June, 2017
Grandma charged with abusing six-year-old
June 15, 2017 · By newsinfo.inquirer.net
KUALA LUMPUR — A 62-year-old grandmother claimed trial at a Sessions Court to abusing a six-year-old child last year. V. Tanawali was accused of using a cane to hit the child on the face, body, hands and legs at a house in Taman Puchong Perdana, Jalan Mawar 1, Bukit Puchong at 11am in September last […]
Read More...Human rights abuses in Marawi to be punished, IBP assured
June 14, 2017 ·
Malacañang on Tuesday assured members of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) that the alleged human rights abuses in Marawi under martial law would be stopped and the abusers punished. Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines would look into the allegations raised by […]
Read More...2 Toddlers Die in Texas After Being Left in Car for 15 Hours, Sheriff Says
June 14, 2017 · By MATT STEVENS for www.nytimes.com
When Amanda Hawkins arrived at Peterson Regional Medical Center in Kerrville, Tex., her two daughters were in grave condition. As Ms. Hawkins told it, she and the toddlers had been at nearby Flat Rock Lake when one of the girls, then the other, collapsed. She wondered aloud whether the children, who she said had been […]
Read More...Ireland’s abortion law violates human rights, UN rules
June 14, 2017 · By Kenza Bryan for www.independent.co.uk
It is the second time in the space of a year that the organisation has condemned the country’s record on reproductive rights A woman’s human rights have been violated by Ireland’s abortion law, according to the United Human Rights Committee. It ruled that the Irish government must redress the harm caused to Siobhán Whelan when […]
Read More...AMRSP Statement on Marawi Crisis
June 14, 2017 ·
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Police: Man charged with child abuse after found sleeping in hot car with child
June 13, 2017 · By Megan Woo, Digital for www.nbc12.com
HENRICO, VA (WWBT) – A man is facing several charges, including child abuse, after Henrico police found him sleeping in a car with a child. This happened at the Wawa in the 500 block of South Airport Drive, near Richmond International Airport. When officers arrived on the scene, they found the driver, identified as Isaac […]
Read More...When We Are Fully Human
June 9, 2017 ·
When We Are Fully Human Fr. Shay Cullen 9 June 2017 The desire and longing to be a free and fully human is perhaps the deepest and strongest need of every person. It seems all creatures want freedom. Birds want freedom to fly from a cage, beasts to roam the land, monkeys to swing […]
Read More...Ulrike Thoenniges of Tatort-verein introducing Fr. Shay Cullen
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The shadow of my Filipino face
June 9, 2017 · By sundayex.catholic.org.hk
Believing that a lot more than money should be looked at before taking up a contract as a migrant worker in China, one Filipino has shared something of her experience of living and working on the mainland I arrived in Central China two years ago in July and even though I can say that I […]
Read More...Domestic Workers in Hong Kong Are Being Forced to Sleep in Cabinets, Report Says
June 9, 2017 · By Gabby Bess for broadly.vice.com
“This ‘cupboard’ is my private bedroom,” a worker explained. “I belong to the kitchen.” The demand for cheap, foreign labor in Hong Kong’s domestic work industry has left hundreds of thousands of women vulnerable. Broadly previously reported that the schools that train foreign-born workers for domestic jobs in the country put workers into crushing debt […]
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