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Hamburg gunman: disturbed entrepreneur who penned apocalyptic book
AFP, Published on 12/03/2023
» HAMBURG: Details are emerging about the gunman who shot dead six Jehovah's Witnesses in Germany, painting a picture of a disturbed businessman who battled paranoia and penned an apocalypse-themed book.
Hamburg reels from Jehovah's Witness shooting
AFP, Published on 10/03/2023
» HAMBURG - One by one, black body bags under flurries of snow are wheeled out from the unassuming Jehovah's Witness centre where six people were killed in the German city of Hamburg.
Mass slaying shocks Germany
Published on 10/03/2023
» HAMBURG: A disgruntled former Jehovah’s Witness member shot dead six people at the community’s centre in the German city of Hamburg, before turning the gun on himself, authorities said on Friday.
Several dead in Hamburg church shooting
AFP, Published on 10/03/2023
» HAMBURG: Several people have been killed in a shooting in a Jehovah's Witnesses church in Hamburg, with the gunman believed to be among the dead found in the building, German police said Thursday.
Memorial: the conscience of Russia banned under Putin
AFP, Published on 07/10/2022
» MOSCOW - Memorial, Russia's most respected rights group, has been co-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize less than a year after it was ordered to shut down during a wave of repression against critical voices.
Russia targets Memorial rights arm despite outcry
AFP, Published on 29/12/2021
» MOSCOW: A Moscow court on Wednesday heard a case against an arm of Memorial group that campaigns against current rights abuses in Russia, a day after the Supreme Court outlawed the main organisation, which chronicled Stalin-era purges.
Hong Kong faithful pray for future under security crackdown
AFP, Published on 08/10/2020
» HONG KONG - Cardinal Joseph Zen fled the communist takeover of China as a teenager and found sanctuary in Hong Kong, a bastion of religious freedom that he now fears could disappear under Beijing's tightening grip.
Religion on front lines of Hong Kong protests
AFP, Published on 28/06/2019
» HONG KONG: Held aloft above a sea of protesters marching through the heart of Hong Kong, the hand-written cardboard sign made an unusual demand: "Stop using baton or we sing Hallelujah to the Lord".
S. Korean court allows conscientious objection to military service
AFP, Published on 01/11/2018
» SEOUL: South Korea's supreme court ruled Thursday that moral and religious beliefs are valid reasons to refuse the country's mandatory military service, in a case that has implications for hundreds of conscientious objectors.
S. Korea military service objectors cheer court ruling
AFP, Published on 18/10/2016
» SEOUL - A South Korean appeals court on Tuesday overturned the convictions of two conscientious objectors in an unprecedented ruling hailed as a key victory by opponents of mandatory military service.