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Vietnamese man given four-and-a-half years in prison for hosting prayer meetings

Originally published in Premier Christian News A 48-year-old Vietnamese Montagnard Christian, Nay Y Blang, has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for conducting prayer meetings in his home. A member of the Central Highlands Evangelical Church of Christ, Blang was convicted on January 26 without access to legal representation. […]

Lebanese anti-Israeli judge elected new president of International Court of Justice

Originally published in allisraelnews The International Court of Justice in The Hague elected a new president with a worrying past of anti-Israeli comments, the court announced on Tuesday. Lebanese Judge Nawaf Salam was elected by his 14 peers to preside over the “World Court” for the next three years. Salam became a […]

SA doesn’t get it’s way at ICJ but ‘insulting’ ruling poses ‘dangerous’ public image problem for Israel

Last Friday the International Court of Justice rejected the South African government’s request to explicitly order a ceasefire in the Gaza war on the grounds of genocide — although the SA government apparently interprets the ruling as effectively ordering Israel to suspend its war. The ICJ did accept the possibility […]

Calls for Scotland to criminalise purchase of sex

Originally published in Christian Today A Christian charity is calling on the Scottish government to follow other countries in criminalising the purchase of sex.  CARE for Scotland is urging the Scottish government to push ahead with legislation that would target the demand side.  It accused the Scottish government of “dragging […]