Tag: human rights defender
Much-harassed religious sisters acquitted of perjury charges
MANILA (UCAN): Ten religious sisters—eight from the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines, one from the…
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…
