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  • 21 Nov 2007
    Israeli peace activist arrives in UK to protest home demolitions

    Leading Israeli peace activist, Jeff Halper, from the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, arrives in the UK on 22 November, with Palestinian Salim Shawamreh, who has had his house demolished four times by Israeli bulldozers.

  • 20 Nov 2007
    Feast of Holy Innocents: Faith & Resistance Retreat

    The Feast of the Holy Innocents is a date in the Catholic calender when we remember especially the fate of the 'little ones', those who are weak and little regarded by the Herod's of this world, until

  • 19 Nov 2007
    Delegation uncovers human rights abuses in the Philippines

    A World Council of Churches (WCC) delegation on an 18-21 November 2007 visit to the Southeast Asian country has heard testimonies from families of people who have been abducted, tortured and killed - including church and human rights workers.

  • 19 Nov 2007
    Bringing reconciliation home

    What are our societal conflicts in London and the UK and what needs to be reconciled? Is faith a factor in these conflicts and in what ways can it help us work with them constructively?

  • 15 Nov 2007
    Ugandan rebel group seeks forgiveness for its crimes

    A Ugandan rebel group which has committed appalling human rights abuses over the years and has been implicated in cult-like religion has said it realises it was wrong and wishes to seek forgiveness from its many victims.

  • 14 Nov 2007
    Muslim leader concerned about UK climate of fear

    The head of the Muslim Council of Britain has condemned what he describes as "the climate of fear" and prejudice experienced by many Muslims in the UK, and has called on the authorities to stamp out prejudice and promote fair treatment.

  • 13 Nov 2007
    US Lutherans back tough anti-child trafficking measures

    Lutherans and other churches have been urging a US House of Representatives Committee to expedite the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2007 (TVPRA), to help identify and protect child victims of trafficking.

  • 11 Nov 2007
    Churches join new initiative to rid the world of genocide

    A joint campaign to eliminate genocide around the world has been initiated by leading civic, academic and religious figures in a conference room at the Interchurch Center near the campus of Columbia University in New York, USA.

  • 10 Nov 2007
    Aftermath of Stockwell shooting enquiry
  • 9 Nov 2007
    Churches urge recognition of the Armenian genocide

    The National Council of Churches USA and the development agency Church World Service, holding their annual meeting, have urged the US House of Representatives to officially recognize the slaughter of Armenians in 1915 as a genocide.