Home Tags Human rights

Tag: Human rights

Pro-poor missionaries draw unwanted attention from Philippine govt

If govt is really serious in inclusive development, then it should look to the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines and similar groups as partners

Beleaguered Philippine bishop keeps the faith

For the Bishop Pablo Virgilio S. David, threats are all in a day's work, pushing him to soldier on in hope that the darkness shall soon pass

Philippine church alarmed over arrest of paralegal

The Philippine Independent Church said the arrest is a 'grave form of harassment' repressing a citizen's fundamental rights

Rights groups demand EU put Vietnam trade pacts on ice until...

NGOs say Vietnam has not lived up to its end of the bargain

‘Blood Money’: Pope speaks out against human trafficking

Pope implores the world to face the corruption that fuels human trafficking

Chinese public mourns, rages over death of doctor who raised early...

Reports of Li's death had surfaced before midnight local time in China on state media but were deleted later

Philippine faith-based groups turn to UN on ‘human rights crisis’

The Philippine govt has slammed a resolution in the UNHCR as undue interference in the country's internal affairs

Who is indigenous? Millions may be denied land in India’s Assam...

Indigenous people in India are entitled to special rights and protections, including over land and resources

Cambodian garment workers face rocky road to work

They are forced to travel to work standing in the back of old trucks or vans

Indigenous people left landless as traditional farming wanes in northeast India

Critics say repurposing land for plantations, mines, and other infrastructure projects causing spike in poverty and landlessness

Support LiCAS.news

We work tirelessly each day to tell the stories of those living on the fringe of society in Asia and how the Church in all its forms - be it lay, religious or priests - carries out its mission to support those in need, the neglected and the voiceless.
We need your help to continue our work each day. Make a difference and donate today.

Latest