TIM COSTELLO TO CHAIR AUSTRALIAN COMMITTEE AIMED AT HELPING ENGAGE WORLD LEADERS ON CIVIL SOCIETY ISSUES
13th June, 2013 World Vision Australia chief executive Tim Costello has been named chair of a new Australian committee aimed at coordinating civil society engagement with G20 world leaders in the lead-up to next year’s G20 meeting. The news – which was announced by Prime Minister Julia Gillard this week – comes as Australia prepares […]
TEACHER IN EGYPT SENTENCED FOR ‘DEFAMING’ ISLAM
13th June, 2013 A judge in Upper Egypt found a Christian teacher guilty of defaming Islam today and levied a massive fine against her after prohibiting her lawyers from presenting a single witness during the trial. Dimyana Obeid Abd Al-Nour escaped jail time, but she was fined 100,000 Egyptian pounds ($US14,270), far beyond her ability […]