Tag: Human rights
Activists in Germany decry Philippines’ ‘worsening’ human rights situation
The Germany-based NGO Philippinenbüro marked the anniversary of the killing of Filipino rights defender Zara Alvarez with a protest action
Remembering the ‘comfort women’ and their continuing call for justice
Eight decades since the war ended on Aug. 15, 1945, the Japanese government still refuses to recognize its accountability
Children of detained Uyghur parents held in ‘welfare schools’ in China’s...
More than 80 percent of the Uyghur children at a village preschool in Xinjiang have at least one parent in state custody
‘Don’t leave Afghan people alone,’ refugee in Greece pleads
"What will happen now in Afghanistan for (the) young generation? For children? For women's rights?"
Christian, Hindu minorities in Pakistan call for respect for rights
Rights groups noted "deep-rooted religious discrimination and forms of inequality, hate speech, and provocations against minorities”
Land is life: Indigenous peoples across the world risking lives, freedoms...
It is imperative to hold states and businesses accountable for the human rights violations against the world’s indigenous peoples
Indonesian prelate condemns military harassment of person with disability
The incident, which happened on July 26, became viral on social media with netizens recalling the tragic death of George Floyd in the US
Watchdog claims more than 80 ethnic Chin killed by Myanmar’s military
The report said most of the ethnic Chin killed by the junta since February were in their 20s and many were under the age of 18
Redemptorist missionaries hit ‘red-tagging’ of mission community in northern Philippines
A tarpaulin was posted outside the compound of the congregation's mission house, tagging the missionaries as communist supporters
Pope Francis to UN chief: World hunger ‘a crime that violates...
In a July 26 message to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the pope called for a “new mindset” in the battle against malnutrition
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