ESSAY: PEOPLE OF FAITH SHOULD SUPPORT PRISON REFORM LEGISLATION
Writing from the US in an article first published on Religion News Service, Rabbi ABRAHAM COOPER, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and Rev JOHNNIE MOORE, president of the Congress of Christian Leaders, argue in favour of passing legislation to reform the prison system…
India grants land ownership rights to refugees who fled Pakistan 70 years ago
Thomson Reuters Foundation Refugees in India’s western state of Maharashtra have been granted land ownership rights 70 years after fleeing what is now Pakistan, when the countries were violently partitioned at independence, officials said. The move is part of a wider push to give more rights to certain refugee groups in different parts of India. […]