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Thursday, 11 June 2015 01:00
Eritrea: Human rights abuses - crimes against humanity?
A UN report accuses the Eritrean government of extrajudicial executions, torture, national service and forced labour that create a climate of repression driving many to flee. It catalogues a litany of human rights violations by the…
Thursday, 04 June 2015 01:00
Global corruption – not just FIFA
The following comes from Radio 4’s Thought for the Day earlier this week. FIFA’s problems are part of global issues. Corruption conjures up images of people getting rich. But corruption often produces more poverty than wealth.…
Thursday, 04 June 2015 01:00
Burundi: It's enough to make you cry
The following is from a missionary working in Burundi: ‘I'm sitting in a café having a snatched lunch alone, and I'm crying. Our teams on the frontline urgently need more resources to help save lives. The…
Thursday, 04 June 2015 01:00
Afghanistan: News from a missionary
‘Daily we receive reports of more atrocities, higher death tolls, repeated attacks on NGOs and guest-houses with foreigners as victims. Pray that this spring offensive may soon come to an end and that the whole Taliban…
Thursday, 04 June 2015 01:00
Syria: IS fighting, Christian retaliation and Assad’s bombs vandalising Syria
According to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights a Syrian Christian fighter from the Syriac Military Council beheaded a militant of Islamic State in northwest Syria as revenge for the terror group’s violence against the…
Thursday, 04 June 2015 01:00
Yemen: Humanitarian crisis and ethnic cleansing
Thousands of tonnes of food aid for Yemen have been diverted from the port of Aden because of heavy fighting between Saudi-backed forces and Shia Muslim Houthi fighters. The city has been cut off from supplies…