A human rights group has condemned the killing of one of its lawyers in Negros Occidental Tuesday night.
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Students. Labor leaders. Farmers. Members of the clergy. Teachers. Most of them were young activists in their teens, others in their 40s or 50s.
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GENEVA — Investigators working for the U.N.’s top human rights body said Monday that Myanmar military leaders should be prosecuted for genocide against Rohingya Muslims, taking the unusual step of identifying by name six of those it says were behind systematic crimes targeting the ethnic minority.
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Read moreLABOR groups and rights advocates will march on Monday, National Heroes’ Day, to protest abuses against workers, low wages, contractualization and human rights. Thousands are expected to assemble at Welcome Rotonda in Quezon City and the University of Santo Tomas (UST) along Espana Boulevard as early as 9 a.m. for the “Martsa ng Manggagawa” to […]
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Kofi Annan left the United Nations far more committed than it had been to combating poverty, promoting equality and fighting for human rights — and until his death Saturday he was warning that the rise of nationalism could prevent countries from working together to solve problems.
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Saudi Arabia and Canada on Monday showed no signs of backing down in an escalating row over human rights, after Riyadh abruptly cut ties over Ottawa’s vigorous calls for the release of activists jailed in the kingdom.
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Opposition senators have asked the Supreme Court (SC) to let detained Senator Leila de Lima appear in the tribunal to join the oral arguments on the Philippines’ withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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To ease concerns about the disappearance of “human rights” from the Declaration of Principles and State Policies in the proposed federal Constitution, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno said the definition of the concept was actually expanded in the draft Charter.
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International group Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday challenged Philippine National Police chief Oscar Albayalde, who had called on his subordinates to respect human rights, to allow an independent probe of drug war killings.
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The UN human rights chief is urging the Trump administration to end new policies separating migrant children from their parents after entering the United States from Mexico, saying they’ve affected nearly 2,000 kids in the last six weeks.
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