Tag: Human rights

The call came after authorities arrested 11 people who staged a demonstration against the newly signed law in Laguna province on July 4

On July 3, President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law the Anti-Terrorism Act, which critics fear could be used to target government critics

Retired Justice Antonio Carpio: "The Anti-Terrorism Act is likely to lead to a 'permanent situation ... that is worse than martial law'"

Reina Mae Nasino, a youth activist who was arrested in November 2019, gave birth on July 1 in a Manila hospital

The bishops call for prayers for Hong Kong and for China as the country implements a new national security law for Hong Kong

Human rights activists said they “can’t help but be reasonably cynical” about the statements made by the Philippines before the UN Human Rights Council

Families left by the wayside during the pandemic know it is the government that is the biggest threat to their safety and security

China, Russia, ASEAN and Latin American states, however, warn against using country specific resolutions to pressure governments

The recourse to a mailed-fist policy in dealing with a health crisis is divisive and runs counter to guarantees of fundamental freedoms

Some of the law's provisions include it superseding existing Hong Kong legislation