Protesters seek info on missing journalist

Sri Lankan protesters have demanded their government reveal information about a journalist who has gone missing for 200 days.

Killings must stop, victims’ relatives tell Aquino

Victims of human rights violations, with their relatives and colleagues, have called on President Benigno Aquino III to address the “culture of impunity” to killings and kidnappings in the Philippines.

Rights group attacks Philippines abortion ban

The New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights has attacked a ban on abortion in the Philippines saying that it has caused a “human rights crisis”.

Claver’s brother appeals for justice for family

Family members of the late Bishop Francisco Claver, who fought for human rights, suffered from rights violations themselves, said the prelate’s brother.

Penang Office for Human Development

The Penang Office for Human Development is a social service organization set up in 2000 under the Diocese of Penang in Malaysia.

Peru to expel De La Salle human rights defender

Brother McAuley has lived in Peru for 20 years and received an MBE for his educational work in the capital, Lima.

Bangladesh Church battles land grabbers

Catholic justice activists are battling “land grabbers” who are depriving indigenous people of their ancestral lands in remote north-west Bangladesh.

Gujarat tries to muzzle rights lobby, priests say

Gujarat church leaders have condemned the arrest of two activists as a move to stifle opposition to human rights violations in the western Indian state.

Website - World Student Christian Federation, Asia Pacific

The World Student Christian Federation Asia-Pacific Region (WSCF AP) is part of a global fellowship of Christian student groups.

Frozen embryos ‘not human’, S. Korean court rules

A South Korean court has ruled that frozen embryos are not yet human and thus may be experimented upon and destroyed at will.

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