ASIA/PAKISTAN - Justice for Lubna: parents file complaint
Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) – The parents of Lubna Masih, age 12, the girl raped and murdered by a group of Muslims in Rawalpindi (see Fides 13/10/2010), have filed a formal complaint to the police. Accepting, albeit wi ...
AFRICA - African resources, focus of “Workshop: Media and Africa”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “God forbid they find oil in our country." This is the sentence written by an African journalist during the "Workshop: Media and Africa," summing up the perception of the African people on the ba ...
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Rape and murder of Christian girls
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Brutal violence has been committed against two Christian girls: Lubna Masih, age 12, was raped and murdered by a group of Muslims in Rawalpindi and Kiran Nayyaz of Faisalabad, a 13-year-old ...
13 October 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Violence Against Women - Brief Overview
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Violence against women in Pakistan, especially against Christian workers, is a phenomenon that is ascertained, but often met with indifference or impunity.
According to the Pakistani NGO “A ...
AMERICA/CHILE - Church in Chile praying for miners' rescue
Copiapo (Agenzia Fides) – The main streets of Copiapo, some 830 kilometers north of Santiago, have been overrun by motorists sounding horns and trumpets. The city, located in the Atacama desert, with over 200,000 inhab ...