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Turkey: increased assault on media
09 Sep 2016
The attempted military coup has opened a new chapter in Turkey’s history, with collective demonisation and punishment of the Gulen community and the media. Reporters Without Borders say Turkey is now ‘world leader in imprisoned journalists’.…
USA: early voting, Russia, and Trump
09 Sep 2016
Early postal voting has started in key US states where minority voters and young adults casting ballots in advance could give a contender an advantage. Mail-in ballots could be 75% of votes in key states. Donald…
2,000 pounds of cocaine seized
09 Sep 2016
A seizure of nearly 2,000 pounds of cocaine was the result of a joint international investigation that started in April. Spanish authorities became aware of a global group using maritime delivery containers to import cocaine from…
Africa: property-grabbing
02 Sep 2016
The following is just one of the many stories of property-grabbing, injustice and false imprisonment of poor, vulnerable people. A mission worker writes, ‘Please join us in praying for Albertina, an 82-year-old widow who has been…
Colombia : peace agreement after fifty years
02 Sep 2016
Colombia declared an end to the longest-running civil conflict in the Western hemisphere last week. In a historic agreement, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - known as FARC - signed a peace agreement with the…
Libya: thousands of migrants rescued
02 Sep 2016
On Monday, 6,500 migrants were rescued from the sea twelve miles off Libya in one of the biggest operations of its kind to date. Migrants from Eritrea and Somalia were cheering and some were swimming to…