Tag: human rights
Jailed Vietnamese Catholic activist, blogger ends hunger strike
HANOI, Vietnam -- A prominent Catholic blogger and activist ended a two-week hunger strike in a Vietnamese prison after she met with visiting U.S....
Mexican priest proposed as possible human rights chief
MEXICO CITY — The front-runner in Mexico’s presidential election said, if he wins July 1, he would appoint an activist priest as his human...
Human trafficking called 'one of darkest, most revolting realities'
Catholic News Service
UNITED NATIONS -- Mely Lenario quietly described her harrowing journey from ambitious, naive rural girl trafficked to hopeless, drug-fueled urban prostitute, through...