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    GAZA CITY, GAZA - OCTOBER 7:A man walks past buildings destroyed by Israeli airstrikes on October 7, 2026 in Gaza City, Gaza, on the third anniversary of the Hamas-led 2023 attacks that sparked Israel's devastating war of retaliation in Gaza. A humanitarian crisis now prevails in the Palestinian territory, with most of its population having been displaced in the last three years. A purported ceasefire was agreed to in October 2025, but Israel has continued aerial attacks multiple times per week, citing the threat posed by Hamas. Last week, Gaza's Health Ministry declared that the Palestinian death toll from the war had surpassed 74,000. (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)
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    Activists attend a candlelight vigil against the impending execution of Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, sentenced to death for drug trafficking into Singapore, outside the Singaporean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on February 19, 2025. (Photo by Mohd Firdaus/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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    On 9 October 2025, Pastor Wang Lin was taken away by police during a crackdown on Zion Church. Zion Church is a “house church” - in other words, one of the primarily protestant churches in China that operate independently of the state-approved religious system and therefore lack official registration. Wang Lin’s case highlights ongoing concerns about religious freedom for independent Christian communities in China. In the months that followed Wang’s arrest, his wife Su Ziming and their young son and daughter endured constant surveillance and harassment, restrictions on their ability to leave China, and prolonged family separation. Today, Su and her children live in the United States, while her husband remains detained in China.
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First Nations peoples are the continuing custodians of the lands, waters and skies of this continent, of which sovereignty was never ceded.

We recognise the strength and intergenerational resilience of Elders, and honour the culture and wisdom that they have passed on to future generations.

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