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Amnesty International Branded As Hypocritical In Treating Musicians

Amnesty International Branded As Hypocritical In Treating Musicians

Rock For Life, a pro-life group with links to both Christian and secular musicians, has accused Amnesty International of misleading music artists in producing an album to raise fund for the human-rights group without making clear its stance on abortion..

  • The 'Pacific Solution' neither value for money nor humane

    In a scathing report prepared jointly by Oxfam and A Just Australia, both organisations have labelled the Federal Government 'Pacific Solution' in dealings with asylum seekers as 'neither value for money nor humane.'

  • Majority Finds Reality Show Exploit Participants

    The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released its report to the Federal Minister of Communication, Helen Coonan, finding 54 percent of all those in the survey agreed with the statement that reality television programs exploit the people who participate in them.

  • RU486 Abortion Drug available in Vic hospital

    The controversial abortion drug RU486 could be available as early as next week with the Victorian health authorities giving the Melbourne's Royal Women's Hospital permission to prescribe the drug.

  • Review of Victorian abortion law, 'Politically smart' but 'Humanly Tragic'

    Robert Ward, the Victorian Chief-of-Staff for the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL), wrote on a local newspaper publication that the Victorian State Premier decision to refer the review of the abortion law to the Victorian Law Reform Commission (VLRC) was a 'politically smart but humanly tragic' move.

  • Australian Christians divided on how to deal with Muslims

    The Senate candidate for the Christian Democratic Party (CDP) for the upcoming Federal Election has called for a halt to Muslim immigration as a controversial Christian Islamic expert has called for a 'prayerful attitude' towards them.

  • Sudanese Targeted By Racist Leaflets

    Racist leaflets are being dropped around Sydney which are attacking the local African communities, in particular the Sudanese.

  • Politics behind the VIC Premier's decision to delay abortion-vote

    Reverend David Palmer, the convenor of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria's Church and Nation Committee, said that politics was a major factor in delaying the decision to allow abortion to be decriminalised in the State which other Christians also agreed.

  • Victorian Abortion Law Under Review

    The Victorian State Premier, John Brumby, has announced that the State Government will seek legal advice in reforming the existing state law on abortion as Christians once again reaffirmed their position to oppose any legislation that allows for the decriminalisation of abortion.

  • Baxter Detention Facility Closed For Good

    The Baxter detention facility, built to detain illegal immigrants, will be shut on this coming week with Christians describing it as a 'shocking reality.'

  • N.T. Intervention Law Passed With Mix Views Among Christians

    The controversial bill authorising the Federal Government to adopt radical measures to tackle the child-sex abuse in the Northern Territory (N.T.) was passed in the Senate, with mix views among Christians about the legislation.

  • Refugee Intake To Increase From Middle-Eastern Countries

    The media is reporting that the Federal Immigration Minister, Kevin Andrews, is expected to announce the intake of more refugees from the Middle East, in particular Iraqi Christians.