by Sean Reilly | Jun 13, 2008
Zimbabwe police and security forces have raided the Harare offices of several Christian groups, arresting the general secretary of the Student Christian Movement of Zimbabwe and other officers and staff. The student Christian group accused the government of President...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 13, 2008
Church and development organisations are demanding that countries with close bilateral ties to Angola – including the UK – take a more robust position on the continuing human rights violations in the country. The government in Luanda ordered the closure of the UN...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 12, 2008
The necessity of peace in the Middle East will be highlighted during a visit to Egypt next week by the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev Dr Samuel Kobia. During encounters with leaders of WCC member churches as well as other religious and secular...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 12, 2008
The Canadian Government has followed churches and apologised for forcing 150,000 aboriginal children to attend state-funded Christian boarding schools aimed at assimilating them. Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the apology in parliament in Ottawa, in front of...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 12, 2008
The World Association of Newspapers and the World Editors Forum have condemned what they say are the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council’s repeated efforts to undermine freedom of expression in the name of protecting religious sensibilities. “WAN reminds...
