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Topic: human-rights

13 'rescued' Lumad minors brought to Davao del Norte, police say

13 'rescued' Lumad minors brought to Davao del Norte, police say

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 11:05 PM

DAVAO CITY -- Thirteen minors who were allegedly rescued by police from the University of San Carlos retreat house in Cebu City belonging to the group of the Indigenous People of Talaingod, Davao del Norte arrived at Francisco Bangoy International Airport on Sunday evening. Read more »

Britain denounces abuses 'on industrial scale' in China's Xinjiang

Britain denounces abuses 'on industrial scale' in China's Xinjiang

Reuters
Posted at Feb 22 09:49 PM

GENEVA - Britain's foreign secretary Dominic Raab on Monday denounced torture, forced labor and sterilizations that he said were taking place against Muslim Uighurs on an "industrial scale" in China's Xinjiang region.   Read more »

Britain to challenge China at UN over access to Xinjiang

Britain to challenge China at UN over access to Xinjiang

Reuters
Posted at Feb 22 08:11 AM

Britain will on Monday call for the United Nations to be given "urgent and unfettered" access to Xinjiang to investigate reports of abuses in the Chinese region.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 19, 2021

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 19, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 20 12:55 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Free Salem

Free Salem

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 19 01:08 PM

Jasma Salem, sibling of Lady Ann Salem, editor of the Manila Today English-language news website, joins various rights groups at a protest in front of the Mandaluyong City Regional Trial Court. Read more »

Rights group urges CHR to probe death of inmate's baby in Negros Oriental

Rights group urges CHR to probe death of inmate's baby in Negros Oriental

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 11:30 PM

MANILA - A rights group on Thursday called on the Commission of Human Rights to investigate the death of a baby girl whose mother is detained for supposed political reasons in Negros Oriental. Read more »

Facebook news blackout over media law sparks Australia backlash

Facebook news blackout over media law sparks Australia backlash

Holly Robertson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 18 01:28 PM

Australia on Thursday slammed Facebook as "heavy-handed" and "wrong" to impose a news blackout over a law that would force it to pay for content, warning the ban showed the immense power of internet giants. Read more »

CHR: Initial probe shows 'rescued' Lumad kids not kidnapped, indoctrinated

CHR: Initial probe shows 'rescued' Lumad kids not kidnapped, indoctrinated

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 11:04 AM

The Commission on Human Rights in Central Visayas said Thursday that indigenous students who were supposedly rescued from a university in Cebu City were not kidnapped or indoctrinated with communist teaching, according to preliminary findings. Read more »

Biden says China to face repercussions on human rights

Biden says China to face repercussions on human rights

Jeff Mason, Reuters
Posted at Feb 17 01:20 PM

China will pay a price for its human rights abuses, US President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday, responding to queries at a televised event on the Asian nation's handling of Muslim minorities in its far western region of Xinjiang. Read more »

Rights groups umalma sa umano'y 'fake rescue ops' ng pulisya sa Lumad school sa Cebu

Rights groups umalma sa umano'y 'fake rescue ops' ng pulisya sa Lumad school sa Cebu

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 16 07:56 PM

Pumalag ang iba't ibang organisasyon nitong Lunes sa isinagawang "rescue operation" umano ng Philippine National Police sa Central Visayas sa isang paaralan ng mga 'bakwit' (evacuees) na Lumad sa Cebu City. Read more »

'Stereotypical, discriminating': CHR hits 'Tililing' movie poster

'Stereotypical, discriminating': CHR hits 'Tililing' movie poster

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 14 01:45 PM

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Sunday criticized the "stereotypical and discriminating" portrayal of persons with mental health illness on the poster of the movie "Tililing." Read more »

PH ‘dissociates’ itself from UN rights body’s call for Myanmar to free Suu Kyi

PH ‘dissociates’ itself from UN rights body’s call for Myanmar to free Suu Kyi

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 13 11:30 PM

The Philippines will not back an international call for the release of ousted and detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Foreign Affairs chief Teodoro Locsin Jr. said Saturday Read more »

Lawyers press for 'acquitted' journalist’s release amid opposition from prosecutor

Lawyers press for 'acquitted' journalist’s release amid opposition from prosecutor

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 03:32 PM

Lawyers of journalist Lady Ann Salem, who was accused but later cleared of gun-running, on Thursday pressed for her release, more than a week since a Mandaluyong court junked the case against her. Read more »

Jailed Chinese lawyer wins top human rights prize

Jailed Chinese lawyer wins top human rights prize

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 12 04:17 AM

GENEVA, Switzerland - An imprisoned Chinese lawyer who worked on high-profile rights cases and advocated to abolish the death penalty on Thursday received the Martin Ennals Award, the world's most prestigious human rights prize. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 10, 2021

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 10, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 10 11:41 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Kin of 'Human Rights Day 7' file complaints vs authorities at CHR

Kin of 'Human Rights Day 7' file complaints vs authorities at CHR

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 10 06:00 PM

Relatives and supporters of the labor activists and journalist who were arrested on International Human Rights Day (HRD) last year filed on Wednesday complaint-affidavits before the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) over what they regard as irregularities in the operations conducted by authorities. Read more »

Freedom for detained journalists, unionists

Freedom for detained journalists, unionists

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 10 12:46 PM

Relatives and supporters of seven arrested trade unionists and journalists on Human Rights Day last year (Human Rights Day-7) release doves in front of the Commission on Human Rights office in Quezon City as they mark the second month of their arrest, Wednesday. Read more »

U.N. experts alarmed by Thailand's rise in royal insult cases

U.N. experts alarmed by Thailand's rise in royal insult cases

Reuters
Posted at Feb 09 01:30 PM

United Nations human rights experts on Monday spoke out against Thailand's increasing use of a law forbidding criticism of its royal family, singling out a 43-year sentence for an elderly woman convicted under the law. Read more »

CHR: Military officer's red tagging of journalist a possible 'overreach' of anti-terror law

CHR: Military officer's red tagging of journalist a possible 'overreach' of anti-terror law

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 05:09 PM

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has expressed concern over the statements of a military general threatening to sue a journalist under the new anti-terror law. Read more »

Biden administration moves to rejoin UN Human Rights Council

Biden administration moves to rejoin UN Human Rights Council

Reuters
Posted at Feb 08 11:21 AM

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration will reengage with the United Nations Human Rights Council, three years after former President Donald Trump withdrew over what his administration called bias against Israel and a lack of reform. Read more »

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