by Sean Reilly | Jun 17, 2008
The Zimbabwean woman who sat next to the general secretary of the World Council of Churches telling her story was quite blunt. “Please don’t write my name – if it is known I will be killed,” she said at the meeting moderated by the WCC general...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 16, 2008
Land degradation intensifies agricultural economic losses, disorganizes local and regional food markets, and causes social and political instability. To combat it there is an increasing push towards sustainable agriculture – the ability of a farm to produce food...
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...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 6, 2008
“The Lord’s Prayer highlights that having enough to eat is, and has always been, central to the Christian idea of a world shaped by justice and mercy,” observes Sushant Agrawal, Director of the Church’s Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA) in...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 5, 2008
Church-backed Philippine human rights activists have reiterated their call on the UN Human Rights Council to “keep pursuing our government to stop the extra-judicial killings and other human rights violations”. The UN body is meeting in Geneva until 18...