Tag: Human rights
Budapest names street at planned Chinese university after jailed Chinese Catholic...
The renamed streets will converge at an area where China's Fudan University is planning to open a campus
Rights group calls for probe into killings of former priest, peace...
Former priest Rustico Tan was killed in Cebu while peace consultant Reynaldo Bocala and his aide were killed in Iloilo province
Rights groups note ‘possible improvement’ in Philippines’ probe into ‘war on...
Rights groups, however, warn of 'another tokenistic and cynical mirage, a puny, even if sincere, desire at real institutional reforms'
Bishop links lifting of Philippines’ ban on new mines to 2022...
Bishop Pabillo warned that mining operations will result in more human rights violations against poor communities and environmentalists
Philippine activists blame gov’t negligence for death of detained peasant leader
Joseph Canlas, detained leader of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas died on May 11 while confined in a hospital in Pampanga province
Hong Kong authorities ban books of six authors critical of government
Authorities has ordered library staff to remove copies of nine books by six authors because the titles had to undergo government review
Farmers in Bataan province appeal for stop to demolition of homes...
Several houses were demolished by a property developer after it got the approval of a local court despite the pandemic
Rights group slams Duterte’s arrest order for improper wearing of masks
Karapatan says the policy is "brazenly unscientific and ineffective" and a form of "disproportionate use of force during a health crisis"
Hands off my hijab! Young Muslim women protest proposed French ban
The amendment to an “anti-separatism” bill has drawn outrage and prompted an online protest under the hashtag #HandsOffMyHijab
Philippine church groups decry arrest of Protestant pastor in Albay province
Police arrested Pastor Daniel Balucio of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines for alleged possession of firearms and explosives