Japan court orders ‘Moonies’ Church to be stripped of legal recognition
The Church is accused of pressuring followers into making life-ruining donations, and blamed for child neglect among its members — although it has denied any wrongdoing.
The Church is accused of pressuring followers into making life-ruining donations, and blamed for child neglect among its members — although it has denied any wrongdoing.
Conversations around female sexuality are considered taboo in India, especially with married women who are expected to prioritise their husbands and children over themselves.
Kikundi cha M23 kilichopatiwa msaada na Rwanda kimesema hakiwezi kushiriki katika mazungumzo ya amani na serikali ya Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo (DRC) yaliyopangwa kufanyika leo Jumanne mjini Luanda, mji mkuu wa Angola, kufuatia vikwazo vya Umoja wa Ulaya dhidi ya baadhi ya viongozi wake wakuu.
Shirika la Haki za Binadamu la Human Rights Watch (HRW) limeiomba Serikali ya Kenya kumaliza uchunguzi kuhusu miili iliyoharibiwa iliyopatikana kwenye mgodi mwaka jana, na kushughulikia madai kwamba polisi walizuia juhudi za kuchukua miili hiyo.
Big names in gaming such as France’s Ubisoft (publisher of the “Assassin’s Creed” saga) or US-based Activision Blizzard (“Call of Duty”) have seen women come forward about sexist behaviour in the workplace in recent years.
Pope Francis remains stable after almost four weeks in hospital with pneumonia, the Vatican said on Tuesday, declining to speculate on when he might go home, the day after doctors indicated he was no longer in danger.
The leader of the world’s nearly 1.4 billion Catholics has been working on and off, and following the news where possible — including deadly floods that have hit his homeland of Argentina.
The killing of the Japanese woman in late January was later declared a murder, but only after an uproar when a women’s rights organisation revealed that the 43-year-old had reached out to them about her abusive ex-husband.
“I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers for my health from the Square, I accompany you from here,” Francis said in a message broadcast in St Peter’s Square.
They warned such a move would “risk exacerbating the ongoing conflict in Sudan, fragmenting the country, and worsening an already dire humanitarian situation”.