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6 Jun 2013

Pakistan 'must not allow Taliban peace deal to trump human rights'

Pakistan’s new government must not surrender respect for human rights in potential peace talks with armed groups, Amnesty International says.
5 Jun 2013

UN calls for 'diplomatic surge' to end sickening atrocities in Syria

With Syria engulfed in an escalating and increasingly brutal civil war, a panel of United Nations human rights experts has issued its latest report on the crisis.
5 Jun 2013

'Political Islam' in the Middle East North Africa region

Our valued associate Dr Harry Hagopian has been as busy as ever in travelling, advising, writing and broadcasting on the ever developing events across the Middle East and North Africa region.
4 Jun 2013

UK anti-drone activists arrested and charged after peaceful action

Six peace activists, representing the group Disarm the Drones, have become the first in Britain to be arrested and charged for anti-drones related offences.
30 May 2013

Egypt's hardline NGOs law would be 'death blow' to civil society

A new law on non-governmental organisations in Egypt, would effectively be a death blow to independent civil society in Egypt, says Amnesty International.
29 May 2013

Scotland and 'the vision thing'

How goes the referendum on Scottish independence? This is the question my friends from down south ask almost every time I speak to them. The answer is that it feels to be in a strange kind of limbo.
23 May 2013

Ekklesia daily e-briefing resumes

We are pleased to announce that as of yesterday, 22 May 2013, Ekklesia's daily e-mail briefing service (covering news, events and comment) has resumed.
22 May 2013

Syria through a lens: another future is possible

All the news coming out of Syria at present seems negative, and bound up with remorseless cycles of violence and the huge refugee and internal displacement crisis, which is impacting millions of people.
7 May 2013

The BBC: Promoting UKIP and ignoring NHS privatisation

When the House of Lords recently passed Section 75 of the Health and Social Care Bill, there was no coverage on BBC News. The significance and contentiousness of this legislation, which opens the NHS up to a free market in healthcare, was explained here by Savi Hensman.
4 May 2013

Prominent Lutheran warns of dangers for democracy in arbitrary justice

Margot Kässmann, one of Germany's most prominent Protestants, says hunger strike shows Guantanamo threat to democracy and justice.

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