Tag: Child Rights
Martial law victims in North get checks
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines—Victims of human rights abuse during martial law in the Cordillera and Ilocos regions received Saturday their share of a court-ordered settlement arising from a class suit filed in the United States against the family of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
Beneficiaries from as far as Apayao and...
Start with schools to develop open approach to foreign workers: Maruah
Foreign workers in Singapore are here to stay, and there is a need to develop a healthy, open approach towards these workers, said president of human rights group Maruah on day 14 of the Committee of Inquiry (COI) hearing into last December's Little India riot.
SINGAPORE: Foreign workers in Singapore...
Cambodia: Public Letter Urging an Immediate Investigation into the Disappearance of Khem Sophath
March 23, 2014 - We, the undersigned civil society groups, express our deep concern over the disappearance of Khem Sophath, a 16-year-old boy missing since the violent crackdown by Cambodian security forces against striking garment workers on 3 January 2014 near the Canadia Industrial area on Veng Sreng road,...
Thailand: Separatists Targeting Teachers in South
(Bangkok) – Separatist insurgents in Thailand’s southern border provinces should immediately end attacks on teachers and other civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. Since January 2014, insurgents have killed three ethnic Thai Buddhist teachers in the conflict-ridden region.
“Separatists need to stop attacking those who are educating children,” said Brad...
Soliman slams NPA’s use of children as shields
MANILA, Philippines—Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman on Wednesday condemned the use of children as human shields by the communist New People’s Army (NPA) as the latter retreated from an encounter with the military in Compostela Valley late last month.
In a statement following the release of the young hostages late...
Cambodia: Steung Meanchey Trial Deeply Flawed
(Bangkok) – The trial of a young man and teenaged boy arrested during the Cambodian government’s suppression of a demonstration in Phnom Penh is deeply flawed and should not result in prison sentences, Human Rights Watch said today.
The two are being tried for aggravated intentional violence, damage, and insult...
CHR probes taping incident; DOH says pacifier a ‘no-no’
CEBU, Philippines - The Commission on Human Rights has stepped into the controversy involving a nurse at the Cebu Puericulture Center and Maternity House, Inc.
CHR Investigator II Lilibeth Llona confirmed yesterday that the commission is now investigating the allegations of a father that the subject nurse has put a...
There nurses investigated for gagging baby in Cebu hospital
Manila: Three nurses were under investigation after a couple posted on social media a picture of their son with medical tape on his mouth, allegedly placed there by a nurse to stop him from crying and disturbing 29 other infants in a medical centre in central Philippines, sources told...
Cambodian Activist’s Fall Exposes Broad Deception
The fall from grace of one of Cambodia’s most prominent social activists and the unraveling of her sad tale of being an orphan sold into sex slavery has highlighted what aid workers here say is widespread embellishment and in some cases outright deception in fund-raising, especially among the country’s...
Our sacred duty to protect the children
BASIC human rights in Malaysia have never been very good but in recent years, rights for children have deteriorated further. It is best to illustrate this decay in rights by outlining recent examples.
BASIC human rights in Malaysia have never been very good but in recent years, rights for children...
