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Israel: UNESCO votes against Jewish connection to Temple Mount
UNESCO, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, at its executive board meeting in Paris passed a Palestinian-backed measure with 24 votes in favour, 6 against and 26 abstentions, referring to the Temple Mount as Al…
Pakistan: Aasia Bibi appeal adjourned again
Since 1987 more than 1,300 people in Pakistan have been charged with blasphemy, with the number of accusations in a single year rising to over a hundred in 2014. A disproportionate number of those accused are…
Morocco’s missing youth
Low numbers of young people voting in the recent general election (7 October) reflect their lack of interest in the country’s politics. Unusually for the Arab world, Moroccan elections have the merit of not being entirely…
Haiti: aftermath of the hurricane
Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos is a Christian orphanage, nurturing vulnerable children in family environments. One worker writes, ‘Finally the winds have eased and we can move about. So many stories of devastation after the hurricane. Houses gone,…
