The Catholic Church is closing all its institutions in India on 29th to protest the burning alive of Christians and destruction of Christian institutions. In expression of our solidarity and to support our grieving community in India, FIACONA will observe prayer vigil in front of the United Nations

USA: August 27, 2008. Federation of Indian Christian Organizations in North America is deeply anguished and tormented by the mindless and macabre events taking place against Christians in Orissa. Every religion of the world condemns and prohibits violence of any kind. According to ibnlive.com with

Lahore August 25: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has demanded that the country’s next president must be non-contentious for democracy to survive.
A statement by HRCP said: HRCP has consistently called for a transition to democracy and the departure of President Musharraf has been a

Federation of Indian Christian Organizations in North America is deeply troubled by the increasing number of incidents of violence against Christians in India. Especially notable are the states of Karnataka and Orissa. Karnataka has had 143 incidents of violence against Christians but the following

The World Sindh Institute, a Washington DC-based justice and human rights advocacy group, wholeheartedly congratulates the people of Pakistan for finally breaking the choke-hold of a notorious military dictator on their freedoms and constitutional rights. The WSI joins millions of Pakistani people

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a remote area of Balochistan province, that five women were buried alive, allegedly by the younger brother of Mr. Sadiq Umrani, the provincial minister and a prominent leader of the Pakistan People's Party, the ruling party. Howe

Dhaka: August 9, 2008. (JP) After repeated delays, the trial of a Bangladeshi Muslim editor arrested for advocating ties with Israel began in Dhaka on Wednesday.
Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, editor of the Weekly Blitz, an English-language newspaper published in the Bangladeshi capital, is facing a

Sargodha: August 8, 2008. (Report by Khadijah Shah)Provincial Minister for Human Rights and Minority affairs Punjab, Kamran Michael and Khalil Tahir Sindhu, MPA Punjab, came to Sargodha from Lahore, in a form of procession of nearly 100 motorbikes and 40 to 50 cars, with people holding flags and ban

"In terms of maximizing impact and joining forces to control the epidemic, this merger is an innovative and bold move," said Dr. Peter Piot, UNAIDS Executive Director. "This is the sort of consolidation I believe we will see more of in the future across the AIDS sector."
Formal merger negotiations

Lahore, 07 August 2008: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has again called upon the Punjab Governor and Chief Minister to ensure the implementation of the quota for disabled students’ admission to educational institutions in Punjab.
The commission has drawn attention of the governor an

JAKARTA, INDONESIA: August 5, 2008. (ANS) -- For a second consecutive night some 580 students from the Arastamar Evangelical School of Theology (SETIA) in East Jakarta slept in the lobby of Indonesia’s parliament yesterday following demonstrations against the school that left at least 17 students in

Isfahan: August 2, 2008. Sixteen Christians were arrested in Iran on July 27 during the baptism service in Malakshahr, near Isfahan in Iran.
All were converted from Islam to Christianity.
Six women, eight men and two youngsters under 18 were arrested on Sunday when they were assisting in a bapti

Lahore: August 2, 2008. While welcoming the SAARC Summit in Colombo (August 2-3, 2008), the South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional body of human rights activists, has commended the SAARC governments’ decision to address people’s daily concerns – food, water, energy and environment, and urg

Philippines: July 31, 2008. The Board of Trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) today announced that this year seven individuals and one organization from India, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Sri Lanka will receive Asia’s premier prize, the Ramon Magsaysay Award.

Madrid - In the name of God, most merciful, most compassionate.
Praise be to God Almighty, who revealed in his Holy Book: "O mankind! We have created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other. Verily the most honoured of you i