Articles : Human rights
Feb. 22 issue
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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.
Aug. 20, 2007 issue
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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.
July 16, 2007 issue
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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.
June 25, 2007 issue
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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.
March 19, 2007 issue
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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.
Feb. 5, 2007 issue
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Conference examines views on human rights
WINNIPEG, Man. — What do human rights look like from a Mennonite perspective?
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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.
July 11, 2005 issue
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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.

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