The Philippines: Marcos regime victims to get P50,000
MANILA, Philippines - Some 10,000 victims of human rights abuses during the Marcos regime will get compensation of P50,000 each on Jan. 27, 2014, their lawyer said yesterday.
Robert Swift said the compensation is from a $10-million settlement over an 1899 painting by French artist Claude Monet previously owned by...
Vietnam pursues policy to protect human rights
On this occasion, and to mark International Day for Human Rights (December 10), Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, who is a member of the Party Central Committee, wrote a news article on the country’s achievements in protecting and promoting human rights, as well as on...
Philippines Promotes Human Rights-Based Approach to Combat Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, in ASEAN
The Philippines, through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Department of Justice – Inter-agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT), hosted an ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) Regional Workshop on the Human Rights-Based Approach to Combat Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, in Makati from 27...
ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation kicks off in Jakarta
JAKARTA, 10 December 2013 – The ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) held its first Governing Council (GC) meeting at the ASEAN Secretariat today. The meeting discussed, among others, the Work Plan of the AIPR, the recruitment of Executive Director, funding, and reporting mechanism of the AIPR.
The AIPR...
Filipino groups commemorate International Human Rights Day
CEBU (Mindanao Examiner / Dec. 10, 2013) - Various human rights groups held a solidarity candle lighting in the Philippines in commemoration of the International Human Rights Day and offered this to typhoon victims in the Visayas and victims of human rights violation in the country.
“We devote the commemoration...
Police Crack Down on Human Rights Day Events in Vietnam
HANOI — Activists in Vietnam have complained of police harassment at events held to mark International Human Rights Day.
To mark the day Tuesday, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam David Shear issued a statement urging the country to uphold the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, an agreement adopted in 1948 which...
Ahmadi Muslims stand united whilst Pakistan, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia continue to violate their human rights on International Human Rights Day
Ahmadi Muslims throughout the world remain united and share in the plight of their fellow Ahmadis who are denied their basic human rights such as the right to vote and the right to practice their religion freely in countries such as Pakistan, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia. Ahmadis call on...
Cambodian opposition defies gov’t marching ban on Int’l Human Rights Day
Thousands of Cambodian opposition supporters marched in the capital on Tuesday morning to mark the 65th International Human Rights Day despite a government ban on marching.
Sam Rainsy, president of the Cambodian National Rescue Party ( CNRP), led thousands of supporters to march from the party's southern headquarters to the...
Cambodian opposition to march on Rights Day despite government’s ban
Cambodia's opposition party will march in the capital and the tourist city of Siem Reap on the International Human Rights Day despite a ban from the government, party leaders said Monday.
"We will still march on streets peacefully on Tuesday because we have already informed the authorities," Kem Sokha, vice...
Cambodia: Advocacy Group Calls to End Mistreatment of Khmer Krom
A local minority-rights advocacy group has called on the government to end the mistreatment of Khmer Krom people and recognize their rights as citizens of Cambodia as the world marks International Human Rights Day on Tuesday.
The Khmer Krom, or “lower Khmer,” refers to ethnic Khmer people living in the...
