Tag: Human rights
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
Philippine bishop questions mandatory vaccination for migrant workers in Hong Kong
Hong Kong announced that it is reviewing a decision to make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for foreign domestic workers
Regional legislators sound alarm over Cambodia’s ‘excessive’ pandemic response
The regional legislators noted that the rise of COVID-19 cases in Cambodia has introduced “a slew of harsh laws and other measures”
Seafarers Rights: Damages due to unauthorized substitution of employment contract
Recruitment agencies are liable for damages due to unauthorized substitution of government-approved employment contracts
Families of ‘desaparecidos’ remember missing activist
The abduction of Jonas Burgos in 2007 has become one of the most prominent cases of enforced disappearances in the country
‘Philippines faces health, human rights crisis a year into pandemic’
Amnesty International said the government’s failure to ensure an adequate response to the pandemic is 'a serious human rights issue'
Catholic bishop backs call for probe into funds of Philippine anti-insurgency...
Bishop Bacani stressed the danger of “red-tagging,” saying that many of those who have been accused of being communist were killed
Philippines slips in global press freedom Index; gov’t maintains media remain...
The Philippines is urged “to provide legal protection” to media workers and “to expedite the investigation of media-related killings"
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