ESSAY: WHY THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE BRINGS LITTLE PEACE
Following the recent announcement that advocacy group, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, US academic RONALD R KREBS, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at the impact of the prize on its recipients and the world…
US: CHRISTIAN WOMEN GATHER ON NATIONAL MALL FOR DAY OF PRAYER
On Monday, thousands of women filled the National Mall in the US for the ‘Rise Up’ prayer rally, 20 years after men gathered in the same place for a “Promise Keepers” rally. ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports…
BOOKS: HOW A LOVE FOR JESUS AND PEOPLE THRUST SHEILA V LEECH INTO DISASTER ZONES
RALPH KURTENBACH, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, talks about British author Sheila V Leech’s new book, God Knows What I’m Doing Here…
US to lift Sudan sanctions despite human rights concerns
World Watch Monitor The US has announced it will lift economic sanctions on Sudan “in recognition of [its] positive actions” in fighting terrorism, expanding humanitarian access and reinforcing a cease-fire in conflict areas, but rights groups say the decision is premature as there has been little progress on human rights. The decision, which will take […]
Rape, sexual slavery are weapons in Central African Republic war – report
Thomson Reuters Foundation Armed groups in Central African Republic are using rape and sexual slavery as weapons of war in an abuse that may amount to crimes against humanity, a rights group said last Thursday. Thousands have died and a fifth of Central Africans have been uprooted in a conflict that broke out after the […]
Christians join with other faiths at nationwide day opposing Australia’s proposed Carmichael coal mine
Top – Participants at one of the ARRCC-organised prayer vigils in Sydney and, below – at the Melbourne event. PICTURES: Supplied Christians were among people representing various faiths who joined with thousands of others in a nationwide “day of action” in Australia in which they voiced their opposition to Adani’s proposed Carmichael coal mine […]
EU “wilfully blind” to risks of deporting Christian converts back to Afghanistan, says Amnesty report
World Watch Monitor European countries and the EU are “wilfully blind” to the risks facing Afghans who fail in their asylum claims and are sent home, according to a new report by Amnesty International. “All returnees face a real risk of serious human rights violations,” says Amnesty, but some, such as religious minorities and converts to […]
World Council of Churches congratulates ICAN on being awarded Nobel Peace Prize
The World Council of Churches has congratulated the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) on being awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Committee cited ICAN’s “work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons” […]
LAS VEGAS: AS BEFORE, SPONTANEOUS ‘SHRINES’ BRING HEALING AFTER HORROR
KIMBERLY WINSTON, of Religion News Service, reports from Las Vegas in the aftermath of the worst mass shooting in modern US history…