APPEAL HEARING OF ASIA BIBI POSTPONED IN PAKISTAN
19th March, 2014 Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian mother of five, has suffered yet another setback, and remains on death row in an isolation cell at the women’s prison in Sheikhupura, Punjab. According to AsiaNews, her appeal hearing which was set for last Monday was postponed “to a later date”. The Christian woman was sentenced […]
Social justice film festival kicks off in Sydney
Australia’s only social justice-themed film festival kicks off in Sydney today with films tackling issues ranging from slavery to racial injustice and gun-related violence. Now in its second year, The Big Picture Film Festival was founded by Uniting Church minister Rev Bill Crews and has retired judge Michael Kirby, author Tom Keneally, journalist Chris Bath […]
NIGERIAN ATTACKS KILL MORE THAN 150
19th March, 2014 More than 150 people have been killed since Friday in central and northern Nigeria in separate attacks on villages populated by a concentration of Christians. On Friday, 14th March, gunmen raided three villages in Kaduna state in central Nigeria, killing at least 114 people. The attackers opened fire on the villages of […]