by Sean Reilly | Sep 8, 2008
The Angolan government is threatening to close the Association for Justice, Peace and Democracy (AJPD), one of the country’s most active human rights organisations. The constitutional court began proceedings to ban AJPD, a Christian Aid partner organisation, on 4...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 8, 2008
A major arms fair due to begin on Remembrance Day in Adelaide, Australia, has been cancelled because of high levels of protest. In the UK, the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has welcomed the news as further evidence that opposition to the arms trade is growing...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 8, 2008
Speaking at a pastoral congress in Germany last week, Cardinal Martino deplored the prejudice and hatred being meted out to Romany and travelling people (often called “Gypsies”) in many parts of Europe, and called on the churches to support them. In an...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 8, 2008
GMTV presenter Lorraine Kelly has said she believes that education for all, rather than schools divided on religious lines, in what Scotland needs to overcome sectarianism and to build lasting community. Her comments come at the end of a week of debate following the...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 8, 2008
The President and Vice-President of the British Methodist Conference will join Free Church leaders attending the three main party political conferences this autumn and will be pushing a message of social justice in the UK and globally. President the Rev Stephen Poxon...
