Tag: Human rights
Buddhist monk leads deadly pro-junta militias in Myanmar’s Sagaing region
The stern-looking 40-year-old monk with broad shoulders and wide-set eyes made a name for himself in Sagaing’s Kanbalu township
Hundreds protest in Afghan city against Koran burning in Sweden
Swedish-Danish far-right politician Rasmus Paludan set fire to a copy of the Muslim holy book in front of Turkey's embassy in Stockholm
Climate change increases human trafficking risks: UN
In 2021 alone, climate-related disasters internally displaced more than 23.7 million people, while many others fled their countries
Philippine missionaries appeal for prayers, support as court hears money laundering...
“We push forward in good faith, onward in the journey with the rural poor toward justice, peace, and the integrity of creation”
Bangladesh defends textbook ‘promoting’ trans rights
The conservative Muslim-majority country's roughly 1.5 million transgender people have long faced discrimination and violence
Bill promoting religious freedom approved in Philippines’ House of Representatives
The measure seeks to prohibit to burden, curtail, impinge or encroach on a person’s right to exercise his/her religious belief
Crimes against children on the Internet
Priests and bishops like everyone else can be sinners and must be held responsible like everyone else for crimes against children
Myanmar’s Catholic Church leaders issue ‘passionate appeal’ for peace
“In a country blessed with so many great resources, the destruction of lives is a heart-wrenching tragedy,” said the Catholic bishops
Pope Francis appeals for prayers for ‘forgiveness, love, and peace’ in...
The pope asked the people to pray that the conflict will end soon and that “a new time of forgiveness, love, and peace will begin”
‘Go bag,’ police raid drills for embattled Philippine Nobel laureate
Ressa has been battling a series of cases that media advocates said were filed due to her criticism of former president Rodrigo Duterte
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