CHINA’S POPULAR PASTOR ZHANG SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS IMPRISONMENT
7th July, 2014 Zhang Shaojie, the popular pastor of ‘Nanle Country Christian Church’ (NCCC) in China’s central Henan province, has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment on charges of "fraud" and "gathering a crowd to disturb public order”, Christians confirmed last Friday. He was also fined 100,000 yuan (about $US16,120) on what his supporters believe […]
ACCUSED WOMAN’S SUPPORTERS URGE PAKISTAN COURT TO END DELAYS ON APPEAL
7th July, 2014 Supporters of Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian mother facing a death sentence on “blasphemy” charges, have demanded that the courts hear her appeal, after a series of unexplained delays. Bibi, who was convicted, without supporting evidence, of the alleged crime, and has been in prison since November 2010, living in solitary confinement […]
ESSAY: WHY WE SHOULD REMEMBER WILLIAM COOPER IN NAIDOC WEEK
NAIDOC Week kicked off in Australia on Sunday. Here, SALLY SMITH writes about why we should remember the story of William Cooper…