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June 2, 2005

Protestants and Catholics arrested in Saudi Arabia

A new crackdown is underway against Christians in Saudi Arabia, according to reports from several human rights monitors. Recently eight Protestants were arrested and punished, says the Rome-based Catholic news agency Asianews.
March 28, 2005

Archbishop urges non-violent resistance in Zimbabwe

Following a tradition of Christian non-violent resistance to oppression, a senior Church leader in Zimbabwe has openly called for a peaceful uprising against President Robert Mugabe.
January 23, 2005

High school students face prison for nonviolent protest

Fourteen members of a faith-based organisation - including two high school students - are facing up to six months in prison in the US for their acts of nonviolent civil disobedience calling for closure of the US Army's School of the Americas (SOA).
January 17, 2005

Africa may miss poverty targets by 100 years

Africa will miss key targets for reducing poverty by more than 100 years, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer has said.
January 7, 2005

Methodists affirm commitment both to tsunami victims and making poverty history

As Methodist Relief and Development Fund's (MRDF) appeal to aid the victims of the Boxing Day earthquake and tsunami reacthes more than £155,000, the fund is also emphasising its long-term commitment to poverty elsewhere in the world.
December 2, 2004

Pope calls on us and others to adhere to landmine convention

The Pope, John Paul II, has urged the destruction of landmine stockpiles and called on nations including China, Russia, India and the US to adhere to the 1997 Ottowa Convention to ban them.
November 30, 2004

Churches sign AIDS code

At least 19 faith-based organizations are among the 160 initial signers of a new Code of Good Practice for NGOs Responding to HIV/AIDS.
November 25, 2004

Cardinal calls for reduction in price of AIDS medicines

In a message for World AIDS Day, Javier Cardinal Lozano Barrag·n, President of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care has called for a reduction of the price of anti-viral drugs and medicines that are needed to treat HIV/AIDS patients.
November 15, 2004

Churches encouraged by fall in death penalty figures

Christians encouraged by fall in death penalty figures

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October 11, 2004

Concern over spate of violence against Christians in India

A leading Christian body has expressed "deep concern" at what it said was a rash of violence against the minority community in several states following the April-May general election, reports the Indo-Asian news service.

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