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Asean 'deeply disappointed' over Myanmar execution of activists
Published on 03/08/2022
» Foreign Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Wednesday extensively discussed Myanmar, with Cambodia, this year's chair of the 10-nation bloc, saying that all member states are "deeply disappointed" over its military regime's recent execution of pro-democracy activists.
Myanmar crisis to dominate Asean foreign ministers meeting
Published on 03/08/2022
» Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) member states are working to come up with additional steps or adjustments to measures dealing with Myanmar, which has been ruled by the military since a coup in February 2021, following the junta's execution of four people including two pro-democracy activists late last month.
Pope Francis denounces 'ideological colonisation' on Canada visit
AFP, Published on 28/07/2022
» QUEBEC CITY: Pope Francis decried "ideological colonisation" Wednesday and renewed his apology to Indigenous peoples for decades of abuse in a speech to Canada's top officials, who invited him to take further action leading to "real reconciliation."
Pope Francis to address Canada's political leaders in Quebec
AFP, Published on 27/07/2022
» QUEBEC CITY - Pope Francis will travel to Quebec City Wednesday, where he will address Canada's political leaders after dedicating the first part of his journey to apologizing for the abuse of Indigenous children at Catholic-run schools.
Pope on 'penitential' visit to Canada Indigenous school survivors
AFP, Published on 25/07/2022
» EDMONTON (CANADA) - Pope Francis will visit a former residential school in Canada on Monday, where he is expected to make a historic personal apology to Indigenous survivors of abuse committed over decades at the Catholic-run institutions.
Pope heads to Canada to make amends for Indigenous school scandal
AFP, Published on 24/07/2022
» ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE: Pope Francis left Rome on Sunday for Canada for a chance to personally apologise to Indigenous survivors of abuse committed over a span of decades at residential schools run by the Catholic Church.
Indigenous Canadians hopeful ahead of Pope's apology for school abuse
AFP, Published on 20/07/2022
» MASKWACIS (CANADA) - For decades, trauma has lingered in the tiny Indigenous Canadian community of Maskwacis. But some hope to finally find a degree of closure during a visit by Pope Francis to apologize for the Church's role in a century of abuse.
Canada Indigenous schools abuse: a timeline
AFP, Published on 20/07/2022
» OTTAWA - For a century, tens of thousands of Indigenous, Inuit and Metis children in Canada were forcibly enrolled in state boarding schools, isolated from their families, language and culture as part of a failed policy of assimilation.
Burkina ex-president Compaore returns after 8 years in exile
AFP, Published on 08/07/2022
» OUAGADOUGOU - Former Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaore returned to Ouagadougou on Thursday after eight years in exile, members of his entourage and an airport source told AFP.
Asean envoy appeals to Myanmar junta to spare Suu Kyi jail
Published on 27/06/2022
» PHNOM PENH: A special Southeast Asian envoy for the crisis in Myanmar on Monday urged its military rulers not to hold deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi in prison, appealing for leniency ahead of a visit later this week.