Category - protest

Christian protest camp outside Westminster begins

agency reporter — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:23:37 +0000

Two Christian campaigners from Manchester have begun a 2-week protest camp outside the Houses of Parliament to call on MPs to help change UK policies that are making refused asylum seekers destitute.

London priest is jailed after anti-war protest

staff writers — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:38:13 +0000

A Catholic priest who lives and ministers in London began a short prison sentence last week, after he refused to pay a fine following a peace protest which was ruled to have broken public order restrictions.

Christians focus prayer and protest against the arms trade

staff writers — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:27:01 +0000

Christian members of the Campaign Against Arms Trade, which recently won a crucial court victory in the BAE Systems corruption allegation case, are holding a day of prayer across the country on Sunday 8 June 2008.

Amnesty International's Stop Torture: Protect the Human campaign

staff writers — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:35:26 +0000

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Zimbabwean authorities ban open air prayer meetings

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 28 May 2008 08:34:00 +0000

After police invoked security laws to ban open-air prayer meetings in some parts of the country, a Zimbabwean church group says freedom to worship is being infringed in the weeks before a presidential election run-off in June.

Wikipedia blamed for scientists' Pope protests over Galileo

staff writers — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:08:15 +0000

The newspaper L'Osservatore Romano claims that the students and scientists who protested about the Pope giving a speech at their university last month had misunderstood his views on Galileo because of a mistake involving Wikipedia.

Israeli and Palestinian groups deplore tightening of Gaza blockade

staff writers — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:40:16 +0000

There are fears that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is set to worsen after a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court, supported by church and other groups, failed to stop the government from stepping up its blockade of the territory.

Hong Kong church leaders reject Beijing's suffrage delay

Ecumenical News International — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:18:51 +0000

Hong Kong church leaders have rejected China's decision to introduce universal suffrage in the nation's special region by 2017, and have led thousands of marchers demanding votes for all by 2012, against Beijing's wishes.

Churches act to help save threatened post offices

staff writers — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:17:11 +0000

Church members in affected areas are being urged to join consultations on sub-post office closures by the Anglican Archdeacons of Berkshire, Buckingham and Oxford - after protests by local communities hit by threatened closures.

Buddhist monks are the big 2007 religious news story in USA

Ecumenical News International — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:42:17 +0000

Buddhist monks who led anti-government demonstrations in Burma have been selected as the top religion newsmakers of the year 2007, in a poll of secular journalists who write about religion for media in the United States.