Tag: human rights
Rights groups pull no punches over Indonesian prisons
JAKARTA (UCAN): “We must acknowledge honestly that torture has become part of a culture in…
Detained priest freed by Myanmar military
PATHEIN (Radio Veritas Asia): Father Richard Nay Zaw Aung, from the Diocese of Pathein, Myanmar,…
Philippine rights activist freed
MANILA (UCAN): Maria Natividad Castro, a human rights activist and doctor, walked free from detention…
Defending and protecting human rights
W`hen we look around the world today, we see that the people of many countries…
Philippine anti-terrorism law a threat to human rights
MANILA (UCAN): The Philippine Supreme Court struck down a “killer caveat” in the controversial anti-terrorism…
Myanmar junta accused of targeting protesters in massacre
YANGON (UCAN): Human Rights Watch [HRW] said in a new report that Myanmar’s security forces…
No human rights trampled due to dam, Cambodia says
Cambodia’s Environment Ministry hit back at a report by Human Rights Watch [HRW] on the…
