Two pastors freed from prison in Myanmar
Morning Star News After spending more than a year in prison, two assistant pastors arrested by Myanmar’s Army were freed on Tuesday under a government amnesty program. Dom Dawng Nawng Latt, 65, and La Jaw Gam Hseng, 35, were among more than 8,500 prisoners granted amnesty by newly elected President U Win Myint, sources said. Some 37 jailed political activists were […]
Christian Solidarity Worldwide calls for action on crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
Christian Solidarity Worldwide has called on the international community to take action with regard to the continuing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. The escalating crisis has left thousands displaced from their homes amid reports hundreds of people have been killed and thousands of homes destroyed by the army of Myanmar, a nation formerly known […]
Pope decries treatment of Rohingya Muslims
RNS Rohingya women wait in line with vouchers to collect relief distributed by the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society at Kutupalang Unregistered Refugee Camp in Coxís Bazar, Bangladesh, earlier this month. PICTURE: Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain Pope Francis has called for prayers for the Rohingya, the Muslim minority group forced to flee violence and persecution in Myanmar. […]
Myanmar’s army admits detaining two Catholic church leaders
Army officials in Myanmar have confirmed they have arrested two assistant priests who have been missing since 24th December, accusing them of aiding ethnic separatists. Morning Star News reports that the army has accused Dom Dawng Nawng Latt and La Jaw Gam Hseng of serving as “informers and spreading false news on behalf of the armed […]
Clergymen missing after helping reporters cover bombing of church building in Myanmar, sources claim
Morning Star News Two assistant priests in Myanmar are missing after informing journalists about the bombing of a Catholic church building in Shan state, sources have told Morning Star News. Dom Dawng Nawng and La Jaw Gam Hseng went missing on Christmas Eve, 24th December, after helping journalists cover the bombing of their church building […]
Thousands left homeless after earthquake strikes Burma
BosNewsLife Christians were among thousands of families trying to rebuild their homes and churches in northeastern Burma following a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that killed scores of people, Christian missionaries said. Most of the death and destruction occurred in the northeastern ‘Golden Triangle’ area where Burma, Laos and Thailand’s borders meet each other, said Christian Aid […]
ESSAY: BURMA’S “CARPE DIEM MOMENT”
BENEDICT ROGERS, a human rights activist working with Christian Solidarity Worldwide, on why the international community must keep up pressure on Burma’s military junta in the wake of Aung San Suu Kyi’s release…
Thousands of Christians to pray on Global Day of Prayer for Burma
BosNewsLife Thousands of Christians worldwide will unite in prayer for Burma next week as part of global day of prayer for the nation, organisers said. It comes amid reports that thousands of predominantly Christian Karens have fled their homes amid fresh attacks by government backed troops on their villages. The Global Day of Prayer for […]
ASIA: ARCHER SUKKUM – GUERILLA FOR GOD
MICHELLE MY CHAN reports for Assist News Service…
New hope for aid distribution in Burma
Relief agencies have joined with governments around the world in cautiously welcomed news Burmese authorities have agreed to open up the nation to international aid assistance. Late last week, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced that the country’s leader, Senior General Than Shwe, had agreed to allow international aid workers into the worst affected areas within […]