Tag: Human rights
Philippine torture victim relives horror as dictator’s son rises
Tortured and gang-raped by the troops under martial law in the 1970s, the former history professor said she fears history will repeat itself
Martial law memories
Things cannot remain this way. They cannot come back to power. We cannot survive to experience impunity and plunder twice or thrice over.
Catholics outraged over storming of church during archbishop’s Mass in Vietnam
“It was pretty confronting and really troubling to see the liturgy being stopped by several officials,” said the archbishop of Hanoi
Catholic bishop of Xinxiang, China, still in prison 9 months after...
The prelate was arrested on May 21, 2021, a day after seven priests and ten seminarians were also taken by the police
Philippine Catholic, Protestant bishops join calls for release of detained doctor
The bishops said the arrest is an attack against human rights defenders and is a travesty of justice
Presidential palace accuses activists of using rights issues to influence May...
Palace spokesman Karlo Nograles said “detractors” of the government are trying to “color the perceptions of Filipino voters"
Human rights defenders back Leni Robredo candidacy
Signatories expressed “grave concern” over the situation in the country amid the “widespread violation” of human rights
The shadowy messengers delivering threats to Hong Kong civil society
A national security law imposed by Beijing in 2020 to snuff out dissent has knee-capped the civil society sector of Hong Kong
‘Democracy cannot die a second death’
Youth activists mark the 36th anniversary of the 1986 ‘People Power’ uprising on Sunday, February 20, 2022
Martial Law to the ‘People Power Revolution’
This is an invitation to my friends to tell their stories of the Martial Law and the events of EDSA. Where were you then?
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