Human Rights

Various church groups today vowed to stand against human trafficking describing it as an “absolute evil” which denies dignity of the victims.

Partylist lawmakers today urged the government to pass the Human Rights Defenders Bill which provides penalties for violations of the rights of human rights workers.

An alliance of child rights advocates called on the government to act swiftly on stopping the attacks against indigenous peoples schools who are closed on allegations that they are run by the New People’s Army.

An interfaith network supporting the indigenous peoples rights is launched in a hotel in Cagayan de Oro today.

Lumads trooped to the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) XI to protest the occupation of the 66th Infantry Battalion in their community in Compostela Valley.