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Iran judiciary says jailed protestor dead days after hospitalized

Iran's judiciary on Sunday said a prisoner jailed over a 2018 protest by a religious sect had died days after he was hospitalized. Behnam Mahjoubi,...

Tokhang in drugs war and pandemic

"It is not a crime to be sick."     The Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights...

Vampires attacking the poor

"You can win against vampires only when you stand up to them."     In my previous column, I cited the Report of the United Nations High...

SC admits delay in release of sick, elderly detainees

The Supreme Court failed to promptly resolve the petition seeking the immediate release from prison facilities of the sick and elderly prisoners to decongest...

UN warns of cop brutality, human rights curtailing under pandemic

Geneva, Switzerland—The UN rights chief warned Monday, April 27, that countries flouting the rule of law in the name of fighting the novel coronavirus...

UN HCR frets over Manila’s war on drugs

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed concern again over the number of deaths recorded under President Rodrigo...

EU ‘satisfied’ with Manila’s explanation on drug war

The European Union is “satisfied” with the Philippine government’s explanation on the Duterte administration’s campaign against illegal drugs amid criticism that it violates human...

UNHCR makes Duterte cry

President Rodrigo Duterte said he cried after former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein told him he should seek...
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