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July 6, 2019

Medical charity says US-Mexico decision puts asylum seekers in extreme danger

A medical charity says the policy that forces people seeking asylum in the US to wait out legal proceedings in violent areas of Mexico puts them in extreme danger.
June 17, 2019

Sixth journalist murdered in Mexico during 2019

A crime reporter was gunned down outside her home after writing a series of stories implicating police officers in a kidnapping.
December 11, 2013

NGOs appeal for the release of Syrian rights activists

Syrian activists abducted in Damascus must be released unconditionally, influential regional and global human rights organisations say.
March 30, 2011

Gaddafi's campaign of enforced disappearances must end

Gaddafi forces have carried out a campaign of enforced disappearances to try to crush growing opposition, Amnesty says in a new briefing paper.
October 12, 2010

British aid worker in Afghanistan may have been killed by US grenade

An investigation has been launched into the death of aid worker Linda Norgrove, who may have been killed by her US rescuers not her Afghan captors.
October 11, 2010

Afghans say they could have freed aid worker killed in armed 'rescue'

Serious questions are being raised over the failed military rescue attempt in Afghanistan that ended in the death of aid worker Linda Norgrove.
July 23, 2009

Baptist nurse says she forgives assailant after kidnap ordeal

A Christian nurse in Scotland, Magdaline Makola, who spent ten days tied up and locked away the boot of a car seven months ago, says she has forgiven her assailant and prays for him regularly.
July 17, 2008

Colombian president apologises over misuse of Red Cross symbol

Colombian president Alvaro Uribe admits that a Red Cross symbol was worn by a member of the military mission that freed 15 hostages including Ingrid Betancourt from Farc rebels recently.
March 9, 2008

British church leaders join calls for the release of Chaldean archbishop

Church leaders in Britain, including Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, have continued to make private and public appeals for the release of Chaldean Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahno, who was kidnapped recently in Baghdad.
December 12, 2007

Baghdad bishop highlights plight of minorities in battered Iraq

Christians are fleeing Iraq and Christianity risks disappearing from the country, says a senior Baghdad archbishop, reiterating appeals made recently to Western churches to intercede with their governments about the Iraqis' plight.