Turkey: Indictment of ‘masterminds’ of murders expected
Judges in Turkey’s southeastern city of Malatya have announced the preparation of an indictment in the case of three murdered Christians that is expected to reveal a shadowy network that incited five young men to carry out the crime. The Third Criminal Court of Malatya is expected to announce the indictment on April 9, followed by a week of witness testimony that judges believe will link the five murder suspects to the ‘masterminds’ who prompted them, plaintiff lawyers said. The brutal murders of Turkish Christians Necati Aydin and Ugur Yuksel and German Christian Tilmann Geske at the Zirve Publishing House by five young men in 2007 are believed to be part of a conspiracy to overthrow the current pro-Islamic government.
Pray: that this case will at last be resolved and justice be done. (Pr.18:5)
More: http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/turkey/article_1421958.html
Turkey: Indictment of ‘masterminds’ of murders expected
Judges in Turkey’s southeastern city of Malatya have announced the preparation of an indictment in the case of three murdered Christians that is expected to reveal a shadowy network that incited five young men to carry out the crime. The Third Criminal Court of Malatya is expected to announce the indictment on April 9, followed by a week of witness testimony that judges believe will link the five murder suspects to the ‘masterminds’ who prompted them, plaintiff lawyers said. The brutal murders of Turkish Christians Necati Aydin and Ugur Yuksel and German Christian Tilmann Geske at the Zirve Publishing House by five young men in 2007 are believed to be part of a conspiracy to overthrow the current pro-Islamic government.
Pray: that this case will at last be resolved and justice be done. (Pr.18:5)
More: http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/turkey/article_1421958.html
Russia: Family unit struggles as divorce rates rise
It's no secret that the purity of family life is in jeopardy. The nation houses a large number of orphans (over 700,000 in fact) and contains thousands of parents plagued by alcoholism, reports Mission Network News. But according to one Russian professor's recent studies, the family may be in even more trouble than previously thought. Abortion rates and divorce rates are both rising quickly in Russia, according to Professor Vasily Zhukov of the Russian Social University in Moscow. Joel Griffith with Slavic Gospel Association says the information matches what they've seen. Griffith notes that in a recent article by Zhukov, ‘He was basically making the case that the number of abortions in Russia is really vastly understated. He says that you have 1.3 million abortions officially reported in Russia, but you can actually up that to 3 to 4 million abortions that are annually carried out in Russia.’
Pray: that marriage would be accepted as central to family life and relationships. (1Cor.7:39)
Russia: Family unit struggles as divorce rates rise
It's no secret that the purity of family life is in jeopardy. The nation houses a large number of orphans (over 700,000 in fact) and contains thousands of parents plagued by alcoholism, reports Mission Network News. But according to one Russian professor's recent studies, the family may be in even more trouble than previously thought. Abortion rates and divorce rates are both rising quickly in Russia, according to Professor Vasily Zhukov of the Russian Social University in Moscow. Joel Griffith with Slavic Gospel Association says the information matches what they've seen. Griffith notes that in a recent article by Zhukov, ‘He was basically making the case that the number of abortions in Russia is really vastly understated. He says that you have 1.3 million abortions officially reported in Russia, but you can actually up that to 3 to 4 million abortions that are annually carried out in Russia.’
Pray: that marriage would be accepted as central to family life and relationships. (1Cor.7:39)
