811. PRESS CONFERENCE: Yezidis   Tuesday, August 5, 2014 (at 10 am) Ezidische Akademie Am Brabrinke 14 30519 Hannover Press conference with the secular leader of the Yezidis, Mir Tahsin Beg; Dr. Lutz Brade, Ali Rasho and Hatab  

812. Urgent appeal concerning the protection of the Kurdish Yezidis in Iraq   "The Yezidis in Iraq are threatened by a new genocide. The members of the religious community of the Yezidis in Germany are deeply concerned – and we are too – about the lives and the safety of  

813. Yezidi refugees in Iraq waiting to be rescued   A cry for help from the outer north-west of Iraq has reached the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP): Within only a few days, the Islamist ISIS-fighters are supposed to have killed at least 300  

814. August 9: International Day of Indigenous Peoples   All over the world, the price the indigenous peoples have to pay for the insatiable hunger for energy in the industrialized nations is too high – which is what the Society for Threatened Peoples  

815. China's religious authorities plan to develop own Christian theology!   According to the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP), China is planning to develop an own Christian theology. This is not to be seen as a chance for more religious freedom in China: The government  

816. Islamists must not benefit from help for Syria from Germany   The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) welcomes the UN Security Council's efforts to financially weaken the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and cut off the influx of foreign fighters.  

817. Mourning for Ulrich Pfingsten   Together with his partner Ursula Harms, the Society for Threatened Peoples mourns for the Theologian Ulrich Pfingsten, who died in Wittenberg in August 2014, shortly before his 74th birthday.  

818. The Pope must advocate for protection of refugees from North Korea and their helpers   The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) sent an appeal to Pope Francis, asking him to advocate for more protection of the Christian refugees from North Korea and their helpers during his visit to  

819. No German weapons against genocide? Criticism of the Federal Government's hesitation, despite the atrocities and mass expulsions   In the course of the debate on possible arms-deliveries to Iraq, Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel emphasized that only legitimate governments should be able to receive weapons form Germany. The  

820. Turkey must finally stop logistical support for terrorist group "Islamic State"!   The German federal government must urge Turkey to inhibit any logistical support for the terrorist group "Islamic State" (IS) and also the Islamist al-Nusra front, demands the Society for Threatened