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The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the loss of Rev. Bob  Scott, whose ministry spanned more than 50 years and included work on a global level to overcome racism.

In a statement to the president of the Republic of Indonesia, Papuan religious leaders are urging justice for seven defendants on trial in the Balikpapan - East Kalimantan District Court who held a demonstration because they were rejecting racist treatment. “But the indictments and charges at the trial were very different from the data and facts in the field,” reads the statement. “They are victims of racism but they have been accused of treason.”

In a 14 April statement, the All African Conference of Churches condemned racist xenophobic discrimination against Africans in China.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) continues to amplify the voice of the indigenous Papuans in Indonesia, who are oppressed by racism and discrimination.

Concerned about the escalating crisis of violence, racism and discrimination against indigenous Papuans in Indonesia, a side event co-sponsored by the WCC was convened during a fall session of the UN Human Rights Council to discuss patterns that are oppressing and displacing Papuans.

In the small village of Kaliki, men, women and children are on their feet, dancing, accompanied by drum rolls, as an international World Council of Churches (WCC) Pilgrim Team arrives. The pilgrims are given intricately-woven crowns of grass and flowers and their faces are painted with traditional patterns.

Dans le petit village de Kaliki, les hommes, les femmes et les enfants sont debout, dansant, accompagnés par des percussions, alors qu’une équipe internationale du Pèlerinage du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) arrive. Les pèlerins reçoivent des couronnes tressées de feuilles et de fleurs, et leurs visages sont peints de motifs traditionnels.

The WCC invites applications for a seminar on Youth and Racism Awareness in Asia, to be held in Osaka, Japan on 8-12 September 2019.

The 56th meeting of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs took place in Bali, Indonesia, on 24 – 28 February, discussing many of the most critical concerns of churches in the region and around the world.

La 56ᵉ session de la Commission des Églises pour les affaires internationales (CEAI) du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) s’est déroulée à Bali, en Indonésie, du 24 au 28 février. De nombreux sujets particulièrement préoccupants pour les Églises de la région et du reste du monde y ont été abordés.

At a global conference on xenophobia in Rome, a panel of four religious leaders from, respectively, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu and Islamic traditions, spoke candidly about how xenophobia can sometimes be woven deeply into the fabric of these traditions.

À l’occasion d’une conférence mondiale sur la xénophobie organisée à Rome, un panel de quatre responsables religieux respectivement de tradition bouddhiste, chrétienne, hindoue et islamique, se sont exprimés ouvertement sur la manière dont la xénophobie peut parfois être profondément ancrée dans le tissu de ces traditions.

Reconciliation was once primarily seen as a message of the church but is now used by secular leaders trying to establish peace in communities torn by conflict and war, the WCC president for Africa, the Rev. Mary Anne Plaatjies van Huffel, has said at a major Protestant gathering in Germany.

Some 200 people from Japanese churches and minority right networks as well as overseas partners, gathered for an international conference on minority issues and mission at the Korean YMCA in Tokyo.

Quelque 200 personnes représentant plus de vingt Églises et réseaux d’action japonais en faveur des droits des minorités ainsi que 20 Églises partenaires et organisations de l’étranger se sont réunies pour une troisième conférence internationale sur les questions des minorités, qui s’est tenue du 18 au 21 novembre dans le bâtiment de l’ACJG coréenne à Tokyo (Japon).