Egypt bus attack survivors ask “how could this happen again?”
World Watch Monitor Egypt’s Copts are still reeling from a second bus attack in two years on the desert road to a monastery in Minya and asking why there was no protection for them. It should have been a joyful day. On Friday, 2nd November, a Coptic family had celebrated the baptisms of two little boys, four-month-old Emile and […]
Women raped by Islamic State need justice, UK ex-foreign minister says
Thomson Reuters Foundation Britain’s former foreign minister William Hague called for greater efforts to prosecute rape in conflict zones such as Myanmar, Nigeria and Iraq, six years after he launched an initiative with Hollywood’s Angelina Jolie to end the crime. Hague and Oscar-winning actress Jolie launched the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative in 2012 to stop […]
Another Algerian church closed
World Watch Monitor An Algerian court has ordered a church in the northern Tizi Ouzou province to close because it lacks the necessary permit, reports Christian advocacy group Middle East Concern. The closure of the church in Ait Djemaa is the latest in a string of closures of Protestant churches over the past year, with another one in July and in […]
European countries urged to scrap “outdated, harmful” rape laws
Thomson Reuters Foundation European countries must overhaul “outdated” laws that let rapists off the hook and perpetuate a culture of victim-blaming, rights groups said on Saturday. Only eight out of 31 countries surveyed by Amnesty International define rape as sex without consent, according to research published on the eve of International Day for the Elimination […]