Sister Gracy Rodrigues, an Indian nun with the Congregation of the Daughters of Charity (the Canossians), is involved in rescuing child victims of trafficking and active with the Asian Movement of Women Religious Against Human Trafficking (AMRAT), a network of
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On February 6th, the Pakistani National Assembly passed a law amending some criminal laws. For the first time, sectarianism, mass lynching and forced conversions will be punished, and the explicit aim of the legislation is to improve the conditions of
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Scores of people have been killed in Afghanistan and Pakistan by heavy snow and avalanches that hit mountainous areas in the region, officials said. More than 100 people have been killed across Afghanistan, including 50 in Nuristan province, officials said on
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Since October last year, Myanmar’s security forces have been committing mass killings and gang rapes of Rohingya Muslims and burning down villages in a campaign that likely amounts to crimes against humanity and possibly ethnic cleansing, according to the United
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A Turkish cargo plane flying from Hong Kong has crashed into a village in Kyrgyzstan, killing all four crew and at least 33 people on the ground. The Boeing 747, operated by ACT Airlines, a subsidiary of Turkish Air, crashed
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The terrible situation faced by refugees seeking sanctuary in Europe has been laid bare by Christian Aid, a relief organistion workiong amongst refugees. The organstion says that refugees in Greece and Bulgaria are in a desperate situation. According to Christian
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Hundreds of Yemeni orphans may be forced onto the streets due to a lack of government funding, according to the head of the country’s largest orphanage. The Dar Ri’ayat al-Aytam orphanage in Sanaa has been struggling with a lack of funds
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As the crisis in Yemen continues to unfold, a major appeal has been launched by the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC). Christian agencies including CAFOD, Tearfund, World Vision and Christian Aid are among the DEC members responding to the situation, which
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At least 700 Christian and 300 Hindu girls are kidnapped and forced into marriages with Muslims every year in Pakistan. Whilst the disappearance of some girls is reported to police, the police have a strong tendency to side with Muslims
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As government forces close in on Eastern Aleppo, the UN has issued a warning that nearly 500,000 children are living in besieged areas across Syria, a figure that has doubled in less than a year. UNICEF executive director,Anthony Lake, said:
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