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Ekklesia daily bulletin

by Archive | Jan 25, 2016

In this issue


In this issue

  • Anglican unity, homophobic prejudice and religious violence
  • Conscientious Objection: 100 years on
  • UK urged to use Ethiopia summit to free death row Briton
  • UN calls for unlimited aid access to beseiged Yemeni city
  • Tribal community attacked by gunmen in Brazil
  • ‘Shocking’ crimes committed by all sides in South Sudan
  • New report finds tribal children paid in glue and alcohol
  • Taliban attack on university an ‘affront to humanity’ says Amnesty
 

22 Jan 2016

Anglican unity, homophobic prejudice and religious violence

Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has praised “the unity that was so remarkably shown” at a controversial gathering of Anglican primates the pr

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Upcoming events

Launch of ‘The Hammer Blow’ by Andrea Needham

January 29, 2016

 

On 29 January, Peace News Press is marking the 20th anniversary of the historic Seeds of Hope Ploughshares action.

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Sex and Sensibility

February 23, 2016

 

SEX AND SENSIBILITY: SALLY HITCHINER AND PETER TATCHELL IN CONVERSATION 23rd February, 6.30pm, Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, 235, Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8EP.

 

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Monday 25 January 2016

25 Jan 2016

Conscientious Objection: 100 years on

In the midst of World War I, as conscription came into force, Quakers worked with parliament to ensure men had the right to refuse to kill

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22 Jan 2016

UK urged to use Ethiopia summit to free death row Briton

The government must use the African Union summit which runs from 21-26 Juanuary in Addis Ababa to urge the release of a British man kidnapped to Ethiopia nearly two years ago, says the human rights organisation Reprieve.

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25 Jan 2016

UN calls for unlimited aid access to beseiged Yemeni city

Senior United Nations humanitarian officials have called on the authorities and various factions in war-torn Yemen to allow sustained access into the besieged central city of Taiz after seeing at first-hand the desperate state of its inhabitants.

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24 Jan 2016

Tribal community attacked by gunmen in Brazil

Survival International, the global organisation for the right of tribal people, said today (24 January) that a tribal community is being attacked by a large number of gunmen in southern Brazil.

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22 Jan 2016

‘Shocking’ crimes committed by all sides in South Sudan

Hundreds of extra-judicial killings, enforced disappearances, gang-rapes, sexual slavery, forced abortion, massive recruitment of child soldiers and indiscriminate attacks against civilians with entire villages burned down have been perpetrated by all in sides in South Sudan, says the UN.

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22 Jan 2016

New report finds tribal children paid in glue and alcohol

Tribal children in the African rainforests have been paid in glue to sniff, and alcohol, in return for menial work, a new report from Survival International report has revealed.

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21 Jan 2016

Taliban attack on university an ‘affront to humanity’ says Amnesty

The armed men who carried out the deadly armed attack on Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, north-western Pakistan, violated the central principle of international humanitarian law by deliberately targeting civilians in what appears to be a war crime, says Amnesty International.

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