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Thursday, 11 June 2020 20:44
Turkey: scores of citizens with alleged outlaw links
Turkish prosecutors have issued arrest warrants for over 200 people accused of links to an outlawed group the government blames for the 2016 failed coup. Security forces are searching for 191 people, 181 of whom were…
Thursday, 11 June 2020 20:38
Nepal: press freedom
Nepal has a constitutional obligation to guarantee press freedom, but over ten journalists have been threatened for their coronavirus reporting since late March. One victim of death threats is the manager of Radio Janakpur, threatened after…
Thursday, 04 June 2020 23:08
Global: Kingdom vision
We are living at a historic time, in terms of international health. Never has a pandemic had the physical, economic, and social impact of Covid-19. But we are also seeing an unprecedented moment in the history…
Thursday, 04 June 2020 22:42
USA: Trump's use of Bible censured by religious leaders
On 1 June Donald Trump declared himself the ‘law and order president’, vowing to use military might to remove people demonstrating against George Floyd’s murder and the persecution of black people. Tear gas, flash grenades, and…
Thursday, 04 June 2020 22:38
Intercessor Focus: will history stop repeating itself?
On 1 June 1921, in Tulsa, the US experienced the worst race riots in its history. A prosperous African-American community, dubbed ‘Black Wall Street’, was eradicated by rioting white people. Within hours luxury shops, homes, restaurants…
Thursday, 04 June 2020 22:34
Myanmar: pandemic threatens Rohingya
130,000 internally displaced Rohingya trapped in detention camps in Myanmar have no future, with little access to land or livelihoods. They depend on foreign aid and die of treatable diseases due to limited healthcare. Shelters, built…