In this issue
In this issue
- Oils spills in Peruvian Amazon devastate indigenous communities
- Government lets UK companies ‘off the hook’ on human rights
- All Our Welfare by Peter Beresford
- Sex and Sensibility – a creative conversation between the Rev Sally Hitchiner and Peter Tatchell
- Quaker activist sentenced for Plane Stupid action
- Party leaders to address ‘Stop Trident’ Trafalgar Square rally
- Report shows union reps’ work in public sector is cost effective
- Faith groups gather to say Stop Trident: 27 February 2016
- Restrictive measures adding to refugee hardship says UN
- Brazil’s ‘most corrupt politician’ targets uncontacted tribe
- How much more political rubble in Syria?
- US prisoner released after 43 years in solitary confinement
- Pakistan hangs 351 since 2014: only 1 in 10 ‘terrorists’
- General Synod approves historic agreement between Churches
- Church of Scotland calls for positive debate on EU
Oils spills in Peruvian Amazon devastate indigenous communities
Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon have suffered from three oil spills in two months.
Government lets UK companies ‘off the hook’ on human rights
UK companies, including BT and Vodafone, may be getting away with human rights abuses abroad because the government’s system of handling complaints against them is grossly inadequate, Amnesty International UK has warned in a new report.
Upcoming events
Blessed are the Peacemakers: Fr. John Dear on the Beatitudes
Friday 26 February 2016
Quaker activist sentenced for Plane Stupid action
Quaker activist Sam Sender of Ealing Quaker Meeting said he had been following his conscience when he protested against the expansion of Heathrow Airport.
Party leaders to address ‘Stop Trident’ Trafalgar Square rally
On Saturday (27 February), the leaders of the Labour Party, Scottish National Party, and Plaid Cymru will mount the same stage in Trafalgar Square to speak to tens of thousands of people gathered to say ‘stop Trident’.
Report shows union reps’ work in public sector is cost effective
For every £1 spent on paid time off for public sector union reps to represent their members, taxpayers get at least £2.31 back in savings, according to a new study published by the TUC yesterday (23 February).
Faith groups gather to say Stop Trident: 27 February 2016
Faith groups from around the country will join with thousands of others at the Stop Trident demonstration in London on Saturday 27 February.
Restrictive measures adding to refugee hardship says UN
The UNHCR has expressed concern at recent restrictive practices adopted in a number of European countries that are placing additional undue hardships on refugees and asylum-seekers across Europe..
Brazil’s ‘most corrupt politician’ targets uncontacted tribe
Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples’ rights, reveals that a rancher targeting the land of an uncontacted tribe in the Amazon is a former state deputy labelled “the most corrupt politician in Brazil.”
How much more political rubble in Syria?
I still remember those young days when my maternal grandfather Ohan Tabourian used to start his early mornings by carrying his battery-fed transistor radio with him from room to room.
US prisoner released after 43 years in solitary confinement
Yesterday (19 February) the last imprisoned member of the ‘Angola 3’, Albert Woodfox, was released after more than four decades in solitary confinement, on his 69th birthday in a move Amnesty International called “long overdue and undeniably just”.
Pakistan hangs 351 since 2014: only 1 in 10 ‘terrorists’
Despite claims by the Pakistan Government that it is targeting terrorists with the death penalty, new research has shown that just one in ten of those executed since 2014 could either be linked to a proscribed terrorist organisation or were executed for offences which fit the definition of ‘terrorism’.
General Synod approves historic agreement between Churches
An historic agreement recognising the longstanding ecumenical partnership between the Church of Scotland and the Church of England and paving the way for future joint working between the two churches has been backed by the General Synod.
Church of Scotland calls for positive debate on EU
The Church of Scotland has called for a positive debate on the EU that considers its role in promoting peace, security and international cooperation.