Tag: Human rights
Human Rights Watch hits Philippines over rights probe claim
HRW found no compelling evidence that the Philippine government was seriously investigating the killings
‘A matter of honor’: Women forced to stay in flooded Pakistan...
In many parts of conservative, deeply patriarchal Pakistan, women live under a strict system of so-called honor
Church group urges dropping of charges against missionaries
The Religious Discernment Group said that accusing the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines of financing terrorists is “simply ridiculous”
Rights group demands immediate release of political prisoners
“Clearly, petitioners’ right against unreasonable search and seizures was blatantly trampled upon,” Gaspar-Gito said in the decision
Podcast series launched to fight online sexual exploitation of children in...
“The Fight of My Life: Finding Ruby” features the travails of 16-year-old Ruby from her village to enslavement in a sex trafficking den
UN Sec-Gen calls on China to follow UN Xinjiang report recommendations
The 46-page report found that human rights violations documented in the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ assessment
Nelia Sancho and the saga of Filipino comfort women
Sancho’s death, along with the Lolas, highlights a sense of urgency for them to receive a formal unequivocal public apology
Indigenous peoples groups decry alleged dam-related construction projects
The project site falls within two adjoining Dumagat ancestral domains and will reportedly displace at least 15,000 tribal people
Justice remains elusive seven years after killings of tribal leaders in...
“The blood of our leaders was not enough, the government intensified its military occupation of our communities and shut down our schools”
Photos: Remembering the ‘Desaparecidos’
Families and friends of missing victims of enforced disappearances in the Philippines renew calls to surface 1,900 “desaparecidos”