What initially was considered to be the most difficult task is now complete, and the International Religious Liberty Association is in the process of making an IRLA chapter in Uzbekistan a reality.
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Patients and staff members are returning to Atoifi Seventh-day Adventist Hospital after the arrest of a second person suspected of murdering Australian missionary Lance Gersbach.
Malaita, Solomon Islands
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Pending amendments to a religious freedom bill being considered by Italy's parliament could impinge on religious freedom, say Seventh-day Adventists and other evangelical Christians.
Rome, Italy
Results from four decades of Seventh-day Adventist health studies have now been compiled in one reference, and are available from the largest university press in the world.
Loma Linda, California, United States
On June 5, Clinique La Ligniere (Lake Geneva Sanatorium) received the "Health-Promoting Hospital" designation from the World Health Organization, a unit of the United Nations.
Gland, Switzerland
World-renowned violinist Carla Trynchuk has a burden to give of her talents to the Benton Harbor community. Trynchuk, an Andrews University associate professor of music, is working to bring music instruction to youngsters in the neighboring city, which recently suffered days of rioting and other disturbances.
Berrien Springs, Michigan, United States
A newly endorsed education bill in this predominantly Muslim country drew stiff objections from Christian groups, including Seventh-day Adventists, who see key provisions of the bill as encroaching on religious freedom, particularly in operating their own schools.
Jakarta, Indonesia
Education Grant for Uganda -- Kettering to Receive Grant -- Missions Champion Dies
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Even today, for many young Masai girls, basic human rights continue to be overshadowed by traditional beliefs and practices that leave so many of them with no education and forced into an early marriage--sometimes as young as age seven.
Nairobi, Kenya