PfL E-News

Nov-Dec 2009 Issue

Feature story:

• Work for climate justice ‘not done yet’, vow advocates after Copenhagen collapse

Other stories in this issue:

• Resettlement due to climate change on Asia-Pacific church agenda
• Int’l seminar calls for step-up in Palestine advocacy
• PfL’s Solano reflects on harassment at Tel Aviv airport
• A Palestinian Christian call to end the occupation
• Kobia decries Israeli plan to build 900 houses on Palestinian land
• Swiss minaret ban violates basic human rights and threatens religious peace in Europe
• Church leaders recommit to reunification of Korean Peninsula
• Ecumenical leaders urge stronger actions against abuses in Honduras
• Churches deplore massacre in Maguindanao, Philippines
• PfL-ECOT, local partners hear plea from community periled by tourism
• PfL U.S. partners gear up for 2010 ‘World Without Empire’ global gathering
• Karibu Foundation visits partners in the Philippines

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PfL E-News

Oct 5, 2009 Issue

In this issue:

• PfL holds consultation on ecological justice, WCC adopts ecological debt statement
• WARC calls on Christians: Resist Empire
• Negotiation for US-Colombia military bases assailed
• Church delegation demands return to democracy in Honduras
• WCC calls to freeze and dismantle Israeli settlements, UCC calls for end to Israeli illegal occupation
• Nepalese church leader decries lack of progress in peace process
• Extra-judicial killing of Filipino priest denounced
• ECOT and partners hit World Tourism Day
• United Methodists accompany Filipina torture victim
• Church of Scotland welcomes decision to release Lockerbie bomber
• Philippine solidarity groups commemorate Moncada and pay tribute to Cuban Five
• Mideast churches slam Christian Zionism

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PfL E-News

Jul 31, 2009 Issue

In this issue:

• Launching of Philippine Solidarity for Peace in Palestine
• Press release on Honduras Coup
• 1600 Colombian troops implicated in unlawful killings
• Israel hijacks Free Gaza Boat and 21 human rights activists
• Presbyterian Church on UN sanctions in North Korea
• Boycott, Divestments and Sanctions Campaign against Israel worry AIPAC
• Increase in displaced people due to Mindanao bombings
• Solidarity for Adivasis in Lalgarh, India
• Climate change and ecological debt
• United for Peace Campaign focuses on Palestine, Philippines and Colombia

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