Nepal to further tighten laws on religious conversion
World Watch Monitor Nepal is set to draft new laws and amend existing legal provisions to prevent religious conversions, reports local news site myrepublica.com. Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa said that, “through Christianity”, attempts were being made to “push the country into conflict”. “A new strategy should be devised to consolidate national unity,” he said […]
SNAPSHOT: GDANSK WATERFRONT, POLAND
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Colombia’s top court orders government to protect Amazon forest in landmark case
Thomson Reuters Foundation Colombia’s highest court has told the government it must take urgent action to protect its Amazon rainforest and stem rising deforestation, in what campaigners said was an historic moment that should help conserve forests and counter climate change. In their ruling on Thursday, the judges said that Colombia – which is home […]
GREAT WORKS: ‘THE LAST SUPPER’
In the first of a new column looking at how great works of art celebrate the Christian faith, DAVID ADAMS takes a brief look at Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, The Last Supper…
Assistant of pastor who helped North Korean defectors sentenced to 15 years in labour camp
World Watch Monitor New evidence has shed more light on the murder of a Korean-Chinese pastor who helped North Korean refugees as one of his deacons was sentenced to 15 years hard labour. Pastor Han Choong Yeol, well-known for helping North Korean defectors in his church in the border town of Chiangbai, was found dead on 30th […]