Asia

• 19 August 2010
  ASIA/TURKEY - A Ramadan of “peace and brotherhood among religious communities” Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – Muslim and Christian religious leaders in Turkey have called for a "Ramadan of love, peace, and brotherhood among religious communities," launching an appeal to all believers for tolerance an ...
• 19 August 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - 10 years of Muslim-Christian dialogue, to build peace Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) – They have been coming together in the name of dialogue and reconciliation for 10 years now, for joint study and sharing, to build a future of peace and brotherhood in the southern Philippine ...
• 18 August 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Flood victims being subject to more than just rising waters Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – The victims of the worst humanitarian tragedy in 80 years have now fallen pray to bandits and traffickers who have taken advantage of the flooding in Pakistan that is ravaging the fertile groun ...
• 18 August 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholics are giving “all they have” to flood victims Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - “We are doing our best. Caritas and the Pontifical Mission Societies have been active and there is a great sense of solidarity. The Catholic faithful are giving all they have," Fides was told b ...
• 12 August 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Religious minorities are the last to receive aid,” says local Catholic priest Munich (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Immanuel Asi, President of the Lahore Biblical Theological Institute and a member of the directive committee of the Theological Institute for Laity in Pakistan, as well as expert in interre ...
• 5 August 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - UNHCR appeal for 2 million refugees from flooding Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Floods and landslides are hitting northwest Pakistan and have already killed 1,500 people and displaced two million people now in need of immediate help to survive. The United Nations High Commis ...
• 3 August 2010
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Sharp drop in tuberculosis rate, although disease remains very common among poor and illiterate Dacca (Agenzia Fides) – The tuberculosis (TB) prevalence rate in Bangladesh has plummeted to 79 per 100,000 people from 800 in the 1990s, with the majority of cases among the rural, poor and uneducated, according to th ...
• 2 August 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Over 1 million people affected by flooding, Caritas launches emergency plans Freiburg (Agenzia Fides) – According to a provisional evaluation, there are still 870 victims of floods in Pakistan, particularly in the Punjab region. Tens of thousands of people are still isolated from the rest of ...
• 31 July 2010
  ASIA/YEMEN - Getting food to 300,000 internally displaced persons in northern Yemen Sanaa (Agenzia Fides) – Getting food aid to more than 300,000 internally displaced persons IDPs in northern Yemen is a complex task for logistics and coordination. The United Nations World Food Programme, (WFP), with t ...
• 29 July 2010
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Flash floods in western and north eastern provinces leave a wake of dead, injured and homeless people Kabul (Agenzia Fides) – According to the Afghanistan National Disasters Management Authority (ANDMA), sudden floods in various part of Afghanistan killed 20 people and destroyed dozens of homes. The north eastern provi ...
• 24 July 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - World Council of Churches: “Repeal the Blasphemy Law” Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – It is urgently necessary to repeal the Blasphemy Law in Pakistan which violates civil and religious freedom, the law is “a major source of victimization and persecution of religious minori ...
• 24 July 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Nan Chong diocese provides aid for flood victims in the Qu Xian district Nan Chong (Agenzia Fides) – About 125,000 people submerged by water, several churches immersed in 3.5 - 4.5 metres water, 3,000 Catholics affected: this is the dramatic situation in Nan Chong diocese, district of Qu Xi ...
• 24 July 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Salesians: skills and employment for two million disadvantaged youths New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – BASE, a plan for professional training and employment for more than two million disadvantaged youngsters in rural areas of India, mainly of Dalits and no caste families, has been launched by ...
• 23 July 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy law, an evil of society Muslim lawyer says Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – The blasphemy law and Islamic extremism “are obscure evils of Pakistan's society ”, “they disrupt stability, harmony and legality ”: Muhammad Aslam Khaki, a Muslim jurist and lawyer, ...
• 23 July 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy law: recent cases Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – A Christian family forced to negotiate conversion to Islam for peace and tranquillity; an elderly Christian on the grounds of false accusations could spend the rest of his life in prison: th ...