by Agency Reporter | Dec 20, 2023 | Briefing
AS WINTER comes to Ukraine, UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, Regina De Dominicis, has issued the following statement: “Yet again, as winter continues to take hold, we are witnessing an escalation of attacks on infrastructure across Ukraine, with...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 19, 2023 | Briefing
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has hailed Chile’s Supreme Court judgement on Operation Condor – a notorious campaign coordinated among South America’s dictatorships in the 70s and 80s to persecute political opponents and dissidents – as a major step...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 19, 2023 | Briefing
TWO WOMEN sheltering in the Church of the Holy Family compound in Gaza were killed by Israeli snipers on 16 December. Early in the morning Israeli rockets caused a huge explosion and fire at the convent run by Mother Teresa’s sisters which cares for 54 disabled...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 18, 2023 | Briefing
CHRISTIAN AID, along with other Christian churches and organisations, have issued a joint statement saying only a permanent ceasefire can deliver sufficient aid to Gaza. The 21 Christian organisations also call for the immediate release of all hostages. Their leaders...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 18, 2023 | Briefing
ALLOWING asylum seekers the right to work could help them settle into communities better while boosting Scotland’s economy and workforce. Research by the Scottish Government’s independent Expert Advisory Group on Migration and Population sets out how enabling asylum...
by Agency Reporter | Dec 17, 2023 | Briefing
FIVE WOMEN held a nativity-themed climate change protest on 15 December inside the National Gallery in London. The members of Christian Climate Action stood in front of a 15th-century Filippino Lippi painting of the Virgin and Child which depicts Mary seated in a...
