building a future for East Timor
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UK Government must boost support for East Timor

Progressio has called on the British government to fulfil its responsibilities to the people of East Timor, following a quarter-century of violence during which the UK supplied arms to Indonesian forces that illegally occupied East Timor until 1999.

Progressio welcomes Pope’s speech condemning “insatiable consumption” (17 Jul 2008)

Progressio today welcomed Pope Benedict XVI’s stark message on the environment, which warned of the perils of pillaging the planet’s natural resources.

The Church: A Challenge for Mugabe (9 Jul 2008)

Robert Mugabe election poster: 'Revolutionary yesterday, today and tomorrow. Vote Mugabe 2008, for principled, consistent and fearless leadership'

Zimbabwean churches could provide the 'ultimate challenge' for practising Catholic Robert Mugabe as the African leader seeks to legitimise his recent re-election, Progressio's Steve Kibble writes in The New Statesman.

Environmental Challenges Ahead, Terminator Ban Remains (4 Jul 2008)

A 'worrying' range of potential threats to sustainable agriculture, biodiversity and the livelihoods of the world’s poorest communities emerged at the recent meeting of signatories to UN’s Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), Progressio said in a briefing to MPs this week.

Events at Progressio

'Hear my people cry' (18 Jul 2008)

The National Justice and Peace Network Conference 2008 will take place at The Hayes Centre, Swanwick, Derbyshire from 18 – 20 July.

Greenbelt festival '08 (22 Aug 2008)

The Greenbelt festival will take place over the bank holiday weekend of 22 – 25 August 2008 at Cheltenham Racecourse and Progressio will be in the G-Source so come along and join in the fun!

Latest publications

Interact Summer 2008

Progressio
Faith and HIV and AIDS. Plus articles on the crisis in Zimbabwe, justice for Timor Leste, and young people in Nicaragua.

Unless the grain of wheat shall die: The moral and theological case against Terminator

Unless the grain of wheat shall die book cover. Image of a farmer in Azuay province, Ecuador.

Sean McDonagh and Donal Dorr
In this Comment, Sean McDonagh and Donal Dorr argue that Terminator technology (the genetic modification of seeds so that they become sterile after the first planting) poses an unacceptable threat to poor and marginalised small-scale farmers and to the world’s environment, and is fundamentally wrong on moral and theological grounds.

Becoming Somaliland

Hombre somali pasando por delante de una bandera de Somalilandia. © Stuart Freedman/Panos

Mark Bradbury
Since declaring independence from Somalia in 1991, the Republic of Somaliland has successfully managed a process of reconciliation, demobilisation and the restoration of law and order. This book - the most authoritative account to date of the birth and growth of Somaliland - explores why Somaliland has not followed Somalia into 'state collapse', and considers issues of post-conflict resolution and state-building that will be of relevance and interest to all concerned with peace and progress, not just in Africa but worldwide.