2020 January

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USCIRF News Digest - January 14, 2020
Pastor persecution highlights Communist Party vs. Church
USCIRF Concerned for Welfare of Iran’s Religious Minorities Amidst Heightened Protest Activity
China: Weifang honors areas for cracking down on religion
Three Christian Teachers Killed in Northeast Kenya, Sources Say
Love not hate is the remedy for tense times and hard hearts
At least seven Christians killed as Boko Haram strikes villages in Far North Cameroon
Nigerian Christian bride and friends murdered in jihadi ambush on way to wedding
Muslim men abduct, assault, rob Norwegian street preacher, demand he convert to Islam or be killed
Ramiel Bet Tamraz begins jail sentence in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison
Woman en Route to Her Wedding, 10 Other Christians Killed in NIgeria
This Brand New Set of Chinese Laws Makes it Even Harder on Churches
ChinaAid and Presbyterian Church host prayer meeting
Nigerian Workers Risk Death to Save Lives
Nigeria: Abducted Chairman Makes Video Plea
Nigeria on high alert since Iranian commander’s death
This is No Time to Abandon West Africa Amid Rampant and Intensifying Religious Persecution
Prayer Needs Around The World - Pastor Wang Yi
Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Kill 13 Christians, Wound Three in Central Nigeria
Hungary’s Orbán ‘Secretly’ Helping Christian Asylum Seekers
Boko Haram Kidnapped Pastor in Nigeria
Church Demolished by Suspected Radicals in Southern India
Vietnamese Church Spared from Demolition
Al-Shabaab Murders Three in Kenya Bus Attack
“Major crackdown” forecast as US-Iran tensions escalate
Pastor Wang Yi sentenced to prison without public trial
China’s Leading Pastor Starts Prison Sentence
Prayers answered as more than 50 churches allowed to reopen in Myanmar’s Shan State
Extremists shoot dead two pastors after Christmas Day service in Central African Republic
China’s draconian new rules for religious groups insist they “spread Communist Party principles”

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