As we head towards Christmas and the New Year, children’s rights to peaceful upbringings in the UK and worldwide seem increasingly jeopardised as current news is dominated by children caught up in the world’s various vicissitudes.
As a matter of routine, our world exclusive editorial each December has always devoted itself to highlighting the plight of children in war zones. However, this Christmas, in addition to …

As the mainstream media is dominated by Western-centric news, spin, public relations and business interests, children in war zones throughout the world might well suffer another Christmas of bloodshed.
Christmas is associated with Jesus’ birth – a fulfilment of the Old Testament messianic prophecy – and is equally associated with children and family festivities.
But even Christmas cannot ensure respite from the horrific realities of war …