January, 2017
Human Rights Watch releases its World Report 2017
January 16, 2017 · By Rappler.com for www.rappler.com
Human Rights Watch releases its World Report 2017, and warns of a ‘new generation’ of populist leaders making a mockery of human rights MANILA, Philippines – International rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) has included Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte among populist leaders who have intensified the “flouting of human rights.” In HRW’s World Report 2017, […]
Read More...The team fighting to remove online child abuse images
January 16, 2017 · By Liz Jackson, BBC News for www.bbc.com
Twenty years after the founding of the Internet Watch Foundation, the organisation has removed more than 280,000 web pages showing child sexual abuse. But what is it like for those doing the work? “We see far worse in one day than most people will ever see in a lifetime,” says Peter, one of a team […]
Read More...Justice for Abused Children
January 13, 2017 ·
Justice for Abused Children Fr Shay Cullen 13 January 2017 She was a very traumatized and broken 15-year old child, continuously raped and abused by her own father until she was rescued by the Preda social workers and brought to the Preda Home for Girls. Had Gina not had a refuge free from fear and […]
Read More...Protect migrant children
January 13, 2017 · By mattersindia.com
Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ On January 9th 2017, in an address to the members of the Diplomatic Corps from 181 countries accredited to the Holy See, Pope Francis said, “children and young people are the future; it is for them that we work and build. They cannot be selfishly overlooked or forgotten…I consider it a […]
Read More...To big majority of Filipinos, martial law unnecessary – survey
January 13, 2017 ·
Seven in 10 Filipinos disagree that martial law is necessary to solve the pressing national problems, a December 2016 Pulse Asia survey shows. The polling firm’s president notes that disagreement with the need to impose martial law increased by 10 percentage points from September. The respondents were asked to express their agreement or disagreement to […]
Read More...A plague on children
January 13, 2017 · By Philippine Daily Inquirer for opinion.inquirer.net
That, according to Unicef country representative Lotta Sylwander, the Philippines now appears to be “some kind of center” for the sexual abuse of children is a damning indication of the plague on Filipino kids. Then again it’s hardly new; it has been reported before—that pedophiles from all over the world consider the Philippines happy hunting […]
Read More...Seven Years, A Long Road to Justice
January 10, 2017 ·
Seven Years, A Long Road to Justice She was a very traumatized and broken 15-year old child, continuously raped and abused by her own father until she was rescued by the Preda social workers and brought to the Preda Home for Girls. Had Gina not had a refuge free from fear and safe from her […]
Read More...How Michelle Obama expanded the definition of a first lady
January 9, 2017 · By Margo Jefferson for www.theguardian.com
When Michelle Obama entered the White House, she had to contend with two onerous legacies. The first was a stale clutter of expectations and prohibitions about the proper role of the first lady. The second was a cluster of stereotypes deeming black women unfit for any such role. A first lady was expected to display […]
Read More...Respect for Life and Human Dignity
January 6, 2017 ·
Respect for Life and Human Dignity Father Shay Cullen, mssc 6 January 2017 Bennie had a thin, hollow face, the picture of malnutrition at 22 years of age, he had never been to school for more than a few months, could not read or write and he was a one-meal man. He ate once a […]
Read More...Duterte wants 6 executions daily
January 4, 2017 · By Alexis Romero for www.philstar.com
MANILA, Philippines – President Duterte has threatened to execute “five or six” death row convicts daily once the death penalty is restored. Duterte, who has launched a bloody war against illegal drugs and criminality, said he wanted capital punishment restored “because I want to use it against you (criminals).” He implied that capital punishment failed […]
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