Tag: Human rights
The Gold Trap: How COVID-19 is pushing more Filipino children into...
The coronavirus pandemic has pushed back to zero the anti-child labor efforts of the Philippines
Faith-based groups laud UN recognition of access to healthy environment as...
On October 8, the UN Human Rights Council voted to recognize the right to a safe, healthy, and sustainable environment as a human right
Marcos Jr: Philippine dictator’s son out to revive family brand
Marcos Jr's links to his father, especially the repression in the 1970s, have made him one of the nation's most polarizing politicians
Global civil society alliance appeals for probe into Philippine rights situation
CIVICUS noted that one year on from the adoption of a resolution at the UNHRC, “serious civic freedoms violations continue to occur"
Rights group demands action on Philippine Army ‘cyber attacks’ on media
The attacks on alternative media outfits Bulatlat and Altermidya reportedly originated from the IP address assigned to the Philippine Army
Sri Lanka arrests Tamil MP over rebel remembrance
Commemorating the rebels is banned despite the UN Human Rights Council repeated urging to allow Tamils to mourn their war dead
Chin Baptist pastor in Myanmar still missing a week after abduction
The Baptist World Alliance called for the immediate release of Rev. Thian Lian Sang and the arrest of the killers of Rev. Cung Biak Hum
Myanmar faces ‘alarming’ risk of escalating civil war, warns UN human...
Sources in Myanmar said on Thursday that thousands of people in the country’s Chin State have already fled to India
Philippines’ Duterte defends ‘war on drugs’ before UN General Assembly
"Those found to have acted beyond bounds during operations shall be made accountable before our laws," said Duterte
Photos: ‘Never Again’
Church groups call for an end to human rights abuses as the Philippines marks the 49th anniversary of the declaration of martial law