Ukraine conflict: More Russian men look to avoid military service, some lawyers and rights groups say
Reuters correspondents report on claims an increased number of young Russian men are looking to avoid the country’s mandatory military service amid the ongoing war in Ukraine in what illustrates the ambivalence in Russian society to the conflict…
Bandits release 10 students kidnapped two months ago from Nigerian school
Kaduna, NigeriaReuters Bandits have released 10 more students kidnapped two months ago from a Baptist school in northwest Nigeria, the school administrator told Reuters on Saturday. Rev John Hayab, administrator of the Bethel Baptist High School, said 21 students from the school remained in captivity. He said an undisclosed ransom was paid to release eight […]
Essay: Immigrants in detention don’t deserve a death sentence
In an article first published on Religion News Service, Rev ALEXIA SALVATIERRA, a member of Matthew 25 Movement steering committee, and Rev CARLOS L MALAVE, executive director of Christian Churches Together, on why more than 20 national Latino Christian leaders are calling for the release of most vulnerable detainees from immigration detention…
ESSAY: THREE WAYS TO HELP SEX OFFENDERS SAFELY REINTEGRATE BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY
In an article first published on The Conversation, Australian academics JAMIE WALVISCH, KELLY RICHARDS and LORANA BARTELS look at three innovative approaches…
Asia Bibi released from prison in Pakistan – reports
Christian woman Asia Bibi, last week acquitted on charges of blasphemy after eight years on death row in Pakistan, has been released from prison, her lawyer has reportedly said. Lawyer Saif-ul-Mulook, who is seeking asylum in the Netherlands, was quoted on numerous news outlets saying that Bibi, who had been held in a prison in Multan, […]