Monthly Archives: August 2010

Mental stress takes its toll on Tamil refugees in northern Sri Lanka

Prepared July / August 2010 Priests serving Tamil refugees held in camps in northern Sri Lanka say they are concerned about the psychological impact on these people the longer they stay in the camps. “They should be allowed to unite …

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Hmong refugees held in camp in Laos

Prepared July / August 2010 We issued an action for Hmong refugees deported from Thailand back to Laos, where they are at risk of persecution. Many Hmong are Christians. The latest reports indicate those deported are being held in a …

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Hindu Extremist sentenced to imprisonment and new law

July / August 2010 The Church of North India, a partner church of the Uniting Church in Australia, has welcomed the conviction and sentencing of BJP (a Hindu extremist political party) Member of the Legislative Assembly in the Indian state …

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Two detained health workers in the Philippines pregnant

July/August 2010 Two of the 43 health workers being detained in the Philippines, who we have highlighted this year, are pregnant. Judielyn Carina Oliveros, aged 26, will give birth to her first child soon and Mercy Castro, aged 27, will …

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Australian Government acts on murders in the Philippines

The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has written to the Justice and International Mission Unit regarding the murder of United Church of Christ in the Philippines member Samson “Mike” Rivera on 16 May 2010, who was the subject …

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Christian Lawyer tortured and imprisoned in China

Prepared July 2010 Chinese Christian lawyer Gao Zhisheng was abducted by Chinese security agents from the Public Security Bureau in his home village in Shaanxi province on 19 January 2009. He was taken into incommunicado detention. He ‘reappeared’ in late …

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Ongoing Harrassment and Murder of UCCP Members in the Philippines

Prepared July 2010 RONEL RAGUING was a single, 24 year old male from sitio Tamusi, Talalac, Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental. He was an active member of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) Talalac Sta. Catalina and of …

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