Category - sanctions

African churches call for tough action on Mugabe abuses

agency reporter — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:15:19 +0100

Delegates from churches in Zimbabwe, South Africa and other countries in the Southern Africa Development Community have expressed clear support for targeted sanctions against Zimbabwe.

The politics of pressure

Simon Barrow — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:33:38 +0100

The brutal pre-election repression of Robert Mugabe's regime may at last have brought the world to a tipping-point of disgust.

How sanctions can be made effective

Simon Barrow — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:36:31 +0100

International solidarity and support for the Burmese democracy movement is growing, as evidenced in the imposition of new economic sanctions against the military regime. But what happens next?

Europe is urged to keep pressure up on Burmese junta

staff writers — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:33:21 +0100

American congress persons, including Joe Pitts of Pennsylvania, are urging European countries to keep up the political and economic pressure on the dictatorship in Burma, following the brutal suppression of pro-democracy protests originally led by Buddhist monks.

MPs call on UK Government to consider economic pressure against Israel

staff writers — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:47:40 +0000

In a move that has been welcomed by campaigners, including many Christians, an influential group of British MPs has called on the British government to consider using economic pressure against Israel over its treatment of the Palestinian people.

Aid agency calls on EU to renew targeted sanctions against Zimbabwe

staff writers — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:44:35 +0000

Evangelical aid agency Tearfund is calling on the European Union (EU) to renew targeted sanctions against the country.