by Sean Reilly | Feb 5, 2008
Church groups in Europe have welcomed the entry into force of a pan-European convention against human trafficking, and described it as a major step in ensuring the protection of the human rights of trafficked persons in Europe. “It is encouraging that an...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 4, 2008
Talks aimed at resolving Kenya’s post-election violence have resumed in the capital Nairobi, amid fears among church and other groups that ethnic and political tensions are seriously worsening, in spite of efforts towards peace. Cyril Ramaphosa, who played a key role...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 4, 2008
Some international peace workers in Colombia have decided not to join a march today against guerilla group FARC. Local human rights activists say it “dangerously oversimplifies” the quest for a just peace. In Barrancabermeja, the Human Rights Workers...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 4, 2008
The Israeli authorities have released the bodies of two men shot by settlers to the Palestine Red Crescent Society for burial in their home community of Beit Ummar in the Hebron District – but the mourners were then fired on with live ammunition by the IDF...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 4, 2008
Regional and international staff working for major church agencies involved in the region are consulting about relief interventions in the immediate aftermath of a series of quakes in Africa’s Great Lakes area. Initial reports from news and development agencies...
