by Sean Reilly | Jan 27, 2008
An independent enquiry into the United Kingdom’s asylum system has launched ‘Citizens Speak’, described by campaigners as the the biggest ever consultation with ordinary citizens on how asylum seekers should be treated. Since 2006 the Independent Asylum...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 27, 2008
Christian Aid and other church groups say that the breach of the border between Gaza and Egypt demonstrates the desperation of a people held hostage to both a policy of collective punishment and an inadequate peace process. Christian Aid, the UK-based international...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 22, 2008
Following protests from civic, human rights and church groups, Israel has said that it will allow some fuel and medicine into the Gaza Strip – but only for one day. Its blockade has contributed to a large humanitarian crisis. The Israeli authorities had closed...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 19, 2008
Sikhs from across the world will be joining in moral and practical support of a peace march in New Delhi, India, today to protest against a French secularity law that bans the wearing of sacred turbans in schools and other work places throughout the country. The one...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 16, 2008
Lambeth Palace, HQ of the Archbishop of Canterbury, has issued a strongly worded statement in response to media reports that a number of Anglican church services in Harare have been disrupted by Zimbabwean state officials. “The Archbishop of Canterbury condemns...
