Articles
Pakistan: Letter from Lahore
23 Mar 2015
A brother in Pakistan writes, ‘The government continues to crack down on terrorism. In some places it has made it hard for smaller groups of Christians. Churches and schools have to have metal detectors, high walls…
Pakistan: Deadly blasts hit churches in Lahore
23 Mar 2015
Christians make up less than 2% of Pakistan's overwhelmingly Muslim population, and Christian communities are often targeted by militants. Last weekend an offshoot of the Pakistan Taliban claimed responsibility for bombing two churches in the Christian…
Vanuatu: Cyclone Pam and disaster relief
23 Mar 2015
Last Friday, 13 March, the President of the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu travelled to Japan to attend the third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction which opened the following day. For most of Friday…
Part of a statement released at the 28th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on the 13 March said, ’The Middle East is living in a situation of instability and conflict. The consequences are…
Turkey: Supporting Mosul from the sidelines
23 Mar 2015
At the moment Turkey is supporting forces forming to retake Mosul from IS by assisting America to train and equip Syrian rebel forces in Turkey, strengthening border security and upgrading discussions with the international coalition. Turkey…
Christian businesses fighting the sex trade
23 Mar 2015
Every night in Sonagacchi, in India, more than 10,000 women stand in line waiting to be picked up for sex. Many of them were trafficked into prostitution. But now Freeset, a Christian business, has bought a…