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After death threats against Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege, UN rights offices expresses deep concern
The UN human rights chief is deeply concerned over the recent death threats directed at the Congolese human rights defender and Nobel Prize laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege, who bases his work on his Christian faith.
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Banksy-Sponsored ‘Louise Michel’ Boat With Rescued Migrants Asks for Urgent EU Assistance
… -rescued-migrants-asks-for-urgent-eu-assistance/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) … Mediterranean Sea, has asked the European Union for urgent assistance. “Alert! … being left alone in an #EU (!) Search and Rescue Zone … are trying to reach EU states using various routes, …
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Refugees in Germany: From the boat to the Bundeskunsthalle
Refugees in Germany – When you meet Raisan Hameed now, you can hardly believe it: the quiet young man, who had his first day as a student at the University of Graphics and Book Art (HGB) in Leipzig in October 2016, stands in the lively Eisenbahnstraße in Leipzig, speaking to a small crowd about his work, which…
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Against the backdrop of a humanitarian crisis, COVID-19 responders carry out heroic work in northwest Syria
“Ten years of crisis, repeated attacks on health care, death and displacement of health-care workers, and an increase in hostilities towards the end of 2019 have all posed significant challenges for the ability of the health system in northwest Syria to respond to COVID-19,” says Dr Mohamed Altwaish, a dentist by training who serves as…
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Borrell : decision on Hagia Sophia is regrettable
Turkey: Statement by the High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell on the decision regarding Hagia Sophia Hagia Sophia has a strong symbolic, historical and universal value. Turkey has developed a well-established tradition of cultural conservation as well as a recognised tradition of intellectual and cultural openness. The ruling by the Turkish Council of State to overturn one…
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Piazza Grande Religion Journalism Award. Winners announced
The International Association of Religion Journalists (IARJ) and Fscire are pleased to announce that Italian journalist Federica Tourn was awarded the first edition of the Piazza Grande Religion Journalism Award for her coverage about religious discrimination in Italian prisons Dio dietro le sbarre / God behind bars. The international jury also awarded three special mentions to…
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Religious scholar laments: Turkish Christians ‘a welcome scapegoat’
CNA Staff, Jun 25, 2020 / 05:41 pm MT (CNA).- According to a scholar of comparative religion, Christians in Turkey are being persecuted by the Turkish government, in part to distract attention from its recent setbacks in foreign policy. Alexander Görlach, a senior fellow with the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, said that…
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Syrian refugees resort to ever more desperate measures to resist pandemic impact
The COVID-19 crisis has caused a dramatic spike in the number of Syrian refugees in need of emergency assistance in the last three months, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday, in an appeal for funding to confront new challenges posed by the health emergency.