Businesses and corporate lobbies pushed EU governments “to modify the proposed rules, making it harder for victims to obtain justice.
CIDSE calls EU due diligence regs watered down, harmful to global South
U.K. Supreme Court: Buffer zones OK at Northern Ireland abortion clinics
The court announced Dec. 7 that the legislation to ban “direct” and “indirect” pro-life “influence” within 100 meters of abortion facilities did not infringe the right to free expression upheld by the convention, to which the U.K. is a signatory.
Asia Bibi advocates for Pakistanis accused of blasphemy
In her first on-camera interview since she was acquitted by the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 2018 and left the country, Bibi urged government agencies to “thoroughly” investigate blasphemy-related offenses.
Before World Cup, Church leaders highlight human rights concerns in Qatar
European church leaders have urged awareness of human rights issues during the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, amid continued criticism that the Gulf state was allowed to host the tournament.
A new book looks at Christianity’s roots in migration
Father Daniel Groody, who has been a consultant on migration matters for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said that to look at the history of the early church is to see the foundations of the church “as fundamentally migrant.”
What does it look like to hold a consistent life ethic?
“When we allow violence and discrimination, it isn’t a vague, generic violence against the idea of humans; it is actual harm inflicted against actual, living, unique, unrepeatable, individual human beings who are worthy of a name, who would have a future, and have a past.”
A week into government detention, Nicaraguan bishop speaks of forgiveness
Police in Matagalpa currently have Bishop Álvarez and a group of priests and lay Catholics under house arrest.
U.N. report: Myanmar junta ‘committing systematic crimes against humanity’
Since starting operations three years ago, the IIMM has collected more than 3 million pieces of information from almost 200 sources; these include interview statements, documentation, videos, photographs, geospatial imagery and social media material, reported ucanews.com.