Joanna Patricia Cariño received the human rights prize, an award commemorating a 1980 pro-democracy movement in the South Korean city of Gwangju, Saturday. “Human rights make us human. With every violation of human rights, our humanity is diminished. She called the award a “vindication” of her life-long vocation to defend and promote democracy and human rights. “It is ironic that while the repressive Philippine Duterte regime labels human rights activists such as myself as terrorists, prestigious foreign institutions such as the May 18 Memorial Foundation recognizes my human rights activism as honorable,” Cariño said.

Source: Philippine Star May 20, 2019 03:31 UTC