Refugees on Nauru plead for resettlement as regional leaders meet
Thomson Reuters Foundation Children detained by Australia on the Pacific island of Nauru are suffering mentally and some attempting suicide, according to human rights groups and refugees who appealed to a regional leaders meeting on Wednesday to resettle them elsewhere. Australia sends people intercepted at sea while trying to reach its shores to offshore centres […]
STRANGESIGHTS: THE FAKE POSTER THAT MADE A POINT, BRITAIN’S “WORST” BUILDING; AND, SHEEP JOIN NYC FLOCK …
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
Christian Solidarity Worldwide calls jailing of two journalists in Myanmar “outrageous” and demands their immediate release
A “grotesque and outrageous miscarriage of justice” is how Christian Solidarity Worldwide‘s Benedict Rogers has characterised the jailing of two journalists in Myanmar this week as the organisation issued a call for their immediate release. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were both sentenced to seven years in prison after they charged with violating the country’s […]
Catholic priest thanks Muslims for aid during India’s flood crisis
A Catholic priest has thanked Muslims who assisted victims of recent floods in the southern Indian state of Kerala after they had sought shelter in his church. Agenzia Fides reports that Fr Joseph Puthussery visited the Juma mosque at Vechoor where he delivered a speech in the prayer hall thanking more than 250 gathered Muslims for their aid […]
UGANDA: BOBI WINE CASE HEIGHTENS TENSIONS BETWEEN MUSEVENI AND CHURCH LEADERS
DOREEN AJIAMBO, of Religion News Service, reports…
Palestinian refugees fear for the future after US pulls funding
Beirut, LebanonThomson Reuters Foundation Like children across the northern hemisphere, young Palestinian refugees went back to school this week after their summer break. How long they will be able to stay is an open question. The United Nations agency that funds schools for Palestinian refugee communities has said it may run out of money to […]
ESSAY: HOW WOULD BRETT KAVANAUGH RULE IN US SUPREME COURT RELIGION CASES?
MARK SILK, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s record on cases involving religion…
SIGHT-SEEING: AN OPEN WOUND
AMANDA JACKSON lists some of the “excuses” used to explain sexual abuse within the church which she says should be exposed as lies…
Yemen’s plunging economy threatens to kill more people than war – aid agency
Thomson Reuters Foundation Yemen’s tanking economy threatens to kill more people than bombs and guns, an aid agency warned on Tuesday as the currency hit its lowest level ever, compounding the world’s biggest hunger crisis. The Norwegian Refugee Council said soaring food prices were pushing many people closer to the brink in a country where […]