Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Drive to Release Rights Attorney in China Pushes Forward

Christian lawyer Gao Zhisheng with wife Geng He and children.
Drive to Release Rights Attorney in China Pushes Forward: "Gao Zhisheng’s brother visits him in prison.
LOS ANGELES, March 30 (CDN) — Confirmation this week of China’s assertion in December that human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng is alive and serving out a prison sentence is key as efforts continue for his release, a human rights attorney said.
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Sudan’s Aerial Bombing Aims at Churches in Nuba Mountains

Sudan’s Aerial Bombing Aims at Churches in Nuba Mountains: "Mosques also razed as civilians continue to be targeted in Khartoum’s ‘ethnic cleansing.’
JUBA, South Sudan, March 30 (CDN) — After Khartoum denied that it had bombed civilians earlier this month, Sudanese aerial strikes last week were aimed at church buildings and schools in Kauda, South Kordofan state, a humanitarian aid worker said. "

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