war on terror

September 10, 2009

Pakistani bishop urges re-think of 'war on terror'

A leading Pakistani bishop says that the 'war on terror' in Pakistan has had a negative effect on Christians in the Muslim-majority country, following further attacks on them.
July 23, 2009

Amnesty accuses Saudis of massive human rights abuses

The Saudi authorities have launched a sustained assault on human rights under the façade of countering terrorism, Amnesty International said in a new report published yesterday.
April 9, 2009

Asian churches call for US military withdrawal from Afghanistan

While the US the United States is trying to rally NATO behind its South Asian strategy, Asian churches have called "for the withdrawal of US-led international combat troops from Afghanistan".
April 7, 2009

Obama says USA is not and will never be 'at war with Islam'

US President Barack Obama has used his visit to Turkey to emphasise that the US is not and will never be involved in a 'war on Islam', and that he wants cooperation not conflict between civilisations.
January 15, 2009

British foreign secretary says 'war on terror' is wrong

British foreign secretary David Miliband has said that the use of the "war on terror" as a western rallying cry since the September 11 attacks has been a mistake.
June 15, 2008

Afghan 'hearts and minds' strategy not working, say church agencies

The military strategy of trying to win ‘hearts and minds’ in Afghanistan by building schools and health clinics is failing to address the root causes of violence in the country, a report by a group of European and Canadian aid agencies says.
January 2, 2008

British churches commit to Pakistan and reject war on terror rhetoric

The Church of Scotland has resolutely rejected the 'war on terror' language being used in some political quarters in discussions about the future of Pakistan following the assassination of former PM Benazir Bhutto.
October 31, 2007

Government has failed to make case for extending detention of terror suspects

The UK government has not made a convincing case for extending the time suspected terrorists can be detained without charge, according to the Church of England. The government's paper was published at the end of July 2007.
October 11, 2007

UK expert research group warns Brown that war on terror is "a disaster"

UK PM Gordon Brown's administration has received a warning in the strongest possible terms about following the current US-led geopolitical strategy, as a leading British research organisation says that the 'war on terror' has been failing and will continue to fail unless it is redirected.
August 12, 2007

US Christians want tougher controls on terror interrogations

The church-backed US National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) is speaking out against a new executive order from President George W. Bush that broadly outlines the limits of how suspects may be questioned in the CIA's terror interrogation programme.