Observing its 50th year of existence, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) edged slightly onward on a raft of previously agreed plans, blueprints, treaties, and consensual agreements, cited in 144 items of the Chairman’s Statement, at the end of its 31st Summit held in Manila on Nov. 13-14. As official host, President Duterte presided…
Tags: Confronting Challenges on Human Rights Defenders in the Philippines
‘Be critical writers, consumers of news,’ student journalists told
Outright censorship was replaced by the dominant media’s standards of “newsworthiness.”
EU supports project to strengthen work of human rights defenders
“The defense of human rights is a task of every person.”