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Benedict Rogers
Jimmy Lai: a life sentence in all but name
A 20-year jail term for the Catholic publisher is an affront to justice, human dignity and the Church
Myanmar’s sham elections
As Myanmar marks five years since its military coup, the junta’s staged elections, mass repression and escalating humanitarian catastrophe expose a crisis
Jimmy Lai should be recognised as a martyr
At 78, sick and imprisoned for his beliefs, Jimmy Lai faces what may amount to a death sentence for exercising freedom of conscience
China’s Church divided: loyalty, compromise and the cost of faith
Fr Paul Mariani’s China’s Church Divided traces the lives of two Shanghai bishops whose choices — one loyal to Rome, the other to Beijing — expose the deep moral and political fractures faced by China’s Catholics under Communist rule.
Democracy is in retreat – but heroic activists are emerging
jesus christ was a refugee who grew up to become a dissident. of course he is much more than that – he is god incarnate, emmanuel – but as w...
How books kept a broken nation's soul alive
syria’s secret library by mike thomson weidenfeld, 320pp, £18.99/$28 it was because of my love of books as well as my passion for human righ...
Beijing knows it is losing the battle of ideas over Hong Kong
almost exactly a year ago, the holy see and the chinese government signed an agreement on the appointment of bishops designed to “normalise”...
To beat persecution, we must tackle the arms trade
the us state department recently hosted the second ministerial to advance religious freedom. bringing together more than 1,000 civil society...
The dramatic protests in Hong Kong are infused with religious fervour
"stop using baton, or we sing hallelujah to the lord,” read one of the placards among the sea of people marching yet again in hong kong last...
As their freedoms disappear, how long can Hong Kong's Christians hold out?
on march 30, hundreds of hong kong christians prayed on a way of the cross march for nine activists facing jail after calling for democracy....
It’s been a bad year for human rights. But there are still reasons to hope
"the people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.” with those words ...
In signing the China deal, the Vatican is taking an enormous risk
The regime has a record of breaking promises and disregarding agreements.
China’s war on Christianity
Amid new rumours of a deal with the Holy See, persecution of Christians is at its highest level since the Cultural Revolution
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