Tag: Human rights
Philippine Court asked to order state security forces to surface missing...
A petition has been filed seeking the issuance of a “writ of amparo” for Elizabeth “Loi” Magbanua and Alipio “Ador” Juat
Myanmar’s military junta commits ‘crimes against humanity,’ says new report
The UN report said children in Myanmar have been tortured, conscripted and arbitrarily detained, including as proxies for their parents
Tribal groups call for end of ‘plunder’ of ancestral lands on...
Kalikasan PNE recently released a report noting a 1,773 percent increase in attacks against environmental defenders
ASEAN parliamentarians slam arrest of former Philippine legislator Walden Bello
Walden Bello said his arrest was “pure political harassment and persecution”
Vietnamese religious leader appeals five-year sentence
Le Tung Van from the Peng Lei House Buddhist Church was sentenced on July 21 on charges of "abusing democratic freedoms"
Philippine religious leaders express ‘deep concern’ over nuns’ gambling scene in...
The Church leaders said they are "profoundly disturbed and deeply concerned" with how the film put the nuns in a "bad light"
Three life sentences each for human trafficking and child abuse
Where are the organized, militant Catholic internet “trolls” for human rights and child protection?
Letters from prison
"Are you truly free out there? Or have you resigned yourselves to be shackled by the chains of your fears, your anxieties, your apathy?"
Philippine women’s group calls for justice for four activists executed in...
The death sentences are the first known judicial executions in Myanmar since 1988, according to Amnesty International
Hunger striking Thai democracy activists freed on bail
"Their condition is not well. If the courts were to grant bail requests a day late, they could die," said the activists' lawyer
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