INDIAN CASE SHOWS AUSTRALIANS SHOULD QUESTION WHETHER SURROGACY IS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF CHILD AND MOTHER, SAYS ACL
14th April, 2015 News that a twin boy born to an Indian surrogate under an arrangement with an Australian couple may be regarded as stateless should cause Australians to question whether surrogacy is in the best interests the child and of surrogate mothers, according to the Australian Christian Lobby. Reports this week said a New […]
UN AGAIN EXPRESSES ALARM OVER 18,000 TRAPPED INSIDE YARMOUK REFUGEE CAMP IN SYRIA
14th April, 2015 UN officials have continued to express their alarm over the plight of 18,000 Palestinian and Syrian refugees trapped in the Yarmouk refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus, calling on armed groups who have been involved in intense fighting in the camp for the past couple of weeks to "respect the beleaguered […]
NIGERIA: A YEAR ON, STILL NO OFFICIAL WORD ABOUT KIDNAPPED GIRLS
It was a year ago that more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped from their school in Chibok. World Watch Monitorreports on what little progress has been made in finding them…
SAINTS OF PAST AGES: THOMAS HELWYS
Next year marks the 400th anniversary of the martyrdom of Baptist pioneer Thomas Helwys. In an article first published by ASSIST News Service, CHARLES GARDNEY and ADRIAN GRAY take a look at who he was and preparations to commemorate his death against the backdrop of the 400th anniversary of the voyage of the pilgrim ship, […]