Tag: Human Rights
With thousands in Sudan trapped in besieged city, Catholic leaders amplify...
As a paramilitary group announced the capture of el-Fasher, the besieged capital of Sudan's North Darfur state, Catholic Church leaders amplified calls for the protection of "forgotten" civilians – including thousands of children – trapped in the western Sudanese city.
Monica Doumit: Human Rights Bill is anything but
The NSW Greens tabled a human rights bill in parliament last week. Its blatant bias was exactly what you would expect from the most pro-abortion, anti-faith party the country has ever seen, writes Monica Doumit.
Another urgent pro-life issue
I’m not exactly sure who or what a "social family" is but I am certain that it was not what the framers of the Convention of the Rights of the Child had in mind when articulating the obvious idea that a child should be cared for by their parents, writes Monica Doumit.
Anti-Slavery advocates honoured for responsible business
As part of the inaugural NSW Anti-Slavery Forum, two members of the Australian Catholic Anti-Slavery Network have been commended for their efforts helping survivors and allies come together proper practices for the future.
The abortion conversation we need to start having
A new survey has found a surprising lack of support for abortion up to 20 weeks. The Ipsos survey reports that only 39 per...
Hong Kong: Wiping Out Both Memory and Speech
Individual and collective memory is an essential - though notoriously unstable - human element.
For those who have lived and suffered under injustice and totalitarianism...
Monica Doumit: When ‘medicine’ targets the child
“It’s not good news. Your baby has Down syndrome… and I’ve scheduled a termination for tomorrow.”
Zoey was at work and her doctor phoned with...
Q@A with John Steenhof, human rights lawyer
Meet the man helping Christians caught between faith and the law, who is busier than ever.
Monica Doumit: ‘Leave the baby to die’
Statistics reveal the falsity of the abortion industry
For the purposes of the law of the Commonwealth, a child born alive is a person. The...
Victorian lawmakers ignore warnings on ‘conversion’ ban
Groups across a wide spectrum reacted with dismay and concern to new law.
Aged care catastrophe as residents sedated
Medical experts call for a national body to monitor the welfare of vulnerable Australians in aged care.
Migration a ‘crisis’ issue, Pope says
Migration movements "are one of the defining signs of our time," said the pope in Bangkok.















