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humanitarian intervention

February 13, 2018

Syrian ceasefire imperative amid 'desperate' conditions, says Christian Aid

Christian Aid has joinded the UN in calling for an immediate ceasefire in Syria to allow medical evacuations and humanitarian work to proceed.
November 3, 2017

'Failure to broker peace' hinders solutions to displacement, says UN refugee chief

The head of the United Nations refugee agency has urged global leaders to find political solutions to the world's conflicts, if the swelling numbers of forcibly displaced people are ever to return home.
August 4, 2016

Aid agencies say Aleppo 'humanitarian corridor' proposal flawed

Over 35 Syrian, regional and international humanitarian, human rights and development organisations have issued a statement on the Russia-Syrian proposal to establish 'humanitarian corridors' out of Aleppo.
January 21, 2014

Desmond Tutu heads up plea for Syrian children

Ahead of the Geneva 2 peace talks, humanitarian organisations and leaders have urged the protection of Syria’s children.
August 29, 2013

Syria: money for war, but not for human need

William Harold Coltman was the most highly decorated ‘other ranks’ British soldier in the First World War. In official terms that makes him an extremely brave man. Remarkably, he never fired a shot. As a conscientious objector he opted to become a stretcher bearer and saved countless lives. He never took a life.
February 9, 2012

Egypt's Christian leaders urge focus on humanitarian need

Egyptian Christian leaders say that while politics and religion are garnering most attention right now, urgent humanitarian needs must be addressed.
June 15, 2011

Christian leaders condemn terror in Sudan's Kordofan state

Christian leaders across the world are asking the international community to help stop violence in Sudan's Southern Kordofan border state.
June 10, 2011

Current violence in Sudan threatens independent South Sudan

Escalating violence against civilians in Sudan’s disputed South Kordofan State is leading to major humanitarian catastrophe, say Sudanese churches.
April 8, 2011

A lesser evil? Libya and the ‘responsibility to protect’

Is humanitarian military intervention correctly characterised 'lesser evil'? John Heathershaw considers five questions about the nature and the prospects of intervention in Libya. He asks poignantly where the responsibility is in the much-vaunted ‘responsibility to protect’?
March 20, 2011

Bombing will not democratize Libya, warns thinktank

The beliefs and values thinktank Ekklesia has warned that bombing Libya is unlikely to help the country move towards democracy and will increase the suffering of its people.