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Peasant activist killed in Philippine capital

Randall Echanis, peace consultant of the National Democratic Front was killed inside his rented house in Novaliches, Quezon City

Rights group slams rough handling of peaceful protestors in Cambodia

Cambodian authorities faulted for harassing and forcibly dispersing family members protesting the detention of opposition political activists

Displaced Marawi residents appeal to return to devastated homes

The war in Marawi leveled the city to the ground and affected close to half a million people, many of whom still live in temporary shelters

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

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