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Senator Francis N. Tolentino said that accepting displaced refugees is the highest standard when it comes to the adherence to international human rights commitment. In an interview with the ABS-CBN News Channel direct from Washington D.C., Tolentino said that the Philippines, being part of the...

A human rights group on Friday, March 24, called for the urgent and unconditional release of 141 political prisoners in Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental, reiterating that the detention of these individuals violates the nation’s “call for unity.” Kapatid-Negros on Friday urged the...

PARIS, France -- Nearly half of all pregnancies worldwide are unintended, the UN reproductive health agency said Wednesday, warning that the war in Ukraine could further exacerbate what it called a "human rights crisis". Out of 121 million unintended pregnancies every year -- 331,000 a day -- more...