Tag: human rights advocacy
Two Philippine priests among activists facing terror funding charges
MANILA (UCAN): Advocacy groups have called on the Philippine government to drop “terror” charges against…
Rene Saguisag, Philippine human rights champion, dies at 84
MANILA (Agencies): Rene Saguisag, a former Philippine senator, top human rights lawyer and advocate of…
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to jailed Iranian rights advocate
TEHRAN (AsiaNews): The Nobel Peace Prize for 2023 was conferred on 51-year-old Iranian activist, Narges…
Indonesia slammed for ongoing rights abuses
PAPUA (UCAN): Global rights group, CIVICUS Monitor, slammed Indonesian government for its membership bid for…
From victim to human rights defender
Mary Aileen Diez-Bacalso, UCAN In February 2015, I was on a mission to Pakistan to…
