Indigenous rights advocates declared victims of enforced disappearance by Philippine court
Posted in Asia NEWS The Philippines

Indigenous rights advocates declared victims of enforced disappearance by Philippine court

MANILA (LiCAS News): The Philippine Court of Appeals declared missing indigenous rights advocates, Dexter Capuyan…

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Marginalisation of indigenous peoples, slammed by Philippine bishop
Posted in Asia NEWS The Philippines

Marginalisation of indigenous peoples, slammed by Philippine bishop

MANILA (LiCAS News): Bishop Gerardo Alminaza of San Carlos and vice president of Caritas Philippines,…

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Bishop urges global solidarity with oppressed Filipinos at Rome gathering
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Bishop urges global solidarity with oppressed Filipinos at Rome gathering

ROME (LiCAS News): Bishop Gerardo Alminaza of San Carlos, recently elected president of Caritas Philippines…

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Disappeared Ukrainian priests may be in Russian labour camp
Posted in Europe International NEWS

Disappeared Ukrainian priests may be in Russian labour camp

(OSV News): Two disappeared Ukrainian Greek Catholic priests, Redemptorist Fathers Ivan Levitsky and Bohdan Geleta,…

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From victim to human rights defender
Posted in Commentary Features | Commentary Human Rights

From victim to human rights defender

Mary Aileen Diez-Bacalso, UCAN In February 2015, I was on a mission to Pakistan to…

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