In this issue
In this issue
- New government praised for ‘solid start’ on climate change
- UN chief urges solidarity to combat effects of El Niño
- Methodist Investment Unit unveils new management team
- Trident WMDs remain immoral, wasteful and redundant
- Summer school on role of communication in building just peace
- Taxes for Peace Bill read in parliament
- Quakers in Britain support Taxes for Peace Bill
- Howard League welcomes new appointment at Ministry of Justice
- New report shows persistence of hunger in 21st century UK
- In praise of ‘stayedness’: George Fox’s rebuke to our current politics
- Fears for media as purge in Turkey continues
- Human rights ‘in peril’ in Turkey following attempted coup
- Rowan Williams calls for action to end South Sudan conflict
22 Jul 2016
New government praised for ‘solid start’ on climate change
Christian Aid has praised the new Government for a solid start on climate change, as the Fifth Carbon Budget passed both Houses of Parliament less than a week after the new Prime Minister was appointed.
20 Jul 2016
UN chief urges solidarity to combat effects of El Niño
The lives and livelihoods of more than 60 million people around the world have been turned upside down by the extreme weather events linked to the El Niño phenomenon,the UN Secretary-General said yesterday, calling for a scaled-up, unprecedented response that goes beyond humanitarian action.
19 Jul 2016
Methodist Investment Unit unveils new management team
The Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church has announced the management team that will assume responsibility when its current Chief Executive, Bill Seddon, steps down at the end of 2016.
Friday 22 July 2016
18 Jul 2016
Trident WMDs remain immoral, wasteful and redundant
It is almost certain that the Westminster Parliament will this evening approve the expenditure of what will apparently be £31 billion immediately, and some £205 billion in the long run, on a renewe
22 Jul 2016
Summer school on role of communication in building just peace
Students of communication and theology will address questions of media and globalisation and then explore how these relate to the theme of religion in mass media, as part of a global summer school held from 23 to 31 2016 July in Jamaica.
21 Jul 2016
Taxes for Peace Bill read in parliament
Ruth Cadbury MP has tabled a 10-minute Rule Motion proposing an extension of the right of conscientious objection to military service through the taxation system.
21 Jul 2016
Quakers in Britain support Taxes for Peace Bill
Quakers in Britain support the Taxes for Peace Bill which was given its first reading in the House of Commons on19 July 2016
20 Jul 2016
Howard League welcomes new appointment at Ministry of Justice
The Howard League for Penal Reform has welcomed the appointment of Elizabeth Truss as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice.
19 Jul 2016
New report shows persistence of hunger in 21st century UK
The #stillhungry report published today by the West Cheshire Foodbank, demonstrates the persistence of hunger in 21st century Britain, where one in three people receiving emergency food is a child.
21 Jul 2016
In praise of ‘stayedness’: George Fox’s rebuke to our current politics
I am not a member of the Labour Party. But when Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader with a huge mandate in September 2015, I felt a renewal of hope.
21 Jul 2016
Fears for media as purge in Turkey continues
As the sweeping crackdown in Turkey following a failed coup continues, Amnesty International has warned that purges are being extended to censor media houses and journalists, including those critical of government policy.
19 Jul 2016
Human rights ‘in peril’ in Turkey following attempted coup
Human rights in Turkey are in peril following the coup attempt which resulted in the deaths of at least 208 people and almost 8,000 arrests, says Amnesty International.
19 Jul 2016
Rowan Williams calls for action to end South Sudan conflict
The Chair of Christian Aid, the Rt Rev Dr Rowan Williams, has spoken out against the recent fighting in South Sudan, where armed clashes in the capital, Juba, claimed nearly 300 lives and forced thousands of people to abandon their homes.