#HumanRights #ClimateJustice | Mindanao Struggles Against El Niño’s Wrath: Urgent Call for National Action 🌾🔥 Organizations and local units report losses as drought grips the region. From Cagayan de Oro to Zamboanga, communities face water shortages and agricultural setbacks. The Philippine Movement for Climate Justice demands swift government response to mitigate impact. #ElNiñoCrisis
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#HumanRights #MartialLaw | 🚀 Exciting News! Join us for the launch of the Martial Law Digital Library! 📚 Explore this collaborative project by Ateneo de Manila University, Rizal Library, and University of Hawai’i at Manoa, shedding light on a crucial era. Register now for the hybrid event! Let’s remember, learn, and never forget. #NeverAgain
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🌟 Exciting News! 🌟 Applications are now open for the 2024 ASEAN Human Rights Advocacy Academy by FORUM-ASIA! Calling all youth activists in Southeast Asia to join us in empowering human rights defenders. Let’s shape the future together! Apply now and be the change! #ASEANHRAcademy #HumanRightsForAll
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CEED was given the opportunity to share its knowledge on the climate crisis, the critical fight for 1.5C, and the promise of renewable energy vs. fossil fuels at Camalanda-an National High School in Cauayan, Negros Occidental. The municipality of Cauayan is one of the vulnerable coastal communities in Negros and was also heavily-stricken by the Typhoon Odette last 2021. Camalandan-an
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#HumanRights #Mining 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐧! 🌿 Join the fight to protect Mount Mantalingahan and the rights of its people against illegal mining activities. Sign the petition now and be #ONEwithPalawan: https://www.bataris.org.ph/p/1Palawan In February 2023, an anti-mining human barricade was put up in Brooke’s Point to protest the illegal operations of Ipilan Nickel Corporation (INC), which has been mining the area
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Joint Statement on the International Day of the Disappeared: The Importance of Eliminating Enforced Disappearance Practices in AsiaAsia Alliance Against TortureAugust 30, 2021 Today, on the occasion of International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Asia Alliance Against Torture (A3T) condemns the practice of enforced disappearances that continues to occur in Asia. It is a cruel practice that
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Joint Statement of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances: The Paradox in Eliminating the Enforced Disappearance in Asia Asia Alliance against Torture and Ill-Treatment August 30, 2020 The Asia Alliance Against Torture (A3T) condemns the practice of enforced disappearances that continues to occur in Asia. It is a cruel practice that perpetuates impunity, where the government shows
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(Bangkok, 16 March 2020) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) urges the Government of the Philippines to respect the fundamental rights of its people in the ‘community quarantine’ enforced in Metro Manila, and in other cities and provinces in the country. FORUM-ASIA expresses alarm at the disproportionate response to Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), particularly the increased
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Joint Statement: Call for Asian Countries to End the Death Penalty and Respect the Right to Life (Bangkok, 10 October 2018) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM–ASIA) and 22 civil society organisations in Asia condemn the recent imposition of the death penalty by the Singaporean authorities on Abdul Wahid Bin Ismail, Mohsen Bin Na’im, and Zainudin
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Asia Alliance Against Torture http://antitortureasia.org/ Asia has high diversity on ethnicity, religion, and economic strata. These facts have been used by many authorities to compromised the violence for the one single order, despite maintaining the diversity. To this end, torture and other form of violence took place in many situations in Asia. The practice of torture has a long historical
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