Tag: Human rights

The groups appealed for the freedom of Teresita Naul, a council member of rights group Karapatan, who was arrested by authorities in Lanao del Norte province in March

Disobedient, stubborn, recalcitrant — the government calls people falling between the cracks of a US$4-billion health emergency program

The new law is a double-edged sword designed to solve two internal security problems that supposedly stand in the way of development

Government spokesman Harry Roque clarified on Wednesday that there will be no “house-to-house” search for COVID-19 positive patients

The country seems to be transforming into a police state where authorities conveniently ignore human rights

UCCP Pastor Dan San Andres said the charges leveled against him are “baseless” and are part of a “crackdown" against human rights defenders

To use the new law to suppress legitimate demands, arrest and detain those seeking justice, is nothing less than out-and-out State terrorism

Pastor Dan San Andres, 61, chairman of human rights group Karapatan in the region, was arrested in Sipocot town, Camarines Sur

Karaniwan na sa mga pari ang tumulong sa mga dukha at sa mga taong pinagkakaitan ng karapatan at biktima ng mga pang-aabuso

Pinaalalahanan ang mga otoridad na maging makatarungan sa pagpapatupad ng batas upang maiwasan ang pang-aabuso sa mga mamamayan