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Save Myanmar from absolute hell

Myanmar has known many, many dark chapters in its history, especially over the past 18 months since the latest coup d’etat. But the execution of four pro-democracy activists — the first judicial executions in more than three decades — plunges the country into even greater darkness. The news broke less than a week after the […]

Vietnamese clergy fall victim to soccer fever

Father Joseph Pham Huu Quang attends soccer practice sessions on July 18 Monday and Friday afternoons at Tay Loc stadium in Thua Thien Hue province. Father Quang, who has to ride a motorbike to the state-run stadium 30 kilometres from his Son Qua parish, is at the ground regular as clockwork, wearing football boots and […]

Southeast Asian MPs slam Myanmar executions

Parliamentarians from Southeast Asian nations have strongly condemned the execution of four political prisoners by Myanmar’s military junta as an “act of judicial barbarism.” Myanmar’s state media announced that the death sentences of four prisoners were carried out on an unspecified date at Insein Prison in Yangon. They were the first such executions in the […]

Sundarbans ban leaves Bangladesh communities reeling

The Bangladesh government’s ban on access to the Sundarbans forest has left those who earn their living from the world’s largest stretch of mangroves in hardship amid a lack of promised compensation. The Forest Department has banned the issuing of passes and permits to enter the Sundarbans for June- August. The move covers fishing, crab […]

Indonesian Catholic mother sustains faith, struggles for rights

For 87-year-old Thresiamma, nothing works without the blessing of Jesus. As Maria Yuliana Farida carried the freshly harvested cocoa fruit in a basket into the backyard of her home, she murmured: “If one of these is damaged, we will have less to eat next week.” The cocoa fruit harvested in the June-July season in Indonesia’s […]

Church people in Sri Lanka hail people power

As Sri Lanka witnessed a second wave of massive protests; some Church people say people’s power is at work in the island nation. Sri Lankans on July 9 assembled at Galle Face on the Arabian seashore in the capital city of Colombo forcing the president and the prime minister to step down. This was the […]

Sri Lankan religious leaders urge army to stop attacking citizens

Sri Lankan religious leaders have urged the armed forces not to attack unarmed civilians after a video clip of an army officer kicking a man in the chest as he queued up at a gas station went viral on social media. “We urge the army not to lose the respect you have earned. What the […]

Bangladesh hill tribe demands justice for brutal killings

Hundreds of ethnic Tripura people marched on the streets demanding justice and compensation for the families of four of their men shot dead by an armed rebel group in Bangladesh’s restive Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). The Tripura Welfare Associa-tion organized a human chain on July 3 to protest the June 21 killing by an insurgent group called Kuki-Chin […]

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Pope: Red Cross’ humanitarian work shows that fraternity is possible

New Vatican document lists ‘grave violations’ of human dignity