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  • October 2, 2007
    How religions can be a force for democracy

    These days, it can so easily feel as if religion is an anti-democratic force in our polity, writes Giles Fraser. No one votes for Bishops in the House of Lords, for example. So it's worth remembering that in this country, as indeed in many others too, religion was the nursemaid of democracy.

  • September 29, 2007
    Protests continue as focus shifts to UN envoy in Burma

    Pro-democracy activists are continuing to protest on the streets of Asia as the United Nations' envoy arrives today in Burma for talks with government leaders - amid receding hopes of divisions emerging among the ruling junta.

  • September 29, 2007
    Claims of military unrest and possible coup in Burma unconfirmed

    As yet unconfirmed reports from military sources in Burma say that there is significant unrest in the army, with reports of mutinying in some areas and claims that a coup is taking place. Meanwhile the death toll of protesters has been growing significantly.

  • September 28, 2007
    Burmese military block internet access as support for protests goes global

    Burma's military junta appears to have cut public internet access to prevent the broadcast of videos, photographs and information about the violent attacks on protesters against the junta's rule - report global news agencies.

  • September 28, 2007
    Repression continues in Burma as democracy refuses to lie down

    At least nine people were killed in Rangoon yesterday in continuing clashes between the military and demonstrators. They included eight protesters and a Japanese photo-journalist. Monks have been beaten and arrested in the crackdown. But the protests continue.

  • September 22, 2007
    Burmese monks mount nonviolent protests for democracy

    Buddhist monks are leading nonviolent protests across Burma as opposition to dictatorship and calls for the restoration of democracy increase. They want the Burmese people to pray in their doorways for 15 minutes at 20.00 on Sunday (23 September 2007), Monday and Tuesday.

  • April 25, 2007
    Williams says democracy not enough to determine 'moral vision'

    The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has urged politicians to rediscover the 'moral energy and vision' which he said, inspired anti-slave trade campaigner Wilberforce.

  • April 18, 2007
    World Bank needs democracy, says Christian Aid

    A leading UK churches' development agency has said that the Paul Wolfowitz saga would best be addressed by a dose of democracy and accountability in the US-dominated World Bank.

  • April 3, 2007
    Cardinal says religious freedom is part of plural society

    The freedom to live out religious convictions is an important part of what it means to live in a plural and democratic society, says Catholic Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor.

  • March 17, 2007
    Lords and bishops go a-leaping

    Simon Barrow charts the struggle for an elected second chamber, the anomaly of Lords Spiritual, and a lurking theological question