Security increased for Asia Bibi following execution of Islamist assassin in Pakistan
Morning Star News Fears are growing over the security of the first Christian woman in Pakistan sentenced to death for “blasphemy” following the execution of Mumtaz Qadri, who assassinated her biggest advocate. Qadri was executed by hanging on 29th February for the 2011 assassination of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer, a vocal critic of Pakistan’s blasphemy […]
New initiative to end child marriage amid predictions almost a billion girls will have been married as children by 2030
Two UN agencies have launched a new multi-country initiative aimed at accelerating action to end child marriage as data shows that if current trends continue, the number of females married as children will reach almost a billion people by 2030. Afaid Maiga, 15, is a Malian refugee living in M’bera refugee camp in Mauritania. At […]
SYRIA: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COSTS OF CONFLICT MOUNT AS WAR NEARS FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
As the Syrian conflict nears its fifth anniversary, DAVID ADAMS looks at a report from World Vision/Frontier Economics which counts the growing human and financial toll…