Category - human rights

Churches delegation concerned about South Ossetia after visit problems

agency reporter — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:54:19 +0100

A pastoral delegation sent by the World Council of Churches to Georgia and Russia in the wake of the bitter conflict there has not been able to get safe passage to visit South Ossetia from the Georgian side of the ceasefire line.

Protesters face police raids at the Republican Convention

staff writers — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:14:44 +0100

US police have staged preemptive armed raids targeting protesters and alternative media around the Republican National Convention - including thousands of people demonstrating about war world poverty throughout the week.

Indian government pressed for action on horrific Orissa violence

staff writers — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:58:51 +0100

Following a series of horrific attacks in Orissa, Indian church and human rights organisations have been keeping up pressure on the government for decisive action against militants, and are asking for world attention to the crisis.

Civil rights activists criticise UN religious defamation resolution

staff writers — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:53:23 +0100

Civil rights organisations and national leaders are expressing alarm at a United Nations General Assembly resolution that demands respect for religion but which critics say has been used to justify suppression of religious minorities.

Keeping an eye on China

Giles Fraser — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:39:53 +0100

Mao Zedong died in 1976, and since then, two big things have happened to China, says Giles Fraser. The first is the explosion of the economy. The other is the explosion of religion - and, sometimes, its suppression.

Lambeth attendees invited to discover Christ in human rights

Savi Hensman — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:30:37 +0100

One of its centres of attraction in the Lambeth Conference marketplace has been the stall "Seeing Christ in Human Rights", which shows gay Christians and the Gospel in a different light.

Karadzic's capture highlights the shame of the Serbian church

staff writers — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:22:59 +0100

Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic, who has been arrested in Serbia after more than a decade on the run, will finally face justice after years of support from a network of allies - including many in the Serbian Orthodox Church.

German Olympic bracelets highlight human rights issues

Ecumenical News International — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:10:29 +0100

A German church has far exceeded its initial expectations in so far distributing more than 200,000 black bracelets intended as a symbolic protest against human rights abuses in China during the Olympic Games in Beijing.

African churches call for tough action on Mugabe abuses

agency reporter — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:15:19 +0100

Delegates from churches in Zimbabwe, South Africa and other countries in the Southern Africa Development Community have expressed clear support for targeted sanctions against Zimbabwe.

Madrid inter-faith summit highlights global problems and possibilities

staff writers — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:38:25 +0100

The scale of the challenge and the glimmer of new possibilities in interreligious understnading is on display at the 16-18 July international interfaith conference convened in Madrid by the Muslim World League.