Tag: Human rights
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
ASEAN warns Myanmar against more executions
The 10-nation regional bloc has spearheaded so far fruitless efforts to restore peace to the country after a military coup last year
Faith on trial: Church people under attack
The risks endured by faith-based human rights defenders in the Philippines increase as they incarnate the Christian gospel
Post-raid trauma and blessings
From where you are now, you can probably see that the invention of untruths seems to have been a legacy and is now “institutional”
Myanmar photographer who shot anti-junta protests dies in custody
Aye Kyaw, 48, was arrested by junta troops who arrived at his home in a convoy of six military vehicles on July 30
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