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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