Topic: Human Rights
New Zealanders Call for Justice for Murdered Dutch Missionary
July 9, 2012 · , Walker, Cameron. July 7, 2012. "New Zealanders Call for Justice for Murdered Dutch Missionary".http://theprwcblogs.blogspot.com/2012/07/new-zealanders-call-for-justice-for.html
We mourn with the Filipino and Dutch people the loss of a great man who dedicated more than half his lifetime serving the indigenous peoples and peasants whose rights to land and livelihood have been constantly attacked by mining, landgrabbing and destructive business-government projects in Central Luzon. Today we climb up the peak of Mt […]
Read More...Campaign to stop rape and gender violence in conflict
July 3, 2012 · , JRS, 28 June 2012, "Campaign to stop rape and gender violence in conflict", http://www.stoprapeinconflict.org/ http://www.jrs.net
Earlier this month, Jesuit Refugee Service officially signed on as a member of the latest civil society coalition, the International Campaign to Stop Rape and Gender Violence in Conflict. Large numbers of refugees and internally displaced persons suffer sexual- and gender based violence in their homes, while they flee and once they arrive in their […]
Read More...Report Details History of Abuse in Australian Military
June 28, 2012 · By Matt Siegel, http://www.nytimes.com
SYDNEY, Australia — newly released documents detail numerous cases of physical and sexual abuse of minors in Australia’s armed forces dating back to the 1950s, prompting Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Friday to raise the possibility of a high-level public inquiry. The cases are described in a confidential report commissioned by the Australian military last year and […]
Read More...Cebu City outlaws corporal punishment of children
June 28, 2012 · By Doris C. Bongcac, Inquirer Visayas
CEBU CITY, Philippines—just pinching a child’s ear is now prohibited in Cebu City. The Cebu City Council passed on Wednesday an ordinance that prohibits parents, guardians, relatives, teachers, nannies and househelp from inflicting pain or causing humiliation in disciplining children under their care. Among the acts prohibited by the ordinance are shaving of a child’s […]
Read More...AUSTRALIA : Sex sells but we are selling out our children
June 25, 2012 · By Melinda Tankard Reist
Ever feel like you’re living in a giant porn theme park? Billboards dominate public space with hyper-sexualised messages. Buses are painted with semi-naked women. There are pole-dancing themes in shop-fronts, porn mags next to the lollies at the petrol station counter, T-shirts in youth surf shops depicting S&M and Playboy bunnies on everything from girls […]
Read More...International Eucharistic Congress opens in Dublin
June 11, 2012 · By CWN, catholicculture.org
The 50th International Eucharistic Congress opened in Dublin on June 10 with an address by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin and a Mass in a sports stadium, the RDS Arena.
Read More...Migrant women treated like slaves
June 9, 2012 · By Nguyen Hung, http://www.asianews.it
Hanoi (AsiaNews) – Thousands of Vietnamese women who immigrate to Malaysia full of hope for a brighter future and better wages find themselves instead victims of abuse, exploitation and prostitution. About 100,000 Vietnamese work in the Muslim country, 60 per cent women, mostly from the poorer regions of Vietnam. They are not very educated and […]
Read More...Preda Staffer Emmanuel Drewery Gives Seminar in Horrem Germany
June 6, 2012 ·
Presently living in cologne and enrolled in a German language course, Preda staffer and social worker Emmanuel Drewery gives lectures and talks to the children in the town of Horrem…
Read More...The Time of Transparency
June 2, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
The conviction of the Philippine Chief Justice Corona for dishonesty having failed to tell the truth in his statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) as required of every public official by law is a serious event in the history of the Philippines.
Read More...Irish Sports Stars Support the Preda Children's Home
May 28, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen and Philip Cribbin
The big football tournament in Poland is close and Irish players have joined the Preda campaign for children’s rights and have made a unique, one of a kind signed guitar played and signed by Damien Dempsey.
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