Presbyterian Mission Agency human rights watch Archives

Silencing human rights advocacy in Israel has broad implications, PC(USA) webinar says

Posted May 12th, 2022

Toward the end of Tuesday’s online presentation about the United States’ role in the Israel-Palestine conflict, Foundation for Middle East Peace President Lara Friedman broadened the terms of the discussion.

March 15 webinar will examine the human rights situation in Israel-Palestine

Posted March 9th, 2022

The Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Office of Public Witness and Presbyterian World Mission will host a webinar at noon Eastern Time on March 15 titled “Israel/Palestine: A discussion with human rights experts — is this apartheid?”

Town Hall precedes November push for federal reparations legislation

Posted October 28th, 2021

The Presbyterian Office of Public Witness was part of a virtual Town Hall Wednesday aimed at getting federal reparations legislation to a congressional vote in the next few weeks.

Financial collapse in Lebanon pushes half the population below the poverty line

Posted August 13th, 2021

On August 4, the people of Lebanon observed a National Day of Mourning to mark the anniversary of the port explosion in Beirut that has been called the biggest non-nuclear explosion ever recorded, killing more than 200 people, injuring 7,000 and causing an estimated $4.6 billion in damage.

A cry for hope amidst despair in Palestine

Posted April 28th, 2021

A webinar focusing on the current context of the Palestinian people, “A cry for hope amidst despair in Palestine,” was hosted Tuesday by Presbyterian World Mission’s Middle East and Europe office and the Office of Public Witness. It included speakers from two social justice and human rights organizations — one Palestinian and one Israeli — which have defined Israel as an apartheid state.

PC(USA) joins call for wider global production of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments

Posted February 25th, 2021

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness (OPW) is joining more than 400 faith, human rights, civil society, and labor organizations in calling on the administration of President Joe Biden to join a global movement to make COVID-19 vaccines more widely available around the world.