Turkey calls for life imprisonment of US pastor Andrew Brunson
World Watch Monitor Turkish prosecutors demanded life imprisonment for jailed US pastor Andrew Brunson in an official indictment presented to Izmir’s 2nd Criminal Court on Tuesday. Arrested without bail since October 2016, Ps Brunson is accused of being “a member and executive” of the Islamic movement led by self-exiled Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen, accused of orchestrating […]
STRANGESIGHTS: ‘PANCAKEWEAR’; WORLD’S FIRST BITCOIN MONUMENT; AND, TOILET SIGNS…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
Hike in calls to US trafficking helpline shows new forms of abuse
Thomson Reuters Foundation A rise in the number of calls by human trafficking victims to a US hotline has revealed new types of exploitation, including children forced to sell candy or beg on the street. The anti-slavery charity Polaris said on Wednesday that calls to its national human trafficking hotline and a text message service […]
Indian crime thriller shines spotlight on garment sector exploitation
Thomson Reuters Foundation A crime thriller about the death of an activist rescuing women from exploitative work conditions in garment and textile factories in southern India has become an unlikely bestseller among those campaigning for workers’ rights. The 300-page debut novel by a lawyer from Coimbatore, a district in Tamil Nadu state, is being used […]
Mission and evangelism conference participants issue call to “transforming discipleship”
Christians at a World Council of Churches’ Conference on World Mission and Evangelism held in Arusha, Tanzania, have affirmed their call to stand in “solidarity” with nations affected by climate change, to be “faithful witnesses” of God’s love in dialogue with other faiths, and to be “servant leaders” who “demonstrate the way of Christ in a […]
PROFILE: “I PRAY EVERY DAY” SAYS RIO SLUM “WARRIOR” HEADING 15 YEAR LAND TITLE FIGHT
KARLA MENDES, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on one woman’s 15 year fight to improve her commununity in Rio’s slums…
Nigerian Christians want International Criminal Court to investigate Air Force ‘complicity’ in ‘genocide’
World Watch Monitor Six Christian communities in north-eastern Nigeria have announced their intention to take the national air force to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over its alleged bombing of their communities in December. Lawaru, Dong, Nzoruwe, Pulum, Kodomti and Shaforon – in the Demsa and Numan Local Government Areas of the Adamawa state – […]