Peter Wooding
Peter Wooding is Senior Editor at Assist News Service and an award-winning radio, TV, and print journalist. Peter has worked as news editor at UCB Radio in the UK, and has reported from countries around the world including Israel, India, Russia, Serbia, South Sudan, Ukraine and Mozambique. Continuing his father Dan's legacy, Peter now leads the global expansion of ANS. He is also the London Bureau Chief for the Global News Alliance, Media and PR Officer for Leading The Way UK and UK Director for Mercy Projects. Peter lives in North Wales, UK, with his wife, Sharon, and their three daughters, Sarah, Anna and Abigail.
Calls Continue for International Assistance for Eritrean Refugees
NEW MALDEN, United Kingdom (ANS) – Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) www.csw.org has joined eight other organisations and individuals in writing to various officials of...
Indonesian Terrorist Burns Down Church and Christian Homes
Salvation Army’s Post in Central Sulawesi Attacked
SULAWESI, Indonesia (ANS) – International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org has learned that on November 27, an alleged terrorist...
Ugandan Pastor, Two Christian Boys Killed in Islamist Attacks
Native missionary, 12-year-old son slain after visiting Congo border.
NAIROBI, Kenya, (ANS) -- The Muslim relatives of a former sheikh in eastern Uganda who refused...
Religious Hatred Claims Another Ahmadi’s Life
PUNJAB, Pakistan (ANS) -- An Ahmadi doctor was murdered in front of his family at his home in Murch Balochan, Nankana Sahib District, Punjab...
Vietnamese Prisoners of Conscience on Hunger Strike
VIETNAM (ANS) -- Vietnamese human rights defender Nguyen Bac Truyen and other prisoners of conscience held in An Diem prison in Vietnam are on...
Top Christian Ministers Harassed, Threatened After Moving to Israel
JERUSALEM, Israel (ANS) -- Recently, The Church of God in Christ (COGIC) sent Bishop Glenn Plummer and his wife, Dr. Pauline Plummer, to represent...
Supreme Court Rules Pandemic Cannot Limit Religious Freedom
WASHINGTON, D.C. (ANS) -- In a 5-4 ruling the U.S. Supreme Court handed a gigantic victory for religious liberty late Wednesday night.
The justices told...
Uptick in Egyptian Arrests Highlights Continued Crackdown on Human Rights
Human Rights Defenders in Egypt Facing Excessive Charges
CAIRO, Egypt (ANS) -- Egyptian police on November 19 raided the Cairo home of Mr Jasser Abdelrzaek,...
Potential Atrocity Crimes in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region
TIGRAY, Ethiopia (ANS) – Christian Solidarity Worldwide (www.csw.org) is deeply concerned at reports indicating that atrocity crimes may be underway in Ethiopia’s Tigray region,...
Greece Commits to End Protective Child Detention
GREECE (ANS) -- In what is seen as a huge victory for children’s rights, the Greek government is ending the long-standing practice of detaining...