The groups said the “deepening of the culture of violence, the demonization of human rights and the lack of accountability and justice” are the “legacy of the Duterte government.”
Macababbad was the 58th lawyer and the third member of the red-tagged National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers killed under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.
Callamard said governments’ failure to address the impacts of the climate crisis in spite of overwhelming scientific evidence “may well be the biggest inter-generational human rights violation in history.”
The Global Witness report ranked the Philippines third world’s deadliest country with 29 killings of environmental defenders in 2020.
Despite their announced noble intentions, it would seem that the mangrove planting activities conducted can actually be detrimental to the environment.
The Joint Diploma in Integral Ecology was initially launched in 2016 but is now being offered for the first time in English.
The diocese also stressed that the Himogaan River is also culturally significant, hosting “Adlaw Sang Suba” and supporting tourism, irrigating sugarcane fields, and aiding coastal fishing.
In contrast to the typical larger-than-life portrayal of historical figures in recent years, “GomBurZa” takes a relatively grounded approach to heroism
Let us then find Jesus manifested in those who need the most, listening and acting on the cries of the earth and the poor!
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