Tag: Human rights
Holy Week Introspection: Da Vinci and The Last Supper
This Holy Week, let’s recall the days when Christianity was an outlawed faith, its Messiah falsely accused and killed by a tyrannical empire
Church groups in Canada call for end to military support for...
They called for an end to Canada’s “financial assistance for anti-terrorism and training" provided directly to the Philippine government
Pope Francis supports human rights defenders
Pope Francis is aware of the struggle and needs of dedicated human rights activists fighting for justice and peace and human dignity
Philippine Protestant council expresses support for bill against red-tagging
The National Council of Churches in the Philippines said red-tagging has already victimized various organizations and individuals
But for the lovers: When tyranny targets poets
All throughout history, tyrants have knocked down the doors of poets. It’s time for poets around the world to knock back.
Philippines Supreme Court condemns rise of violence against lawyers
In rare public comments outside legal rulings, the Court said threats to lawyers had "very serious repercussions" on the rule of law
SPOTLIGHT: Philippine environment defenders in the crosshairs of red-taggers
Red-tagging of individuals and groups have led to illegal arrests, harassment, and extra-judicial killings
Church people stand by slain tribal leader in northern Philippines
Church groups say the killings of tribal people was “an attempt to silence" them in their fight against the mega-dam project
Sri Lanka gov’t order makes it ‘easier to target religious, racial...
Regulation expands island nation’s ‘draconian and abusive’ Prevention of Terrorism Act, rights group says
Keeping faith, abandoning truth
The angry, growling dark depths where Duterte rules also display the fault lines of the Philippines 500 years of Christianity