The suspects in a Kenyan doomsday cult are ordered to be hospitalised after a hunger strike
Nairobi, Kenya AP A Kenyan magistrate Tuesday ordered the main suspect in a doomsday starvation cult and 94 of his followers to receive emergency care after some of the suspects had to be carried into the courtroom to answer manslaughter charges, too frail and weak to “even open their eyes” after an apparent hunger strike […]
Curbs on rights weaken Egypt’s climate talks, campaigners say
Sharm el-Sheikh, EgyptReuters In a fenced-off area guarded by police on the fringe of the global climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, around 30 Egyptian youths stood in a neat line holding up placards and chanting “Save our Planet”. The small, muted protest took place in an area designated for demonstrations by summit host Egypt, where […]
Clashes kill 10 as Iraq’s Sadr quits politics, loyalists storm complex
Baghdad, Iraq Reuters Heavy clashes erupted in Baghdad, killing at least 10 people on Monday, after powerful Shi’ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said he would quit politics, prompting his loyalists to storm a government palace and fight with rival groups. As night fell, machine-gun fire and explosions rang out, with tracer fire rising into the sky […]
Belgian Government announces breakthrough in migrant hunger strike
Brussels, BelgiumAP The Belgian Government announced a breakthrough Wednesday that it hoped would end a hunger strike by several hundred migrants seeking to collectively obtain legal residency. The chairman of Prime Minister Alexander De Croo’s Liberal party, Egbert Lachaert, said that under the outline of a deal those concerned would have their cases looked at […]
Iranian pastor ends hunger strike
Iranian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani – currently serving a 10 year prison sentence in Tehran for “acting against the national interest” – has ended a three week hunger strike held to protest bars on his children’s education. Nadarkhani began the strike on 23rd September after his 15 year-old son Yoel was informed he could not return to school […]
Imprisoned Iranian pastor on hunger strike over bar on children’s education
Iranian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, currently serving a 10 year prison sentence in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison for “acting against the national interest”, has gone on a hunger strike in protest at his children being prevented from continuing their education. UK-based religious freedom advocacy CSW report that Nadarkhani started the strike on 23rd September, the day his […]
Imprisoned Iranian convert ‘seriously ill’ after hunger strike
World Watch Monitor An Iranian convert to Christianity imprisoned since August has reportedly fallen seriously ill after going on a hunger strike. Amin Afshar Naderi went on hunger strike with his fellow detainee Hadi Asgari, who is also said to have suffered recent ill health and been refused medical treatment. They are the two remaining […]