Tag: Human rights
The ICC’s record of failure
Who in the Philippines in their right mind is going to help bring the president to the ICC and enforce an international arrest warrant?
Christian activists, human rights groups hit Philippines’ ‘no vax, no ride’...
The Commission on Human Rights said the travel restrictions "effectively restricts the exercise and enjoyment of fundamental rights”
Fisherfolk hold protest action against lifting of open-pit mining ban
The protesters said the government’s decision to allow open-pit mining operations will severely affect rivers, seas, and marine biodiversity
HRW: Candidates in May’s presidential election should address rights issues
Human Rights Watch said the candidates “should speak out about all aspects of the human rights situation ... including the ‘war on drugs’”
Radio commentator in southern Philippines shot dead
The victim was waiting for his car in front of a repair shop when two men on a motorbike arrived and shot him at close range
Verdicts against Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi ‘a travesty of justice’
A military court sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in prison for the illegal possession of walkie-talkies and breaking COVID-19 rules
Oxfam, ‘Girl Defenders’ alliance laud passage of anti-child marriage law
The Philippines ranks 12th worldwide among countries with the highest numbers of child marriages
Social poets in Bethlehem
It's the simple people who first recognized the Messiah, while Herod’s army were maliciously scheming and the whole of Bethlehem was sleeping
Taiwan retains capital punishment, undermines claim to be bastion of rights
Despite its frequent use against dissidents during decades of martial law, most polls show Taiwanese still support the death penalty
Year in Review: The state of religious freedom around the world
ACN called attention to the rise in religious persecution worldwide and deplored the growing intolerance for Christian beliefs in the West