Human Rights
Interview: Slave trade reparations ‘essential’
400th anniversary of the first ship that brought the first Africans to the British colony of Virginia. We mark that as the real beginning slave trade in America in the…
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Europe
World churches’ head expresses abhorrence at brutality recorded in Bucha, Ukraine; Pope condemns ‘sacrilegious war’
After television footage that showed mutilated bodies of people in civilian clothes some with their hands bound behind their backs in Bucha, Ukraine, the World Council of Churches head said…
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With This Light: the story of the ‘Mother Teresa’ of Honduras
A documentary film bringing to life the story of the 'Mother Teresa' of Honduras, Sister Maria Rosa Leggol, who helped nearly 90,000 Honduran children escape from poverty and abuse
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side events to the 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council : freedom of conscience and physical integrity
The themes of the series addressed central topics of society and humankind: freedom of conscience and physical integrity.
Europe
UN rights experts raise alarm over Russia’s ‘choking’ media clampdown at home
The recent adoption by Russia of a punitive “fake war news” law is an alarming move by the Government to gag and blindfold the media and the entire population
America
Canada: About the Liberals/New Democratic Party deal
On March 23, the Liberal Party of Canada and the New Democratic Party signed a confidence-and-supply deal that will offer “stability” to Canadians until June 2025, as Canadian Prime Minister…
Europe
Ukraine: UN Secretary-General calls for probe into Bucha killings
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday called for an independent investigation into the killing of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, a suburb of the capital, Kyiv.
Health
Sweeteners may be linked to increased cancer risk – new research
Sweeteners have long been suggested to be bad for our health. Studies have linked consuming too many sweeteners with conditions such as obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. But links with…
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Polish churches receive training to ensure strong and safe communities
The Conference of European Churches (CEC) conducted a training for Polish churches in Warsaw, focusing on crisis management and ways of ensuring security for religious communities. The training was held…
Europe
Roberta Metsola in Kyiv and Poland to support Ukrainian people
The European Parliament President Roberta Metsola was in Kyiv Friday to express the European Union´s support and hope to the Ukrainian people and condemn the unjustified Russian attack.