE Equality bills in both houses of Congress would reveal how comprehensive and protective the proposals are”

During his six-year term, which ended in June, Duterte openly ordered police to shoot dead drug suspects if officers' lives were in danger

“The government cannot use the Catholic religion to oppose the passage of laws protecting and affirming the rights of LGBTQIA+ people"