(ENInews) Christians and human rights activists paid tribute on March 3-4 to Shahbaz Bhatti, former minister for religious minority affairs in Pakistan's federal cabinet, who was assassinated a year ago.

Geneva (ENInews) The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, spoke Feb. 28 of the link that human rights must have with faith and of the responsibilities inherent in Christian unity in a day-long visit to the Ecumenical Center in Geneva.

(ENInews) In Monrovia, Liberia's capital city, hundreds of civilians have been signing a petition that is seeking to make the West African country a Christian nation.

London (ENInews)--Police in London on Feb. 28 evicted scores of demonstrators from a makeshift tent city they had erected outside historic St. Paul's Cathedral more than four months ago as part of a global protest against capitalism.

(ENInew) Conservative Brazilian bishop Robinson Cavalcanti, who broke away from the established Anglican church, and his wife Miriam were killed Feb. 26 at their home in Olinda in northeastern Brazil, according to his diocese.

Geneva (ENInews) The European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, urged Iran to release a Christian pastor sentenced to death for apostasy amid reports his execution may be imminent.

Paris (ENInews) A leading French Catholic organization, the CCFD-Terre Solidaire, has joined forces with the human rights groups Amnesty International and Oxfam to campaign for a "bullet-proof" United Nations arms treaty.