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ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Sep 23, 2008
A senior Bajrang Dal leader in Karnataka has been arrested in connection with the widespread attack on Christian churches and prayer halls, police officials and the Indian Catholic Bishops Conference in India have …
Also tagged: human rights, india, world news, violence, news brief, peace and war, orissa
ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Sep 18, 2008
Christians in Orissa, India, still fear for their lives and security, feeling 'helpless' in the face of persistent attacks from militant Hindu nationalists, says an ecumenical journalist who has investigated the tragedy.
Also tagged: india, world news, attacks, christian, hindu, news brief, nationalism, orissa
ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Sep 13, 2008
The Methodist Church in Britain has joined other churches and NGOs in calling for urgent support and prayer for thousands of hard-pressed Christians in India as violence flares across the state of Orissa.
Also tagged: human rights, india, world news, violence, news brief, orissa, methodists
ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Sep 9, 2008
Archbishop Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet of Vietnam has been accused by the government there of breaking the law and causing disorder by supporting prayer vigils against the authorities' confiscation of Catholic Church property.
Also tagged: human rights, world news, vietnam, news brief, catholic church, people and power
ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Sep 9, 2008
The southwest of England has seen an increased spate of thefts of church bells and equipment, irrigation pipes from schools and other scrap metal from business and domestic property in recent weeks.
Also tagged: uk news, crime, thieves, news brief, churches, scrap metal
ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Sep 5, 2008
Black church leaders have joined health experts in welcoming findings from a new opinion poll showing widespread public opposition to adding the DNA of innocent mental health patients to the National Criminal DNA …
Also tagged: health, uk news, profiling, dna, civil liberties, news brief, community and family, black mental health
ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Sep 4, 2008
US police have staged preemptive armed raids targeting protesters and alternative media around the Republican National Convention - including thousands of people demonstrating about war world poverty throughout the week.
Also tagged: human rights, world news, civil liberties, iraq war, republican, veterans, peace, mccain, protests, news brief, people and power, anti poverty
ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Sep 2, 2008
Civil rights organisations and national leaders are expressing alarm at a United Nations General Assembly resolution that demands respect for religion but which critics say has been used to justify suppression of …
Also tagged: united nations, human rights, world news, free speech, islamic, news brief, religion and society, people and power, blasphemy, public religion
ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Aug 29, 2008
Churches in India are today closing around 30,000 of their educational institutions across the country to protest against continuing attacks by mobs of Hindu militants in the country's eastern state of Orissa.
Also tagged: india, world news, hindu, news brief, communal violence
ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Aug 28, 2008
Celebrations marking Britain's best Olympic success in 100 years, with 19 gold medals, were marred by the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old Londoner, adding to a knife-wielding trend that is worrying both church and …
Also tagged: uk news, news brief, 2008 olympics, knife crime, bishop of exeter