As the nation remembers its dead, one Negros Occidental family’s grief begins

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/philippines/visayas/negros-occidental-family-grief-begins-undas-october-2025/

Family & supporters of #Mexican #activist who was #killed after opposing a #Canadian company's #mining project are taking their case to an #international #HumanRights body.
The #JusticeAndCorporateAccountabilityProject - Canadian initiative by #volunteer #lawyers is making a complaint to the #InterAmerican #CommissionOnHumanRights on behalf of the family of Mariano Abarca.

https://beta.ctvnews.ca/national/politics/2023/6/7/1_6430747.amp.html

#Canada #Mexico #EnvironmentalRacism #CorporateGreed #GreedKills #BlackfireExplorations #Legal

#Philippines #first #Muslim #woman #HumanRights #commissioner has urged other countries to #BanChildMarriage as she pressed for the "full enjoyment" of the #rights of #MuslimWomen & #girls worldwide.

The #DepartmentOfForeign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday said that Commissioner Faydah Dumarpa of the #CommissionOnHumanRights (CHR) has underscored before the #UnitedNations (UN) the #importance of advancing the rights & #wellbeing of Muslim women & girls.

https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/03/16/news/phs-first-muslim-human-rights-commissioner-asks-countries-to-ban-child-marriage/1883056/amp

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