by Sean Reilly | Sep 9, 2008
A web portal providing access to resources on communication rights has been launched by the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) as the first step towards establishing a new global Centre for Communication Rights. The portal can be found at...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 9, 2008
‘The Bible has revolutionary power to free the poor’, Archbishop Desmond Tutu told a conference of Evangelical UK Christians and church leaders in London at the weekend. The Nobel Prize winner was speaking at an event organised by Evangelical aid agency...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 8, 2008
The Angolan government is threatening to close the Association for Justice, Peace and Democracy (AJPD), one of the country’s most active human rights organisations. The constitutional court began proceedings to ban AJPD, a Christian Aid partner organisation, on 4...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 8, 2008
A major arms fair due to begin on Remembrance Day in Adelaide, Australia, has been cancelled because of high levels of protest. In the UK, the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has welcomed the news as further evidence that opposition to the arms trade is growing...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 8, 2008
Speaking at a pastoral congress in Germany last week, Cardinal Martino deplored the prejudice and hatred being meted out to Romany and travelling people (often called “Gypsies”) in many parts of Europe, and called on the churches to support them. In an...
