PROSTITUTION: SUCCESS OF ‘NORDIC MODEL’ PROMOTED TO AUSTRALIAN POLITICIANS
DAVID ADAMS speaks with Ruth Nordström, president of Scandinavian Human Rights Lawyers, about the ‘Nordic’ approach to tackling prostitution in light of a push to have it adopted in Australia…
CHRISTIANS AWAIT TRIAL IN NEPAL’S FIRST RELIGIOUS FREEDOM CASE UNDER NEW CONSTITUTION
World Watch Monitor Nepal’s first religious freedom case since the country’s new constitution was implemented in 2015 is due to come to trial later this week. Facing charges will be eight Christian counsellors arrested for distributing a pamphlet about Jesus in a Christian school while helping children through the trauma of last year’s earthquake. Anything […]
FORMER ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY SPEAKS OUT AGAINST FIGHTING IN SOUTH SUDAN
The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rev Dr Rowan Williams, has spoken out against the recent fighting in South Sudan, saying it was “the poorest and most vulnerable who bear the brunt of the violence, who have lost lives, loved ones and homes”. More than 300 people have died and thousands more have been displaced since […]
STRANGESIGHTS: BLUE LATTES AND MEAT ICYPOLES; EXPRESSING OURSELVES WITH EMOJIS; RUNNING UP SKI SLOPES; AND, AN ETHIOPIAN ROCK CHURCH…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
TURKEY: CHURCHES TARGETED IN DURING ATTEMPTED COUP
The World Watch Monitor reports on attacks against churches which took place against the backdrop of the attempted coup last weekend…