Tag: human rights
Police brutality rife in Philippines rights watchdog says
MANILA (UCAN): “Police brutality is common in the Philippines, where police officers commit serious abuses…
Renewed calls for Myanmar to end death penalty
YANGON (UCAN): The Myanmar junta’s recent handing down of the death sentence on university students…
Malaysia under fire for deporting asylum seekers from Myanmar
KUALA LUMPUR (UCAN): International rights groups have demanded Malaysian authorities stop the forced repatriation of…
Outrage at killing of father and son in the Philippines
MANILA (UCAN): “The killing of Jomarie Santillan and his nine-year-old boy has once again triggered…
From victim to human rights defender
Mary Aileen Diez-Bacalso, UCAN In February 2015, I was on a mission to Pakistan to…
