Human Rights and Human Rights Violations
- Profiles in Catholicism
- Aug 8, 2018
- 6 min read
Updated: Jul 18
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Monks behaving badly: the sex scandal rocking Thailand’s Buddhist clergy by Rebecca Ratcliffe and Navaon Siradapuvadol The Guardian
Human Rights Defenders Are Fleeing El Salvador as Bukele Cracks Down by Nikki McCann Ramirez Rolling Stone
Human Rights Watch declaration on prison conditions in El Salvador for the J.G.G. v. Trump case by Human Rights Watch
What we know about CECOT, El Salvador's mega-prison taking Trump's deportees by ABC News Australia/MSN
El Salvador’s Prisons Are No Place for US Deportees by Juanita Goebertus Estrada The Hill/Human Rights Watch
Terrorism Confinement Center by Wikipedia
El Salvador: Children to Be Moved to Adult Prisons by Human Rights Watch
El Salvador: Rights Violations Against Children in ‘State of Emergency’ by Human Rights Watch
“They Don’t Care About Civil Rights”: Trump’s Shuttering of DHS Oversight Arm Freezes 600 Cases, Imperils Human Rights by J. David McSwane and Hannah Allam ProPublica
Philippines: Dominicans launch climate change and human rights handbook by LiCAS News/Vatican News
UN denounces new human rights violations in Nicaragua by L'Osservatore Romano/Vatican News
European Court of Human Rights rules on climate change cases by Christopher Wells Vatican News
Rights advocates red-tagged as was Jesus of Nazareth by Father Shay Cullen Profiles in Catholicism
Clampdown in Belarus by This Week in Rights/LinkedIn
Overcoming poverty by respecting human rights by Father Shay Cullen Profiles in Catholicism
China’s Forced Relocation of Rural Tibetans by This Week in Rights
Marching for Human Rights by Jocelyn Thomas Franciscan Friars Holy Name Provence
European Court of Human Rights rules on climate change cases by Christopher Wells Vatican News
The Week In Rights by Human Rights Watch LinkedIn
Education, faith leaders denounce planned Satan club at Tennessee elementary school by The Associated Press/ABC News
Human rights leaders call for Nigeria to be redesignated as religious freedom violator by Joe Burkis Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report
Weaponized Water in Yemen by Human Rights Watch
The Declaration of Human Rights is for all by Father Shay Cullen Profiles in Catholicism
Vietnam: Human rights defender freed from prison by Independent Catholic News
Guatemalan Bishops decry violation of human rights in migrant centres by Linda Bordoni Vatican News
European court: Russia violated human rights by not legally recognizing gay unions by Tyler Arnold Catholic News Agency
Jailed Catholic Belarusian human rights activist receives Nobel Peace Prize by Filip Mazurczak The Catholic World Report
Defending children's human rights on the Internet by Father Shay Cullen Independent Catholic News
Flemish Bishops’ Document Undermines the Spiritual Quest of Homosexual People, Belgian Theologians Warn by Solène Tadié National Catholic Register
Belgium violated right to life in euthanasia case, European Court of Human Rights rules by Anian Christoph Wimmer Catholic News Agency/Angelus
China: Crimes Against Humanity in Xinjiang by Human Rights Watch
UN Warning Over Rising Death Toll and Rights Violations in Haiti by The Associated Press/The Skanner
Pakistan: Kidnappings, forced conversions are ‘human rights issue’ by Aid to the Church in Need
EU Parliament urges Vatican to defend human rights in Hong Kong by Claire Giangravé Religion News Service
Catholic University awards honorary degree to imprisoned human rights advocate Jimmy Lai by Catholic News Agency
UK-Rwanda asylum deal raises human rights concerns by Benedict Mayaki, SJ Vatican News
Japan’s PM tells Vatican of concern about human rights in Hong Kong and Xinjiang by Courtney Mares Catholic News Agency
Colombia: Mining company under fire from parliamentarians over human rights by Claudia Navarro Independent Catholic News
UK-Rwanda asylum deal raises human rights concerns by Benedict Mayaki, SJ Vatican News
Nicaragua bishop warns that without human rights, ‘ugliness, sadness and death’ reign by Inés San Martín Crux
Monday Starter: Sisters lead charge to hold Microsoft accountable on human rights and privacy by Soli Salgado Global Sisters Report
Holy See: Stop human rights violations at sea by Linda Bordon Vatican News
Human Rights Activist: Christians in Myanmar Are Suffering Amid Crackdown by Catholic News Agency, National Catholic Register
Japan Demands $900k Per Person From North Korea for Human Rights Abuses by Mary Ellen Cagnassol Newsweek/
Human Rights in an uncertain world by Myron J. Pereira La Croix International
Australian teens to address UN Human Rights Council by Cath News
Priest follows footsteps of St Aidan to support vulnerable refugees by Daniel Sweeney Independent Catholic News
Keeping refugee advocacy alive by Andrew Hamilton Eureka Street
China, Canada spar at UN body over human rights failings by James Keaten The Associated Press
Bishops protest at human rights violations, violence in Holy Land by Independent Catholic News
2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices by Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor U.S. Departmetn of States/We Hold these Truths
Pope Francis Supports Human Rights Defenders by Father Shay Cullen Profiles in Catholicism
Archbishop Gallagher to UN: Inalienable human rights must be defended by Fr Benedict Mayaki, SJ Vatican News
Biden in call with China’s Xi raises human rights, trade by Aamer Madhan The Associated Press
Couple receive 77 lashes for gay sex in Indonesia Rights groups condemn punishment against men carried out in front of their parents by Katharina Reny Lestari UCA News
China in darkest period for human rights since Tiananmen, says rights group Human Rights Watch lists persecutions in Xinjiang, Mongolia, Tibet and Hong Kong but notes new willingness to condemn Beijing by Helen Davidson The Guardian
Inter-American Human Rights Commission to look into clerical sexual abuse by Inés San Martín Crux
Spanish ‘Hosts Case’ Reveals Europe’s Internal Divisions Over Human Rights by Solène Tadié National Catholic Register
Catholic bishops in Zimbabwe speak out for first time on human rights abuses by Nyasha Chingono The Guardian
Kenya Turns Its Covid-19 Crisis into a Human Rights Emergency by April Zhu NYR Review
Pompeo's rights commission delivers an implicit critique of Trump by Mark Silk Religion News Service
Australia: Call for Rio Tinto to be stripped of human rights ranking after destruction of sacred site by Independent Catholic News
Philippines under microscope for culture of impunity. UN Human Rights Council takes President Duterte to task over human rights record by Mary Aileen D. BacalsoUCA News
Hong Kong: Beijing passes National Security Law amid fears for human rights by Independent Catholic News
UN: torturers must never get away with their crimes by Vatican News
Should Turkey extend the release of prisoners to journalists and human rights activists, who were arbitrarily detained? by We Hold These Truths
State Department examines human rights issues in China, Myanmar, elsewhere by Mark Pattison Catholic News Service/Crux
State Department Releases Annual Human Rights Report by Catholic News Agency/National Catholic Registers
Human Rights Defenders Killed in 2020 in Colombia - Bishops express "immense pain and concern..." by Jesus Caritas Est Catholic News World
Bishop Kome of Cameroon says Human Rights have been Violated based on Report and calls for More Freedom by Catholic News World
Food, Shelter, and Clothing are Basic Human Rights by Fr. Matthew Schneider Patheos
Human Rights Day: Caritas Europa invites EU to leave no one behind by Vatican News
Nicaraguan Church leaders call out Ortega regime for human rights abuses by Inés San Martín Crux
Kin of Philippine drug war victims appeal for UN help by Marielle Lucenio UCANews.com
The Fourth of July, The Declaration of Independence, and Human Rights by Henry Karlson Patheos\
Archbishop Auza at UN Stresses Need to Include the Elderly. Older Persons Disproportionately Impacted by Many Burdens by Zenit Staff Zenit
Human rights and Catholic social teaching by Jesuits in Ireland
El Mozote Massacre investigators to receive human rights award by Maria Benevento National Catholic Reporter
Human rights and Catholic social teaching by Jesuits in Ireland
Zimbabwe bishops collect data on human rights violations by Catholic News Service/Crux
Holy See dissatisfied Poland climate summit downplayed human rights by Hannah Brockhaus Catholic News Agency/Angelus
Pope calls for universal respect for human rights by Carol Glatz Catholic News Service/ UCANews.com
The sorry state of human rights in the Philippines by Mary Aileen D. Bacalso La Croix International
Archbishop Gallagher Stresses Human Rights at OSCE Meeting by Jim Fair Zerit
Human rights advocates: UN must address Chinese internment camps by Catholic News Agency/ Angelus
Analysis: Benedict XVI’s unpublished letter—God is key to understanding human rights by Andrea Gagliarducc, Catholic News Agency
Marching for Human Rights by Jocelyn Thomas Franciscan Friars Holy Name Provence
A Death in Guatemala (Monsignor Juan José Gerardi Conedera) by Judith Berry
Why North Korea's Human Rights Abuses are Being Ignored by Min hee and JoQuinn Marschik The National Interest
