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Friday, 02 February 2018 08:42
Australia: bishop advocates for refugees
The assistant bishop of Melbourne, Philip Huggins, has worked with film-maker Richard Keddie on a video advocating for South Sudanese school students in Melbourne. It says that many of these children are frightened, and asks people…
Friday, 02 February 2018 08:40
Turkey: doctors arrested for supporting ‘terrorists’
Police arrested senior members of the Turkish Medical Association, and President Erdogan branded them ‘terrorist lovers’. The association, which represents 80,000 doctors, publicly voiced opposition to the offensive against Syrian Kurdish militia, warning: ‘Every clash, every…
Friday, 02 February 2018 08:37
Kenya: Odinga inaugurates himself
Last November Mr Kenyatta was officially inaugurated as president, but his victory was not recognised by Raila Odinga, who argues that Mr Kenyatta was elected by a small section of the country. On 31 January he…
Friday, 26 January 2018 09:28
Syria: the forgotten people
Last week we prayed for more international intervention to end the unspeakable conditions in Ghouta, near Damascus. Please continue to pray for the beleaguered 400,000 inhabitants still living in the area, who have been under siege…
Friday, 26 January 2018 09:25
Hamas races to use tunnels before they are destroyed
In 2017 Hamas said its smuggling and terror tunnel network was twice as large as the Viet Cong’s was at the height of the Vietnam War. In 2018 Israeli technology has proved successful in locating and…
Friday, 26 January 2018 09:23
Thailand: slavery in the seafood industry
Thailand is the third largest seafood exporter in the world. The industry relies heavily on trafficked and forced labour on unlicensed vessels. Many victims are from Cambodia, Laos and Burma. Beatings and starvation are commonplace. The…