by Sean Reilly | Nov 15, 2007
A Ugandan rebel group which has committed appalling human rights abuses over the years and has been implicated in cult-like religion has said it realises it was wrong and wishes to seek forgiveness from its many victims. The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has been...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 7, 2007
Pope Benedict XVI has met for the first time with a Saudi Arabian monarch, the controversial King Abdullah. A carefully worded communique from the Vatican avoids an mention of the human rights issues that have caused outrage among campaigners. However, there are coded...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 5, 2007
Pakistani Christians are expressing concern about the public order situation in their country, and the security of minorities, following President Pervez Musharraf’s widely criticised suspension of consitutional government and his declaration of a state of...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 1, 2007
Christian-Muslim relations and the rights of the minority Christian community are among the likely discussion points when Pope Benedict XVI meets with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah next week – after his controversial UK state visit. The meeting will be the...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 1, 2007
Religion and culture are abused when they are employed illegitimately to justify the suppression of women and the denial of their equal humanity, human rights lawyer Chrie Booth argued yesterday in a lecture at Chatham House in London. Ms Booth, who is married to...
