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ILOILO CITY – Filipino lawyer Angelo Karlo Guillen has been awarded the 2022 Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty by Human Rights First, an international non-profit organization based in the United States. The award is in honor of the principal founder of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

Baldwin Award Given to International Human Rights Defender in 2022 NEW YORK – Human Rights First announced today that Angelo Karlo Guillen, a human rights lawyer in the Philippines, is the winner of the 2022 Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty. The Baldwin Medal will be presented to Guillen in person at an event in the United States later this year.  

WASHINGTON, D.C. - This weekend, the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, a historic package that will lower healthcare costs for American families and take much needed action to address climate change. In a hard-won victory, the Senate rejected all of the offered “poison pill” amendments which targeted asylum seekers and immigrants, and the bill now proceeds to the House of Representatives devoid of any provisions that would have threatened passage of the bill and done signifi...

Through a website called Stories of Women in Neuroscience, Nancy Padillo-Coreano aims to shift biases in the field, one conversation at a time.

WASHINGTON DC - In anticipation of the Senate considering the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Human Rights First calls on Senators to vote no on any amendment to this legislation that would harm asylum seekers and immigrants and be a “poison pill” that could derail this important legislation. 

Ford Philippines has just launched the much-awaited, next-generation Ford Ranger. Retail price starts at ₱1,198,000, all the way up to ₱1,875,000.

You can get up to P 100K off during the weekend event.

North Championship silverware has been infrequent for Portroe and Roscrea in recent years so both will be keen to get their hands on the Liam Devaney Cup as the first ever winners of the North Tipperary Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship on Sunday ...

WASHINGTON - On World Refugee Day, Human Rights First recognizes both the enormous hardships that displaced people around the world continue to face and their remarkable resilience in pursuit of safety. Refugees are essential members of communities across the United States. Human Rights First calls on the U.S. government to uphold and defend U.S. refugee law and international treaty commitments, treat asylum seekers at our borders and within the United States with dignity and fairness, and resto...

WASHINGTON – Human Rights First today announced the hiring of Erin E. Wilson as the Senior Director for Extremism and Human Rights and Elizabeth Yates, Ph.D. as Senior Researcher on Antisemitism.