World Vision calls on Israel to end seven year blockade of Gaza to allow humanitarian access in wake of last year’s war
A year after a 50 day war in which more than 2,000 people died and which left tens of thousands homeless, World Vision has called for Israel’s seven year blockade of Gaza to be lifted to allow unimpeded access for humanitarian workers to aid children who “continue to live in the shadow of violence and […]
CATHOLIC EDUCATOR FLEES PAKISTAN AMID “HATE CAMPAIGN” BY ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS
7th July, 2015 In a case raising the spectre of religious profiling, Islamic extremist threats have forced a leading Catholic educator to flee Pakistan. Bernadette L Dean, an educator on Sindh Province”s committee for curriculum and textbook reform, said she faced a hate campaign by the Islamic extremist Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and its militant, Al-Qaeda-linked student […]