Call for anti-red-tagging law after Philippine inquiry documents abuses
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Call for anti-red-tagging law after Philippine inquiry documents abuses

MANILA (LiCAS News): The Philippine Commission on Human Rights [CHR] has urged Congress to criminalise…

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Negros killings prompt bishop’s call for truth, warning against labelling victims
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Negros killings prompt bishop’s call for truth, warning against labelling victims

MANILA (LiCAS New): The killing of 19 people in Negros Occidental has prompted Bishop Gerardo…

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Nothing just about conflicts in the Philippines and the Middle East 
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Nothing just about conflicts in the Philippines and the Middle East 

MANILA (LiCAS News): Human rights lawyer Antonio “Tony” La Viña argued that a deadly military…

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The human rights situation: From Duterte until today
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The human rights situation: From Duterte until today

Father Shay Cullen Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte is currently being held in a private…

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Trillion Peso March rejects corruption, calls for defence of democracy, demands change
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Trillion Peso March rejects corruption, calls for defence of democracy, demands change

MANILA (LiCAS News/RVA News): “We are here at the EDSA People Power Monument because we…

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Philippine rights groups decry ‘heroic burial’ for Martial Law architect
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Philippine rights groups decry ‘heroic burial’ for Martial Law architect

MANILA (UCAN): The burial on November 22 of former Philippine senator and Martial Law-era legal…

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Bishop warns against ‘blind fanaticism’ amid discord over Duterte arrest
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Bishop warns against ‘blind fanaticism’ amid discord over Duterte arrest

BACOLOD (LiCAS News): Bishop Patricio Buzon of Bacolod warned that blind political loyalty and fanaticism…

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