Tag: Human rights

A system of injustice had propped up the elite of Negros’ monocrop economy for more than a century

“The cries for justice and solidarity ring out from those bent-over under heavy burdens,” said Bishop Gerardo Alminaza of San Carlos

While legally, the Ampatuan massacre may seem resolved at first glance, we should remember that the verdict is still up for appeal

The groups said they stand with Filipinos in light of the “deteriorating situation of civil liberties and human rights in the Philippines”

In at least 12 Asian countries there’s been an escalation of suffering and turmoil, Michele Bachelet says

Sedition, counterterrorism laws used to silence peaceful critics in India, Human Rights Watch says

Ethnic Vietnamese, born and raised in Cambodia, often discriminated against and sometimes victims of violent racist attacks

It was the first time the vigil had been banned in Hong Kong, with police citing coronavirus restrictions as the reason for not granting permission

The human rights experts made the call on the “World Day of Action” on Sept. 14 during the opening of the 45th session of the UNHRC

The Cordillera People’s Alliance seeks broad support to protect ancestral lands in the Cordillera region from “environmental plunder"