Tag: Human rights
SPOTLIGHT: Making coffee to sweeten bitter lives of Manila’s drug war...
In a small stall in the middle of a party place in a suburb of the Philippine capital, a group of women keep their pain in silence
ASEAN parliamentarians call for end to ‘red-tagging’ of candidates in Philippine...
“Red-tagging” is the "baseless accusation of certain people as communists, terrorists, or state enemies”
Philippine rights groups renew calls for independent probe into ‘rights crisis’
Rights groups said “[m]ajority, if not all the recommendations” of the UN HRC during the third cycle of the UPR in 2017 “remain unheeded”
Ano ang ginagampanan at kakayahan ng Simbahan sa pulitika?
Kapag ang mga mandarambong ay nakakalaya at nakakakandidato sa eleksyon gamit ang salapi na ninakaw sa bayan, dapat na magsalita ang Simbahan
Rights groups welcome court decision to release ‘red-tagged’ doctor
Rights group Karapatan said the court’s decision noted that the doctor has been denied due process when she was arrested and imprisoned
Rights group starts ‘Magnitsky sanctions’ campaign vs Ph’s alleged rights violators
“Magnitsky sanctions” include travel bans and targeted financial sanctions against "perpetrators of egregious acts of international concern”
Impunity allows human rights abuses to thrive in Philippines, says Amnesty...
“Lack of accountability continued to facilitate unlawful killings and other human rights violations under the ... ‘war on drugs’ campaign”
Palace says Amnesty International report on drug war ‘false, rehashed’
Palace spokesman Martin Andanar lamented that Amnesty International allegedly failed to verify its latest report
Political leaders, Big Pharma betray promises of fair recovery from pandemic...
States, “alongside corporate titans,” have driven deeper global inequality “in what amounts to one of the greatest betrayals of our times”
Robredo says reimposing the death penalty will not necessarily lower crime
Robredo, a former human rights lawyer, said data from around the world show that reimposing the death penalty will not lower crime rates