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  • 14 Jun 2011
    Christian council to return torture documents to Brazil

    Records of brutal torture and repression suffered under two decades of Brazilian military rule will be returned to the South American country today.

  • 6 Oct 2007
    Tens of thousands expected at Free Burma protests

    Tens of thousands of campaigners are expected to take to the streets of capital cities around the world today (6 October 2007), including London, to call for urgent United Nations action on Burma. Prime Minsiter Gordon Brown is meeting demonstrators.

  • 10 Dec 2006
    Congolese Mennonites welcome successful election process

    Mennonites in the Democratic Republic of Congo are relieved that their country successfully held national elections this year after decades of corrupt dictatorship and two recent wars - writes Tim Shenk.