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WWII Sex Slave Survivors Reject Compensation Move
Two of some 10 victims forced into sexual slavery by Japanese soldiers during World War II and still alive in the Philippines have dismissed a proposed compensation package saying money is useless at their age. “What can I do with so much money at my age? I can only keep them for my grandchildren,” Narcisa Claveria, 92, told UCA News.
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Published on 13/03/2023 by puertoparrot
Categories: History, Legal, News and Events
Tags: Japanese, Rights, country, government, women
New Anti-Slavery Law Will Impose Cost on China for Its Genocide in Xinjiang
New U.S. legislation aimed to stop the use of slave labor in China’s Xinjiang region has the potential to severely disrupt America’s $150 billion fashion industry. At risk is the industry’s access to the 20 percent of the world’s cotton that’s produced in the region, and the fate of 1 million Uyghurs held in China’s prison camps there.
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Published on 28/12/2021 by puertoparrot
Categories: Business, Politics
Tags: China, Chinese, Rights, companies, industry
'Very Painful' to Leave PH, Says Blacklisted Dutch Missionary
This Dutch lay missionary and labor rights advocate has made the Philippines his home for 30 years and is pained and shocked at being ordered to leave by the Bureau of Immigration (BI). The most difficult part of leaving, says Otto Rudolf de Vries, is separation from his close friends, especially the workers and residents of poor communities “who have become very close to my heart.”
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Published on 14/03/2021 by puertoparrot
Categories: Communities, Legal, Religion
Tags: Church, Philippines, Rights, Workers, missionary, visa
Democracy Collapses into Repression in Southeast Asia
Suddenly, over recent weeks, Southeast Asia has seen the collapse or perversion of participatory democracy in virtually every country but Indonesia as leaders have suspended legislatures, arrested common citizens and opposition lawmakers, gone after student leaders and shot and killed growing numbers of activists and protesters. There seem almost no exceptions.
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Published on 13/03/2021 by puertoparrot
Categories: Communities, News and Events, Politics
Tags: ASEAN, Rights, Western, country, government
How Filipino Activists Ended Up on a 'wanted' Poster
Dr Jean Lindo was on a ward round when a friend messaged to say her face was on a "wanted" poster plastered outside a local church. The flyer branded her and eight other Filipinos including a bishop and school director - all known for their humanitarian work - as "human rights violators" and "executioners".
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Published on 06/10/2020 by puertoparrot
Categories: Legal, News and Events, People
Tags: Davao, Duterte, Lumad, Rights
Philippines Police Crack Down on LGBT Protest
On June 26, police in Manila arrested at least 20 people at an LGBT Pride event protesting an anti-terrorism bill that threatens rule of law in the Philippines. The police did not explain why they were arresting the protesters, only telling them that their actions were prohibited by law. There were no allegations of violence.
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Published on 30/06/2020 by puertoparrot
Categories: News and Events, People, Politics
Tags: Police, Princesa, Rights