Tag: Human rights
Caritas Philippines to provide assistance to families of victims of killings
Caritas Philippines will provide “the much needed legal and psycho-spiritual assistance to the bereaved families”
Church leaders welcome international court report on Philippine rights situation
The ICC Office of the Prosecutor noted that there is “a reasonable basis to believe" that "crimes against humanity" were committed
The life and death of a servant of God
“It is a grave omission to remain silent and passive and allow perpetrators (of killings and rights abuses) to get away”
Christians in North Korean prisons suffer worst treatment
When a Christian is discovered in North Korea they’re arrested and sent to a labor camp
Catholic bishop condemns ‘unstoppable murders’ in central Philippines
Red-tagged doctor, husband, shot dead in Negros Oriental province
Witch hunt spikes as specter of accountability haunts Duterte
Nothing has dented the spirit of the country’s human rights defenders
Philippine police told to answer ‘doubts of anomalous arrests’
Authorities should explain the arrest of the seven activists who were accused of possession of firearms and explosives -- CHR
Philippine media groups condemn arrest of journalist on Human Rights Day
Altermidya, a network of independent publications, said the arrest is proof of the dangers of the "vile practice of red-tagging”
‘Salem Witch Hunts’: Clearly a Sham
It is apparent in the persecution of journalists that Duterte wants to be the hub of information, the one and only source of facts
Pakistani film explores social media’s role in anger over blasphemy
Taking a critical view, or even just questioning the country’s blasphemy law, carries huge risk
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