Tag: human rights
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…
Child witnesses protected by bishop and senator
Were it not for the courageous few Philippine bishops, priests and human rights defenders, among…
World Humanitarian Day highlights tragic record sacrifice of aid workers
As the world commemorated World Humanitarian Day 2024 [August 19], the latest figures on the…
