Pope slams UK equality laws

Pope Benedict has confirmed his first papal visit to the UK with an unprecedented attack on the government’s equality legislation, telling British bishops it threatened religious freedom and conflicted with natural law.

North Korea ‘worst Christian persecutor’

Two European religious rights organizations have branded North Korea the world’s worst persecutor of Christians.

Adopt dalit-rights report now: Indian Church

Christian and Muslim dalit people are to be given the same rights as their Hindu, Buddhist and Sikh counterparts under an official recommendation that comes after a 60-year struggle by the Church to win the concessions.

Papuan rights fighter honored

Father Johanes Djonga (photo) from Jayapura diocese in Papua province has received the 2009 Yap Thiam Hien Award for his fight for Papuans’ rights. (UCA News)

Indonesian award for Papua priest

Papuan priest Fr Johanes Jonga has been awarded the prestigious Yap Thiam Hien Award for those showing the most dedication to the upholding of human rights in Indonesia.

The International Solidarity and Human Rights Institute

The International Solidarity and Human Rights Institute (”the Institute”) is committed to establishing solidarity among people worldwide by promoting authentic human rights.

Philippines ‘extrajudicial killings’ rising

Buried under the news of the devastation caused by two storms Ondoy and Pepeng is an equally alarming development — the killing of a parish priest the Reverend Cecilio Lucero in Northern Samar. (Benjie Oliveros, Bulatlat.com)
Father Lucero was ambushed by heavily armed men suspected to be soldiers last September 6 at 8 a.m. The killing [...]

Prince wins Cardinal Thuan prize

The Vatican’s San Matteo Foundation, established in memory of Vietnamese Cardinal Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan, has awarded its top human rights prize to Luxembourg’s Grand Duke Henri for his refusal to sign a law legalizing euthanasia.
The parliament responded by stripping him of many of his constitutional powers as head of state and passing the [...]

Priests back call for repeal of SL anti-terrorism act

The lengthy sentence handed down to Tamil Christian journalist J.S. Tissanayagam has led to a broad-based call for the repeal of the country’s Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).
Hundreds of citizens have been punished under the 1979 law, under which some have languished in remand for 15 years without trial, according to activists, UCA News.
Christian priests, [...]

Shot Philippines priest had received threats: Bishop

Following a series of threats, a group of thirty armed gunmen have shot and killed Catarman diocese human rights director, Fr Cecilio “Pete” Lucero.
Bishop Emmanuel Trance of Catarman says the priest who directed his central diocese’s human rights desk received death threats for some time before he was shot dead on Sept. 6, UCA News [...]

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