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CHR calls for more legal protection for media workers
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Friday called on the government to provide more legal protection for media workers "to ensure press freedom, dissent, and civic participation." ...
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Congress passes 40 priority bills—DEPDev
The 19th Congress, working closely with the Marcos Administration, has passed 40 priority bills identified under the Common Legislative Agenda (CLA) by ...
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CHR backs UN rapporteur’s call for Philippines to rejoin ICC
The Commission on Human Rights on Friday, June 20, seconded United Nations Special Rapporteur Irene Khan’s call for the ...
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40 priority bills of Marcos admin passed in 19th Congress
The 19th Congress passed 40 out of the 64 priority bills under the Common Legislative Agenda (CLA) identified by the ...
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UN rapporteur urged to probe abuse of counterterror laws
Local human rights groups have urged the United Nations (UN) special rapporteur to conduct an urgent inquiry into what they call the “intensifying weaponization of counterterrorism laws” and the ...
U.S. claims strikes caused ‘severe damage’ and warns Iran against retaliation
Follow NBC News after Trump announced the U.S. has struck three nuclear facilities in Iran, joining the conflict that began ...
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Philippines: Trans Rights Activist Murdered
A hooded gunman in General Santos City in the southern Philippines carried out an apparent targeted killing on June 23, 2025, ...
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NGO workers accused of terrorism acts cleared
The last of five development workers accused of terrorism financing has surrendered to the Criminal Investigation and ...
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JURISTnews - law students reporting the rule of law in crisis
UK to classify activist group Palestine Action as terrorist organization ... President Truman signed peacetime draft bill. On June 24, 1948, President Truman signed the Military Selective Service Act, ...