I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out. Luke 9:40 Message from National Council of Churches in the Philippines to friends in the international ecumenical community: The declaration and pursuit of justice in the Philippines …
In June, the United Church of Christ in the Philippines launched a legal suit for $124,000 in damages against the former President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo over murders of church members by the security forces that took place under …
The World Council of Churches (WCC) has raised concerns regarding escalating violence against civilians in Sudan’s disputed South Kordofan state is leading to a major humanitarian crisis. An estimated 300,000 people are besieged, cut off from relief aid and unable …
Andal Ampatuan snr has been arraigned in a special court in Manila for his part in orchestrating the massacre of 57 people on 23 November 2009 in Maguindanao, Mindanao. Concepcion ‘Connie’ Brizuela of the National Council of Churches in the …
On Good Friday an attempt to bomb a Catholic church, the Christ Cathedral at Serpong, West Jakarta, was foiled. Five bombs containing 150 kg of explosives were discovered buried alongside a gas pipeline next to the cathedral to intensify the …
In early May attacks on Coptic Christian churches in working class suburb of Imbaba in Cairo left 12 people dead, both Christians and Muslims, and 180 wounded. It is reported that 190 people have been detained for their part in …
Stephen McDonell reported this story on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 (ABC) Listen to MP3 of this story / alternate WMA version | MP3 download First it was activists, then human rights lawyers and artists, now China’s crackdown on dissent is …
“As a Christian, I am not allowed to retaliate, seek revenge or to kill… President Obama closed his Sunday night speech announcing the murder of Osama bin Laden by invoking God and God’s blessing. Do not believe him. God does not bless war or warmakers.”
On 10 April about 100 Christians from the Shouwang Church, an underground or ‘family’ church, were detained in Beijing after gathering at a park to hold an outside worship service. Shouwang paid $3.9 million two years ago to buy a …
Christian Qamar David died in Karachi Central Prison on 15 March. He had been sentenced to life in prison for blasphemy in February 2010. He had received death threats since he was arrested in June 2006. On 21 March a …
