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Articles : Human rights

Israel’s deception

Thanks for a hard-hitting but honest article by Kathleen Kern regarding Israel’s deceptive stance on peace while it deports peace activists and steals Palestinian homes and land.

Stop slavery

I don’t want to write today’s column, but I must. Certain situations in this old world are so terrible that I don’t even want to think about them. But we must look, and we must take whatever action we can. The topic is the global slave trade.

Witness of risk in Colombia

BOGOTA, Colombia — What intruders took in the dark of night from our Mennonite church office in Bogotá were two computers.

Theft raises safety fears in Colombian churches

BOGOTA, Colombia — A break-in this month at Justapaz, a ministry of the Colombian Mennonite Church and a Mennonite Central Committee partner, is raising concerns about the safety of church leaders and members involved in human rights and peace work in Colombia.

Indian tells of advocacy for ‘scarlet daughters’

NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — An advocate for women and children enslaved by South Asia’s sex trade brought the story of these “scarlet daughters” to Bethel College March 8 on International Women’s Day.

Conference examines views on human rights

WINNIPEG, Man. — What do human rights look like from a Mennonite perspective?
MCCer records hope, suffering in Colombia

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — As she documented how a long-running civil war impacts Colombia’s Protestant churches, Mennonite Central Committee worker Janna Hunter-Bowman spent hours poring over horrific details of deaths and threats and exploring how Christians are living out their faith in the midst of violence.

Mission intern weeps with refugee women

ACCRA, Ghana — Human suffering overwhelmed Kate Brubacher on her first visit to Buduburam, a Liberian refugee camp 30 miles from Ghana’s capital.