Tag: Human rights

Church groups call for an end to human rights abuses as the Philippines marks the 49th anniversary of the declaration of martial law

The martial law years under Marcos were considered to be the darkest years of the country with about 70,000 people imprisoned

On Sept. 21, 2021, activists and human rights workers offered wreaths for those who fought for freedom during the years of martial law

Former police chief Dela Rosa defended the country's criminal justice system, saying there was no need to prove that it was working

Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo said Macababbad’s death meant an "indefinite delay for the poor’s access to justice, peace and freedom”

The priest said the ICC decision is a “welcome news especially for the families of victims of extrajudicial killings"

The Hong Kong Alliance is the latest opposition group to be targeted by a sweeping national security law

Lawyer Juan Macababbad, vice chairperson of the Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao, was shot dead in front of his house

“Companies and governments must be held accountable for the violence and persecution of land and environmental defenders,” said Greenpeace

Failure to address the impacts of the climate crisis “may well be the biggest inter-generational human rights violation in history”