This is the latest update from FRRME (Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East) in Baghdad, with whom I have been associated for around ten years: Meet the team at St George’s Clinic, Baghdad
Britain will be the host for this meeting in London and at Windsor during the week of April 16, 2018. The overall theme will be “Towards a Common Future”. I believe there should be discussion followed by positive action on the following themes: 1: India and Pakistan: There is an urgent need for détente with…
My last four blogs have been about wars, that our media hardly mention, for example in Yemen, inside Turkey since 1984, in the Philippines against suspected drug dealers and users, or the coming health and survival crisis in Gaza. Today I would like to draw attention to the three million EU citizens living in Britain…
This began with the Arab Spring of 2011-2012. Deaths have risen to some 10,000 of whom about 2000 have succumbed to cholera, often the result of polluted water. It is said that 42,000 people have been wounded by fighting and bombing. All sides have committed atrocities, including ISIS and Al Qaeda. Yet Saudi Arabia and…
My friend and correspondent there, Rev Shay Cullen, is a member of Columban Missionary Society and has served there for some thirty years or more. He has done remarkable work in rescuing and rehabilitating children and young people, from brothels, sex-bars, prisons and various addictions. He publishes regular bulletins in the media of Philippines, Hong…
