- Books, Culture, Human rights, Myanmar, Myanmar coup, Poetry, Protest, South and Central Asia, World news
Myanmar’s first literary work since coup reveals ‘courage and altruism’ of writers
Picking Off New Shoots Will Not Stop the Spring was born from a desire to preserve online expressions of outra…
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Protests over Cristiano Ronaldo statue in former Portuguese colony of Goa
Local politician says statue is meant to inspire young people, but critics say it is inappropriateHe is idolis…
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600 UK churches sign up to welcome Christian arrivals from Hong Kong
We must not repeat the mistakes of the Windrush era, say clergyThe Church of England must not repeat its lack …
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Jewish leaders use Holocaust Day to decry persecution of Uighurs
UK community speaks out in effort to pressure government to take stronger stanceLeading figures in the UK Jewi…
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Christian persecution rises as people refused aid in Covid crisis – report
Advocacy group Open Doors says hardline regimes across world exploit pandemicCoronavirus – latest updatesSee a…
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Muslim Council of Britain challenges forced Covid cremations in Sri Lanka
Country insists all people who die of virus are cremated even if it violates religious beliefsCoronavirus – la…
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From resisting the Raj to helping with Covid: India League reborn for the 21st century
Organisation launches online survey of UK’s 1.5 million diaspora to ‘find out who we are’ An organisation laun…
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Faith leaders join forces to warn of Uighur ‘genocide’
Statement signed by Rowan Williams, bishops, imams and rabbis says Chinese Muslim minority faces ‘human traged…
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Dalai Lama to release album of mantras and teachings set to music
‘Music has the potential to reach many more people,’ says the Tibetan spiritual leaderThe Dalai Lama, whose me…
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Iranian police disperse crowds from shrines after Covid-19 closures
Religious authorities around the world limit contact and close places of worshipCoronavirus – latest updatesSe…
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Justin Welby prostrates himself in apology for British massacre at Amritsar
Archbishop says sorry ‘in the name of Christ’ over killing of 379 unarmed protesters in 1919The archbishop of …