Tag: Human rights
On Day of the Disappeared, kin of ‘desaparecidos’ call to surface...
The Philippines has more than 600 outstanding cases of enforced disappearances, according to a UN body on involuntary disappearances
Catholic, Protestant bishops denounce charges against Philippine missionaries
The bishops slammed what they described as “concocted allegations” against the missionaries
Cinemalaya’s award winning martial law-themed films
Chris Millado referred to filmmakers as culture-bearers “cutting through noise” of social media and revised histories
Aid for Sri Lanka should have ‘clear-cut conditions’ to safeguard human...
The cardinal reiterated his call for the international community to pressure the Sri Lankan government to ensure that “errors are corrected”
Child rights group appeal to legislators not to require children to...
A survey show that 69 percent of Filipinos agree to the proposed implementation of the ROTC Program in senior high school
Hong Kong sets up task force on Southeast Asian job scams
In recent months, victims have reported being lured to countries such as Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand and Laos
RMP decries allegation of ‘terrorist financing’ as part of worsening state...
“RMP’s mission work has been seriously hampered because of the relentless state attacks, depriving much-needed services to the poor,” it said
Victims of rights abuses oppose naming of university after former dictator
“We cannot expect the youth to develop nationalism if we keep on naming public institutions after founders of political dynasties"
Body of Kian Delos Santos exhumed five years after death in...
“After five years, let us see if we can still discover more truth,” said Randy Delos Santos, the victim’s uncle
16 people, including Catholic nuns, charged for allegedly supporting communist rebels
The RMP repeatedly denied allegations linking the organization to the communist movement