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Nepal: Calls to outlaw religious conversion
19 Jun 2014
Religious freedom groups have expressed concern after reports that the Vice President of the Indian Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has urged Nepali leaders to outlaw religious conversion. Bhagat Singh Koshiyari reportedly spoke to senior leaders including…
Brazil: The World Cup's biggest secret
19 Jun 2014
While its popularity is renowned across the world, its notoriety goes deeper than you may expect. It’s an industry that engages almost every country on the planet; captivating countless numbers of male and female clientele alike…
Musalaha’s Israeli-Palestinian Children’s Summer Camps provide a framework for Israeli and Palestinian children to meet together in a fun and friendly atmosphere. They have the opportunity to build relationships with children from the other side, whom…
In the Democratic Republic of Congo soldiers march through the night hunting for women who are hiding in the bushes. 2,000 young soldiers fire gunshots in the air. The commander orders, ‘Go and rape women.’ The…
Nigeria: Boko Haram crisis
19 Jun 2014
Last Wednesday Boko Haram entered a village saying they had come to preach then fired on the crowd that gathered, killing 45. It follows a similar attack on Attagara village the previous day when gunmen in…
On June 18th officials from the Ministry of Planning and Housing sent bulldozers that destroyed a church-building belonging to the St John Episcopal Church of Sudan, in the Haj Yousif area. A Catholic church-building in the…