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Catholic bishops must reevaluate decision to join human rights violators

Becoming part of this machinery, the Commission can be made accountable for the NTF-ELCAC's acts of violence and human rights violations. 

CBCP head explains issue on gov’t’s anti-communist task force

David said the CBCP Permanent Council will tackle if the Commission could engage NTF-ELCAC “without having to join its ExeCom as a member”

In the Philippines, justice remains elusive for victims of enforced disappearances

Despite the enactment of the Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2012, “enforced disappearances have not stopped”

Bishop laments ‘systematic’ police abuses

The bishop is a vocal critic of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s ruthless war on drugs and a known defender of its victims

Pope Francis: ‘We cannot be indifferent’ to people caught in drug...

“Behind every addiction, there are concrete experiences, stories of loneliness, inequality, exclusion, lack of integration”

New travel guidelines violate rights, OFWs say

IACAT explained that it has revised the departure protocols to “combat the grave menace of human trafficking".

Groups defend artist from QCPD’s ‘harassment suit’

CAP said the lawsuit is an attack on freedom of expression and the right of the people to redress and expression of grievance

Global groups urge Philippines to ‘ensure enabling environment’ for rights workers

The groups also condemned the alleged “renewed judicial harassment” against 10 human rights workers, including church workers

Ecumenical youth group hits ‘massive’ budget cuts on education 

The group said there is an estimated ₱6.16 billion or 5.75% reduction in the budget of SUCs.

Lorica, Delos Santos, Baltazar: They learned the truth at 17

The three young men learned the truth at 17. How many more young lives will be wasted by the great mistake called “mistaken identity?”

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