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Faith leaders to Biden: Cut aid to PH amid rights issues

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 02 07:07 PM

A group of religious organization urged US President Joe Biden to stop sending military assistance to the Philippines. Read more »

PH accepts 215 rights recommendations in UN meeting

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 29 05:01 PM

The Philippines has accepted 215 of the 289 recommendations made by UN member-states during the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council. Read more »

Rights violations continuing in PH, groups tell UN

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 27 12:47 PM

Filipino human rights defenders have maintained that human rights violations are continuing in the Philippines under the Marcos administration. Read more »

UN: PH gov't bigo tulungan ang WWII comfort women

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 09 08:52 PM

Wagi ang grupo ng mga comfort women matapos paboran ng isang United Nations Committee, kung saan sinasabi na bigo ang gobyerno ng Pilipinas na tulungan ang biktima ng mga pang-aabuso noong World War II. Read more »

Imee Marcos visits dad’s grave; prays for peace, healing

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 08:32 PM

Senator Imee Marcos visited the grave of her late father Ferdinand Marcos Sr., saying her family “did not fall short” in hoping for peace and healing. Read more »

Cory's grandson urges Marcos Jr to acknowledge rights abuses under FEM

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 04:28 PM

'For sure, we would want all of us families, victims — for Marcos to not just acknowledge but apologize for it, sabihin na mali ang ginawa ng tatay niya,' said Francis Dee. Read more »

Kampo ni Quiboloy nagulat sa parusa ng US Treasury

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 06:54 PM

Ikinagulat ng kampo ni Pastor Apollo Quiboloy ng Kingdom of Jesus Christ ang pag labas ng US Treasury Department ng press release patungkol sa kaugnayan nito sa korapsiyon at human rights abuses. Read more »

US Treasury sanctions Quiboloy for 'human rights abuse'

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 10 05:50 PM

A section devoted to Quiboloy’s alleged serious human rights abuses claimed an alleged 'pattern of systemic and pervasive rape of girls as young as 11 years old.' Read more »

Pope urges respect for human rights during Gulf trip

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 04 12:24 AM

Francis also said religious freedom should be 'complete and not limited to freedom of worship'. Read more »

Mga 'Desaparecidos' inalala ngayong Undas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 02 08:06 PM

Inalala rin ngayong Undas ang mga tinaguriang 'Desaparecidos' ng kanilang mga kaanak at kaibigan. Read more »

Southern California Fil-Ams rally on martial law anniversary

Steve Angeles | TFC News Los Angeles
Posted at Sep 22 08:47 AM

For young Fil-Am protesters, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s appearance at the UN General Assembly has fueled their fire to remember the victims of the dictatorship. Read more »

Martial law victim at SF protest recounts trauma

Rommel Conclara | TFC News San Francisco
Posted at Sep 22 08:35 AM

Benji Pineda was a student activist in the Philippines protesting the Marcos regime when he was incarcerated by the police. Read more »

UN rights chief Bachelet says not seeking second term

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 13 06:12 PM

UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet announced Monday that she will not seek a second term, ending months of speculation about her intentions. Read more »

Kadamay members tour Bantayog ng mga Bayani to learn about martial law

Jasmin Romero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 23 07:57 PM

Urban group Kadamay organized a free tour for their members at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani to educate them about the Martial Law. Read more »

Biden accuses Putin's forces of Ukraine 'genocide'

Emmanuel Peuchot, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 13 09:42 AM

President Joe Biden for the first time accused Russian forces of committing genocide in Ukraine. Read more »

US announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics

Sarah Titterton, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 07 04:09 AM

The United States Monday announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in a move that will not stop US athletes from competing. Read more »

Talking about martial law facts not enough: historian

Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 05:55 PM

A Filipino historian said the Marcoses may be taking advantage of misinformation on the martial law era to regain power. Read more »

Fight efforts to rewrite history: VP Robredo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 11:14 AM

Vice President Leni Robredo called on Filipinos to fight the attempts to whitewash the atrocities committed during martial law. Read more »

China YouTube army rejects Beijing human rights abuses

South China Morning Post
Posted at Sep 13 07:41 AM

With YouTube videos "debunking" allegations of human rights abuses, a group of foreigners are defending Beijing from its international critics. Read more »

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 »