In this issue
In this issue
- Mothers of young offenders call for action on prison suicides
- Reasons to be cheerful: a year after the General Election
- MPs demand government action on UK tax havens
- Elections provide cautious optimism for anti-austerity movement.
- Friends House garden transformed
- WCC chief speaks on hope at sustainable development seminar
- Forced labour underpins DPRK Party Congress say campaigners
- WCC expresses shock at attack on Syrian refugee camp
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Foxes Have Holes Book Tour – Oxford
Monday 9 May 2016
Foxes Have Holes Book Tour – London
Mothers of young offenders call for action on prison suicides
The families of three young men who died in Glen Parva prison have called for more action to prevent suicides as Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons published its latest inspection report on the jail.
Reasons to be cheerful: a year after the General Election
This time last year, I stayed up all night with Ekklesia staff and associates as we live blogged the General Election results.
MPs demand government action on UK tax havens
MPs from major UK political parties want the government to use its Anti-Corruption Summit next week to require transparency in the UK tax havens, Christian Aid said after a Parliamentary debate in Westminster Hall.
Elections provide cautious optimism for anti-austerity movement.
I am not affiliated to any political party and have used my vote over the last thirty years to elect candidates for a number of different parties.
Friends House garden transformed
The newly re-landscaped garden at Friends House is a welcoming space for reflection, say Quakers in Britain. With planting and design inspired by a poem by Waldo Williams, it speaks of Quakerism, of peace, equality, simplicity and truth.
WCC chief speaks on hope at sustainable development seminar
Reflecting on the relevance of religion in today’s world, the World Council of Churches General Secretary, the Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit spoke at a sustainable development seminar in Rome on 4 May, posing a question to the participants: “Is religion able to bring hope to people of today?”
Forced labour underpins DPRK Party Congress say campaigners
The leadership of the Worker’s Party of Korea selected at the upcoming party congress should urgently address the serious rights abuses committed by the government, including forced labour connected with the congress, Human Rights Watch said today.
WCC expresses shock at attack on Syrian refugee camp
The World Council of Churches General Secretary, the Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has issued a statement urging the international community to put an end to the “culture of impunity” in Syria. The statement followed news reports from Syria of an air strike that targeted the Kammouneh Syrian refugee camp 0n 7 May 2016.