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  • 2 Jun 2009
    Outrage at beheading and crucifixion in Saudi Arabia

    Human rights groups have deplored the execution and crucifixion which took place in Saudi Arabia yesterday. Ahmed bin 'Adhaib bin 'Askar al-shamlani al-'Anzi was beheaded and his body crucified publicly in Riyadh.

  • 10 May 2009
    Malaysian authorities challenged over new crackdown on dissent

    Amnesty International has called on the Malaysian authorities to release five government critics arrested in the last week, if they cannot charge them with recognisable criminal offences. The wave of arrests is part of a new crackdown on dissent.

  • 27 Apr 2009
    Holding onto hope for Sri Lanka

    The grim situation in Sri Lanka shows the hazards of extreme ethnic nationalism, says Savi Hensman. In today’s world, many people – whether they regard themselves as atheists, agnostics or religious believers – in reality put their ‘nation’ first, often symbolised by a flag.

  • 7 Nov 2008
    Women activists released in Zimbabwe as human rights abuses continue

    Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu, from Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), a community organization working for empowerment, were released from Mlondolozi Prison on Thursday 6 November, three weeks to the day they were arrested.

  • 5 Sep 2008
    Global churches act on communal violence in India

    The World Council of Churches and the Lutheran World Federation have called on the Prime Minister of India requesting his intervention to end the violence in the state of Orissa. They are also backing Christian prayer and solidarity.

  • 29 Jul 2008
    UK government grants asylum to Nigerian gay Christian activist

    Davis MacIyalla, director of the lesbian and gay rights group Changing Attitude Nigeria, has been granted asylum in the United Kingdom. Mr Davis has been subject to a range of attacks and death threats for his Christian work.

  • 6 May 2008
    BAE Systems 'ethics report' misses the moral point, say activists

    Anti-arms trade campaigners say that a new 'ethics' report commissioned by weapons giant BAE Systems will not change public perceptions of the company, following a High Court ruling over investigations into corruption charges.

  • 20 Sep 2007
    Brown to take tougher line on Zimbabwe following archbishop's call

    Prime Minister Gordon Brown look set to boycott a summit of European and African leaders to be attended by the Zimbabwean President. It follows a call at the weekend by Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, to take a tougher line on Zimbabwe.

  • 7 Jul 2007
    Southern African Christians unite to call for change in Zimbabwe

    An alliance of southern African Christian organizations has called for the African Union and other bodies on the continent to help stop human rights violations being perpetrated on Zimbabweans by the country's government.

  • 12 Jun 2007
    Pakistan death sentence illustrates iniquity of blasphemy laws, say churches

    Both churches and human rights groups are calling for the scrapping of Pakistan's blasphemy laws following the handing down of a death sentence and other sanctions against Christians in the Muslim-majority country.