Tag: human rights defender
From victim to human rights defender
Mary Aileen Diez-Bacalso, UCAN In February 2015, I was on a mission to Pakistan to…
Philippine rights activist freed
MANILA (UCAN): Maria Natividad Castro, a human rights activist and doctor, walked free from detention…
Pope Francis supports human rights defenders
The strong words of Pope Francis spoken in solidarity and support for all human rights…
United Nations team to visit Karen Christians in Thailand
BANGKOK (UCAN) The government of Thailand government agreed to allow United Nations (UN) inspectors visit…
From victims to defenders
Edita Tronqued-Burgos We will never be short of “living heroes” from whom we can draw…
