Press releases
This month's news and media releases.
Christian Aid stages power station 'trespass'
August 29 2009 - Christian Aid marked the 100-day countdown to December’s crucial UN climate change summit in Copenhagen on Friday night by staging a Mass Visual Trespass at an East Shropshire power plant.
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Faith leaders and relief agencies urge UN to fight corruption that compounds poverty
August 26 2009 - Corruption and poverty mutually reinforce injustice whilst undermining equitable economic growth and sustainable development - according to faith based development agencies and faith leaders who have today written to the Secretary-General of the UN. The letter to Ban Ki-moon comes as a working group of signatory countries meet in Vienna ahead of the Conference of State Parties later this year.
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Public put off protesting by 'heavy handed' policing
August 25 2009 - A new poll released today by Christian Aid reveals that 50 per cent of UK adults believe the police are too heavy handed or deploy too many officers when dealing with peaceful protests.
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New vision on biofuels is urgently needed
August 17 2009 - Massive subsidies and quotas for biofuels are wreaking social and environmental havoc and in many cases actually exacerbating climate change, says a new Christian Aid report.
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UK-Liechtenstein deal shows tax information sharing agreements do not work
August 11 2009 - The UK government’s new tax deal with Liechtenstein amounts to a welcome admission that much-hyped tax information exchange agreements (TIEAs) do not work, Christian Aid says today.
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