Human Rights
WHO’s Tedros backs Tokyo Olympic Games ‘power to inspire’
The head of the UN World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has welcomed the start of the Olympic and Paralympic Games as a chance to spread “hope to the world”.…
ECHR
Lifesaving help needed for Venezuela cancer patients hit by US sanctions
Independent UN rights experts on Wednesday warned that hundreds of Venezuelan cancer patients could die because they have been caught up in the excessively strict application of United States sanctions aimed at…
ECHR
New film asks Scottish Government and public to choose rewilding
An alliance of nature charities in Scotland is ramping up its call on the Scottish Government and people to choose rewilding at a critical moment in the country’s political and…
America
Journalist Bankole Thompson to Release Book on Speeches and Writings on American Democracy and Push for Racial Equality
Bankole Thompson, a preeminent journalist and social critic, is the Editor-in-Chief and Dean of The PuLSE Institute, and an Opinion Columnist at The Detroit News. Bankole Thompson, whose forceful writings…
When visiting Jordan it is a must to go to Petra, when in Petra it is a must to take the Petra by night tour through the Siq to the Treasury temple. Along the path several kilometers long the organizers light more than 2000 candles. This provide the only illumination other than that of the stars and constant strobes of tourist cameras.
Religion
The Invisible Forewomen project
United Religions Initiative MENA along with its partners; UiL-LdV, Albania, TEKMED, Turkey, Have A Dream, Egypt & DRPDNM, Slovenia co-organized a five-day Train of Trainer workshop for 30 marginalized women…
Open Doors Day in Strasbourg.
Raising of the flags - Opening ceremony.
Europe
A Bulgarian became an EU ambassador to Israel
Today, the High Representative for Security and Foreign Affairs Josep Borel announced the appointment of the Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to the European Union Dimitar Tsanchev as Head…
News
Thousands of women in protest want the Istanbul Convention
Amid a heightened police presence, protesters in Istanbul gathered in Shishane Square, holding banners reading "We are not giving up the Istanbul Convention" and shouting slogans "Long live the solidarity…
ECHR
Tokyo Olympics getting underway with no spectators, and restrictions on church visits
The Tokyo Olympic Games are getting underway in one of the world's biggest cities, but there will be no spectators - and none of the usual spiritual support from churches.
Europe
28 Gambians Return Home from Algeria with IOM, EU Support
Download logo On 18 July, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) facilitated the voluntary and safe return of 28 Gambian migrants stranded in Algeria through a special return flight. Made…
News
Burning churches and demolished monuments: The anger of the Indians in Canada erupted
Father Sylvester Obi Ibeque is devastated. When he arrived at the Church of the Sacred Heart on the morning of June 21, where he had been preaching for years, only…