Last month Panorama ran a programme on food poverty featuring a number of Christian charities and organisations in Bristol working to meet the needs of those struggling to cope. The work of one group stood out for me in particular…. Read More ›
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It is essential for the voice of the Church to speak into the Geneva II negotiations on Syria
Today’s post is written by regular guest contributor, Edward Kendall. Tweet @Edward_Kendall. ———— It was former foreign secretary David Miliband who once said: “While there are military victories there never is a military solution.” Nowhere does this wise observation carry more weight than… Read More ›
309,195 signatures – Christians want to be catalysts for peace and reconciliation in Syria
On International Human Rights Day, as the world mourned a great champion of freedom, justice and reconciliation, Open Doors, an international charity supporting persecuted Christians worldwide, spoke up for Christians in Syria, presenting a petition signed by 309,195 people from… Read More ›
Turning up the volume for Syrian Christians
Today’s UN report on the devastating effects of the Syrian war on a generation of children is yet another reminder of the horrors of the situation. Millions in Syria have become casualties of the conflict over the last two and… Read More ›
“This could be a Wilberforce moment for the 21st Century” – finding hope on Anti-Slavery Day
Today is Anti-Slavery Day; a chance to remember those whose freedom has been crushed as a result of child trafficking, forced labour, domestic servitude and trafficking for sexual exploitation. Approximately 29.8 million people are in forced labour worldwide. Although it is… Read More ›
Malala Yousafzai, Jesus and the power of resurrection
It was impossible not to be inspired listening to Malala Yousafzai yesterday as she addressed the UN General Assembly on her sixteenth birthday, exactly nine months after she had been shot in the head and neck in an assassination attempt… Read More ›
What did the Foreign Office do to tackle religious persecution in 2012?
Today the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has published its Human Rights and Democracy Report for 2012. This annual report highlights the British Government’s global human rights priorities. It is produced with the intention of increasing awareness of the UK’s role in… Read More ›
Enough food for everyone…IF. The changes the campaign is calling for
I had the privilege yesterday evening of spending an hour in the cold taking part in the launch of the Enough Food for Everyone…IF campaign. It’s a bit of a mouthful, but I expect it will soon end up being called… Read More ›
Why we should all be glad a global blasphemy law is no longer on the cards
Sometimes following a shocking incident hitting the headlines there can be a knee jerk reaction from the authorities trying to provide some sort of restitution to right a wrong. This happened after the truly awful Innocence of Muslims film went global. In their… Read More ›
It’s World Food Day – Find out how ships can feed the hungry
Today is World Food Day. World Food Day is a global initiative started by the UN in 1945 and has since been observed every year in more than 150 countries, raising awareness of the issues behind poverty and hunger. To… Read More ›
Is 0.7% too much to ask?
As you’ve probably heard, David Cameron is currently over in the US attending the United Nations General Assembly. Last night he gave a speech at the first meeting of a new high-level panel tasked by Ban-Ki moon, the UN secretary general, with… Read More ›
Azerbaijan and Syria: this weekend’s faces of human rights abuse
I have to admit that I am not a huge fan of the Eurovision Song contest, mainly because I struggle to cope with the high level of cheese content, but being a dutiful European I sat through three quarters of it… Read More ›
God and Politics in the UK 