Topic: Human Rights
Bone Soup Is Back With a Vengeance
January 26, 2015 ·
Bone Soup Is Back With a Vengeance WORLD PHILIPPINES Pope Francis and the Mystery of Manila’s Vanishing Street Children Charlie Campbell @charliecamp6ell Jan. 21, 2015 Was the Philippine capital really purged of unsightly urchins for the Pope’s recent visit, as media reports allege? Pope Francis took the helm of the Catholic Church last […]
Read More...Probe on DSWD handling of street kids during Pope's visit sought
January 26, 2015 ·
Probe on DSWD handling of street kids during Pope’s visit sought DJ Yap @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer 5:04 PM | Thursday, January 22nd, 2015 PHOTO/RICHARD A. REYES MANILA, Philippines – Where were Metro Manila’s street urchins during Pope Francis’ visit? A partylist lawmaker representing the youth has called for a probe into the mystery […]
Read More...DSWD urged to probe abuses of detained kids
January 23, 2015 ·
Manila, Philippines – A non-government organization has called on the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to investigate the conditions in detention centers for children, alleging that abuses have gone unpunished in many cases. The People’s Recovery Empowerment and Development Assistance (Preda) Foundation wrote DSWD Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman last Monday, expressing its willingness […]
Read More...EXCLUSIVE – Children CAGED to keep the streets clean for the Pope: Police round up orphans and chain them in filth during pontiff's visit to Philippines
January 16, 2015 ·
Street children in Manila are being rounded up before the Pope’s arrival Officials claim it is to stop gangs of beggars targeting the Pope But critics say it is a cynical move breaching the children’s human rights MailOnline investigation finds horrendous conditions at the centres Children forced to sleep on floors and kept with adults […]
Read More...Peace and justice at Christmas
January 13, 2015 ·
December 20, 2014 9:52 pm WITH Christmas coming, we see the shining stars and message of peace. So many need peace: peace of heart and mind, soul and spirit, in the family and in friendships, in community, and above all peace to end the violence in the land of Palestine, Iraq, Syria and Ukraine. Over […]
Read More...Catholic Church in Australia links celibacy to child abuse
December 18, 2014 ·
The Catholic Church in Australia on Friday said that obligatory celibacy may have contributed to priests abusing children, and recommended that clergy should be given “psychosexual” training.
In a landmark report, an Australian Catholic Church body dealing with the legacy of child sex abuse added that some church institutions and their leaders turned a blind eye to what was going on for years.
“Obligatory celibacy may also have contributed to abuse in some circumstances,” the Truth, Justice and Healing Council said.
Read More...As nuns face off against traffickers, priests asked to join the fight
December 18, 2014 ·
“In one night, we saved 37 girls,” she said, adding that 10 were minors. The sisters take the women to safety and offer them support and assistance; the women also provide critical information to police, such as names of traffickers and the location of other brothels.
Read More...Bishops call for "zero" tolerance of Human Trafficking
December 18, 2014 ·
UCAN ,Manila The Philippine Catholic bishops’ conference on Monday called for “zero tolerance” of human trafficking, saying failure to actively fight modern slavery could undermine the church. Archbishop Socrates Villegas, president of the bishops’ conference, said “one Filipino victim of human trafficking alone is one victim too many for us as a Christian nation”. In […]
Read More...Philippine bishops call for 'zero tolerance' on human trafficking
December 18, 2014 ·
ucanews.com reporter, Manila Philippines December 8, 2014 The Philippine Catholic bishops’ conference on Monday called for “zero tolerance” of human trafficking, saying failure to actively fight modern slavery could undermine the church. Archbishop Socrates Villegas, president of the bishops’ conference, said “one Filipino victim of human trafficking alone is one victim too many for us […]
Read More...Prison sex scandal shocks Philippines
December 18, 2014 ·
A raid has uncovered drug lords ‘living like kings’ in luxury cells with stripper bars and jacuzzis at the Philippines’ main prison. The sex, drugs and bribery scandal has shocked a country inured to tales of official corruption.
The revelations were headline news Tuesday, a day after police commandos swooped on the infamously crowded Bilibid prison complex to verify reports drug rings were operated from behind bars.
