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  17 October 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Need to eliminate practices that encourage gender discrimination Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) has proposed to the legal and legislative management important changes to ensure the right to equality regarding rural women and eliminate practic ...
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  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Christian Churches launch a project of reconciliation among ethnic groups Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The main Christian denominations in South Sudan, gathered in the South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC), have launched a project of reconciliation and peace in Jonglei State to reduce tensions amon ...
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  17 October 2016
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Six people killed in clashes between the military and followers of a millenarian sect Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The error of a Congolese military caused the death of four people when the rocket fired by him hit the Mwamba institute, in the municipality of Bulengera, in the city of Butembo in North Kivu P ...
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  14 October 2016
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Migrants and natives: together on the move for a new future Stuttgart (Agenzia Fides) - From 7 to 9 October, the Center of Spirituality of the Scalabrini Missionaries in Stuttgart, hosted the annual Scalabrini-Fest of Fruits, 2016, with the collaboration of the Scalabrinian Secul ...
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  14 October 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The case of the young Mexican boy killed at the border by a US guard reopens El Paso (Agenzia Fides) - The "Border Network for Human Rights" welcomes the news that the US Supreme Court will review the "Hernandez v. Mesa" case, on the death of Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca, a 15-year-old Mexican ...
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  14 October 2016
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - A hospice to accommodate orphans and HIV-positive people Guayaquivil (Agenzia Fides) - The network of Dispensary Doctors of the Archdiocese of Guayaquivil (REDIMA) has been engaged since 2004 in the fight against HIV and use the Josemaria Diagnostic Center, a reference point f ...
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  14 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - An application to the Supreme Court: a new judge for Asia Bibi’s trial Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - To appoint another judge immediately or a new college to hear the case of Asia Bibi: as Fides learns, this is the request sent to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court by Asia Bibi’s legal ...
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  14 October 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Hindu campaign against a Christian school Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - Three Hindu teachers have denounced the leaders of the Christian school of the Holy Trinity School in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, in the diocese of Indore, complaining of "being hurt in t ...
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  14 October 2016
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - The Bishops: "It is time to say no to the historical colonialism" San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - "It is time to say no to the historical colonialism that accompanied unjust laws such as the law of "cabotaje", the parties demagogy, lies and opportunism of many leaders", said the long docume ...
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  14 October 2016
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - UNESCO resolution on "Temple Mount". Negative reactions in Israel New York (Agenzia Fides) – UNESCO's Executive Board adopted a decision that calls on Israel to allow the restoration of the historic status quo of Al Aqsa Mosque/Al Haram Al Sharif. The decision on Jerusalem was taken ...
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  14 October 2016
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Thirty dead in the attack against the camp for displaced people near the Bishopric of Kaga-Bandoro Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - At least 30 people have died in the attack against the camp of displaced people in the Bishopric of Kaga Bandoro, in the central area of the Central African Republic. The attack dates back to 12 ...
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  14 October 2016
  AFRICA/MALAWI - "Where is the President?" ask the citizens of Malawi Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - #BringbackMutharika, is the hashtag created by users of social media in Malawi to ask where their President is, Arthur Peter Mutharika. The President had left for New York to attend the UN Gene ...
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  13 October 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Expulsion of undocumented Haitians following the hurricane have been suspended Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Following the devastation caused by hurricane Matthew in Haiti, the United States has decided to temporarily suspend the expulsion of Haitians who are in the country without authorization: t ...
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  13 October 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The hearing of the Supreme Court for the case of Asia Bibi postponed Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The hearing before the Supreme Court of Pakistan for the case of Asia Bibi has been postponed. The Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy in first degree (in 2009) and on appeal (in ...
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  13 October 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Extraordinary meeting of Bishops Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Before the moment that our country lives, in an atmosphere of prayer and discernment, the Bishops of Colombia will meet on 13 and 14 October at the seat of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia", ...