Tag: human rights advocacy
Pope Francis supports human rights defenders
The strong words of Pope Francis spoken in solidarity and support for all human rights…
Internally displaced people have rights, says papal nuncio
UNITED NATIONS (CNS): Countries should “design a clearer system of responsibility” for internally displaced people…
From victims to defenders
Edita Tronqued-Burgos We will never be short of “living heroes” from whom we can draw…
Posted in The Philippines
Human rights award for De La Salle brother
MANILA (UCAN): Amnesty International Philippines bestowed an Ignite Awards for Human Rights accolade on De…
Posted in The Philippines
Philippine military accused of smear campaign
MANILA (UCAN): A Catholic priest, Father Raymond Montero Ambray of the Diocese of Tandag, accused…
The defenders of human rights
The sale of human beings by human traffickers into the bondage of sex slavery is an atrocious form of human rights violation. This modern kind of slavery is not the same as human exploitation of the past but it is very much with us today in our world and it is greater than it ever was. Sex tourism and online child sexual exploitation are contributing to the expanding sex trade
