Tag: Human rights
Philippines remains ‘deadliest nation’ in Asia for environmental defenders
The report says human rights abuses are expected to worsen as COVID-19 economic pressures mount on nature and climate
North Korean women faced torture, rape, malnourishment in detention, says UN...
Women tell investigators how they were abused and treated in North Korean detention centers and prison camps
Indigenous families forcefully evicted from settlement in Nepal
Amnesty International said that this incident is the second such attack that Nepal’s indigenous peoples have faced in two months.
Threats, trolls will not stop Church’s prophetic role, say Catholic bishops,...
Religious groups have announced their intention to join demonstrations on July 27 to protest alleged human rights abuses, new anti-terror law
Philippine court rips baby from political detainee mother
A Manila Court denied on July 22 activist Reina Mae Nasino's appeal to stay in hospital with River, born on July 1
Philippine democracy in peril, says Bacolod bishop
Bishop Patricio Buzon of Bacolod said attacks on critics are indicative of the government's intolerance for views that question policies
Caritas Philippines’ new executive secretary to go strong on rights advocacy,...
Father Antonio Labiao said the National Secretariat for Social Action will give more focus on issues on human rights and good governance
From the House of Sin to the House of David: How...
Today, in the era of alt-truth, fake news and revisionist ideas, the bishops' pastoral letters are one of few avenues whereby facts and truth can be gleamed
UN needs to demand Myanmar improve on human rights, group says
Less flowery talk, more action needed from govt on improving human rights situation, Human Rights Watch says
Human rights defenders under siege
A CHR report points an accusing finger at the president for the dire situation of human rights defenders in the country
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