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ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Nov 13, 2008
Churches in Germany have remembered the 70th anniversary of the systematic attack by the Nazis in 1938 on Jewish Germans, saying that many Christians failed then in their duty to speak out.
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ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Nov 1, 2008
A Church of Scotland official has welcomed the British government's response to its concerns about the Dungavel asylum detention centre, but churches remain deeply disturbed by the official treatment of those seeking …
Also tagged: uk news, migration, immigration, refugees, news brief, asylum, church of scotland
ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Nov 1, 2008
A senior Church of Scotland official has welcomed the fact that the British government has listened to its concerns about the Dungavel detention centre for refused asylum seekers, but churches as a whole remain deeply …
Also tagged: uk news, migration, immigration, refugees, news brief, asylum, church of scotland
ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Oct 25, 2008
Leaders of Sri Lanka's Buddhist majority expressed divergent views on resolving the ethnic conflict in their country, speaking to a world churches delegation in the capital Colombo.
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ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Oct 24, 2008
A delegation of black Bishops from the USA is visiting Manchester from through to to Tuesday 28 October 2008 as part of their UK tour for Black History Month.
Also tagged: uk news, ethnicity, news brief, black history, race relations, education and culture
ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Oct 12, 2008
Much contemporary human rights discourse is individualistic. But, Savi Hensman points out, human beings are also shaped by economic, social, cultural and religious forces which work for justice - or against it.
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ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Sep 29, 2008
Two Christian campaigners from Manchester have begun a 2-week protest camp outside the Houses of Parliament to call on MPs to help change UK policies that are making refused asylum seekers destitute.
Also tagged: uk news, christians, protest, parliament, news brief, westminster, people and power, asylum
ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Sep 25, 2008
Anabaptists in India say they have been horrified that Christians have had to the jungle with nothing but the clothes on their backs, fearing for their lives because of communal violence in a country once known for …
Also tagged: human rights, india, world news, violence, christian, hindu, news brief, peace and war, people and power, orissa
ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Sep 11, 2008
People working with migrants in the churches and civic organisations have expressed dismay at the recent comments on immigration by former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey, who has joined a cross-party group calling …
Also tagged: uk news, migration, news brief, people and power, lord carey, global justice, immigration controls
ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Sep 11, 2008
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, a research body bringing together the world's richest developed countries, has suggested that fears about migration and hostility towards migrant workers are …
Also tagged: world news, development, migration, immigration, news brief, people and power, lord carey, oecd, economic cooperation