Tag: Human rights
Child rights groups appeal for clean, peaceful elections
Child rights groups stressed the need for candidates to clearly discuss their proposed policies and programs for children
Open Letter to Vice President Leni Robredo from a mother of...
"I believe that each Filipino parent has that God-given opportunity to act concretely to secure a better future for their children"
Protestant Church group decries court decision to uphold terror law
The NCCP said it is "deeply concerned that the terror law will be instrumental to the continued attacks against human rights and dignity"
Junta troops torch 500 homes in 3 days in Myanmar’s Sagaing...
The attacks occurred between April 25 and April 27 in the Sagaing townships of Mingin, Khin Oo, and Shwebo
Rights groups warn against ‘weaponizing’ of Philippines’ anti-terror law
“The death-dealers will have a heyday weaponizing this law to red tag, harass and even imprison and kill human rights defenders” - TFD
Presidential race: Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.
In the most recent survey, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. remains at the top although there is a decline in his numbers
Philippine human rights champion, Marie Hilao Enriquez, passes away
Until the time of her death, Enriquez worked for the release of political prisoners and the dismissal of trumped up charges against detainees
Macliing Dulag and Earth Day
"How can you own that which will outlive you? Only the race owns the land because the race lives forever” - Macliing Dulag
Philippine Supreme Court denies ‘with finality’ appeals against anti-terrorism law
Human rights groups said they hope that "in good time" the law "will be struck down or amended, if not repealed altogether”
Deaths of Asian migrant workers in Gulf states mostly ‘unexplained, unnecessary,’...
Government data on migrant worker deaths are fragmented, incomplete and inconsistent, says a report released by non-government groups