civil war

United outrage over rights record

SRI LANKA: While welcoming this month’s lifting of emergency rule, which has been intermittently enforced since 1981, the Bishop of Mannar says Sri Lanka still has a long way to go in terms of personal and religious freedom. Bishop Rayappu ...
United outrage over rights record

Caritas aids war-ravaged families

Caritas aids war-ravaged families SRI LANKA: Minister praises efforts of organisation building homes for widowed families

Bishop worries about reconciliation

Bishop worries about reconciliation SRI LANKA: Attitude of welcoming different opinions and thinking of others 'is decreasing now'

Laymen seek justice for missing priest

Laymen seek justice for missing priest SRI LANKA: Relatives want government action over clergyman last seen five years ago

Protesters demand Fonseka release

Protesters demand Fonseka release SRI LANKA: Activists say government presents a false democratic face to the world

Church questions sustainable peace

Church questions sustainable peace SRI LANKA: Says fear still permeates all levels of society

Myanmar using prisoners as ‘human shields’

Myanmar using prisoners as ‘human shields’ MYANMAR: The army is using prisoners on the frontlines in Myanmar's conflict, said a report on Vatican Radio.

Catholic writes of her time with the Tamil Tigers

Catholic writes of her time with the Tamil Tigers SRI LANKA: Niromi de Soyza has authored a book about her life in the midst of the Sri Lankan civil war, and speaks to Australia's ABC.

Church promotes peace amid violence

PAKISTAN: Interfaith groups seek end to decades of killing

Church agency only one helping Myanmar conflict refugees

Church agency only one helping Myanmar conflict refugees MYANMAR: Caritas is the only humanitarian agency at work at refugee camps in the northern Myanmar region torn by civil war, reports Fides.

‘Is UN report an obstacle to reconciliation?’ Sri Lankans ask

‘Is UN report an obstacle to reconciliation?’ Sri Lankans ask SRI LANKA: A group of Sri Lankan Christians are questioning whether a United Nations report into the nation's civil war is in fact an obstacle to reconciliation as the government has claimed.
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