In this issue
- An Open Letter to President Bashar Al-Assad
- Deceit is the real constitutional crisis
- Placing DWP staff in foodbanks
- CAGE versus the Charity Commission
- Ekklesia Annual Appeal – Make Room At the Inn this Christmas
- Shaker Aamer returns to UK after 13 years in Guantanamo
- Report reveals abuse in Somaliland mental health centres
- Brazilian ranchers attacks on indigenous people intensify
- European church leaders call for refugees’ safe passage
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Upcoming events
Savitri Hensman Book Launch
December 8, 2015
You are invited to join us at the launch of Savitri Hensman’s important new book, “Sexuality, struggle and saintliness: same-sex marriage and the church”.
Peacemaking and personal life past and present.
November 4, 2015
Ekklesia Chief Operating Officer, Virginia Moffatt, will be speaking at the Faringdon Peace Group, Friends Meeting House, Lechlade Road, Oxfords
Monday 2 November 2015
30 Oct 2015
Ekklesia Annual Appeal – Make Room At the Inn this Christmas
Ekklesia launches its Annual Appeal – Make Room At The Inn This Christmas
30 Oct 2015
Shaker Aamer returns to UK after 13 years in Guantanamo
Shaker Aamer, the last British resident to be held in Guantanamo Bay has landed in the UK, having been detained for 13 years. He landed at London’s Biggin Hill Airport shortly before 1.00pm today.
30 Oct 2015
Report reveals abuse in Somaliland mental health centres
People with mental health conditions in Somaliland are increasingly forced into institutions, where they face serious abuses and poor conditions, says Human Rights Watch. The Somaliland authorities should provide oversight for all mental health facilities, prohibit chaining, and establish voluntary community-based services for people with mental health conditions.
29 Oct 2015
Brazilian ranchers attacks on indigenous people intensify
Two Guarani teenagers are feared dead amidst a wave of attacks on indigenous communities in west-central Brazil
30 Oct 2015
European church leaders call for refugees’ safe passage
A group of 35 bishops and church leaders from 20 countries have gathered in Munich, Germany to discuss refugees and the role of the churches in Europe with a recommendation for safe passage to those seeking refuge.
31 Oct 2015
An Open Letter to President Bashar Al-Assad
As the violent stalemate continues in Syria, Ekklesia ssociate and regional expert Dr Harry Hagopian writes an open letter to the Syrian President, pointing to the conditions necessary for moves away from bloodshed and towards a ust peace.
Read more
29 Oct 2015
Deceit is the real constitutional crisis
Deceit takes many forms. The outright lie, the partial truth, concealment, the broken promise.
31 Oct 2015
Placing DWP staff in foodbanks
A few days ago, Giuseppina Salamone, a welfare rights adviser from Brighton, wrote a powerful letter to the Guardian, which was headlined, ‘Welfare cuts are now becoming a matter of life or death’.
Read more from Bernadette Meaden’s blog
30 Oct 2015
CAGE versus the Charity Commission
Last Wednesday (21 October) an important agreement was reached between the campaign group
Read more from Virginia Moffatt’s blog