Tag: Human rights
Myanmar elections will be fundamentally flawed, rights group says
Electoral process is undermined by systemic problems and rights abuses, Human Rights Watch says
Philippine Catholic bishops call on gov’t to stop policies affecting tribal...
The Commission on Indigenous Peoples of the bishops’ conference said authorities must “heed the call” of tribal communities
Displaced tribal children resume classes away from home
The displaced tribal students come from the 178 schools for indigenous children that were closed by the government in the southern Philippines
Philippine religious orders end ‘Season of Creation’ with calls for justice
AMRSP reiterated what it described as “the need” for the Church’s “prophetic voice” in the midst of “worsening injustice and inequality”
Philippine Protestant Church slams filing of charges against its leaders
The UCCP said the “persecution of the Church” aims to stop it from its "prophetic witness in the midst of intensifying authoritarian regime"
Case filed against Catholic missionaries for allegedly funding terrorist activities
Faith-based organizations decried what they described as state-sanctioned attacks on the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines
COVID-19 controls turn Asia into global surveillance hotspot, analysts say
It’s a disproportionate response to a threat that arguably is no longer as big as it was, researcher says
Amnesty International India halts operations after govt freezes bank accounts
Rights group says they’ve had to pause all of its ongoing campaigns and research work
Duterte wants Facebook out of the picture, but can he swing...
Shutting Facebook down will introduce President Duterte to a world of hurt from which there can be no recovery
Pope Francis calls for special attention to children’s rights
The pope also denounced those promoting abortion as an ‘essential service’ in responding to COVID-19
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