Tag: human rights
Decades after Martial Law authoritarianism, impunity persist, notes Caritas
MANILA (LiCAS News): In a statement issued on September 20 to mark the anniversary of…
Indian court again refuses to hear case to clear Father Stan Swamy
MUMBAI (UCAN): The Bombay High Court has, for an eighth time, refused to hear a…
Philippines leads Asia in deaths of environmental defenders
MANILA (LiCAS News): The Philippines is the deadliest country for environmental defenders in Asia, according…
Pope Francis, free speech and social media
When Pope Francis arrived in Indonesia, the most populous Muslim-majority country in the world, he…
Pope Francis in Asia: ‘we are all fellow pilgrims beyond our differences’
ASIA (Agencies): On the afternoon of September 9, Pope Francis landed in Dili, Timor-Leste, marking…
A former aide to Duterte spills beans about the ‘war on drugs’
MANILA (UCAN): Jovie Espenido, a lieutenant colonel and the one-time poster boy of the anti-drugs…
Rights groups slam Philippine police over violent dispersal of students protest
TACLOBAN (UCAN): Rights groups have expressed concern over the violent dispersal of an August 16…
