Tag: human rights
Filipino activists freed after alleged abduction
MANILA (Agencies): Two young environmental activists, Jonila Castro, 21, and Jhed Tamano, 22, who were…
Rights group calls out ASEAN for pandering to war criminals
YANGON (AsiaNews/Agencies): Justice for Myanmar, a human rights organisation, condemned the Association of Southeast Asian…
Pope raises status of judges’ group advocating for social justice
VATICAN (CNS): Pope Francis has erected the Pan-American Committee of Judges for Social Rights and…
Indonesians hold rally for compensation despite accusation of sedition
RUTENG (UCAN/RVA News): Police in Catholic-majority Flores Island, Indonesia, summoned two farmers and two local…
Indigenous Catholics welcome condemnation of ‘Doctrine of discovery’
Indigenous Catholics, along with U.S. and Canadian bishops, are welcoming the Vatican’s repudiation of a…
