New World Outlook

THE MISSION MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Brings you exclusive reports from the United States and more than 130 countries where United Methodists are in Mission.

New Series Vol. LX No. 5 • Whole Series Vol. LXXXIX No. 5
SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER, 1999





Photo of mother and son refugees.

Editor's Column:
Human Rights, Inhuman Wrongs

by Alma Graham
The Rights of Human Beings
by Christie R. House
The Rights of Refugees
by Lilia Fernandez
Children's Rights: A Street Children's Project in Brazil
by Christie R. House
Documenting Mayan Women's Struggle for Human Rights
by Wendy-Maria Jacques
Mission Memo
News and updates
Give the Gift of Hope This Season A Gallery of Alternative Gifts for Christmas
Saying Goodbye
by Charles Cole
A Puerto Rican Island's Fight for Freedom From Occupation
article and photos by Paul Jeffrey
Seeing Hate as a Violation of Human Rights
by Sandra Peters
Human Rights in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
by Sandra Olewine
Justice for East Timor?
by Miriam Young
Bishop Federico Pagura: Champion of Human Rights
by Sharon Maeda
Bulletin Inserts on Mission

Cover Photo: This mother and child were among the thousands of refugees from Kosovo who arrived each day in April at the border crossing to Albania. Many such families saw their houses torched and their men taken. Courtesy UNHCR/ R. Chalasani