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PAKISTAN – Reconstitution of National Commission for Minorities
The Federal Cabinet of Pakistan has reconstituted a National Commission for Religious Minorities in May 2020. The tenure of the commission will be for a period of three years. The new commission will comprise two Muslims, three Hindus, three Christians and one member each from the Sikh, Parsi and Kailash communities, while its chairman will also come from a minority. However, an independent commission since 2014 when the Supreme Court bench, headed by Former Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, ordered the Federal Government to set up a national council to monitor human rights cases and ensure that constitutionally enshrined safeguards was put in place to protect the rights of minorities......Read More
NIGERIA – Over 20 killed in spate of new Fulani massacres on Nigerian Christians
At least 23 people were killed in a spate of attacks carried about by suspected Fulani herdsmen in the Kajuru local government area of Nigeria’s Kaduna this week, sources told The Christian Post. In a press statement released on Tuesday, the Southern Kaduna People’s Union confirmed that at least 17 people were killed and six injured when Fulani militia laid siege to the Gonan Rogo village in the late hours of Monday night into Tuesday morning......Read More
INDIA – Christians, non-Hindus in India denied gov’t aid during pandemic, groups say
As many Christians and other non-Hindus in India are being denied government-issued food rations amid the coronavirus pandemic, a coalition of multi-faith representatives are calling on President Donald Trump to hold the country’s leaders accountable. On Monday, Save the Persecuted Christians in partnership with the Federation of Indian American Christian Organizations delivered a letter to Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and World Bank Group President David Malpass......Read More
CHINA – Chinese officials restrict aged bishop’s funeral
Officials of the communist government in China imposed restrictions on the funeral of 98-year-old Bishop Joseph Zhu Baoyu of Nanyang. Officials allowed only 40 people to attend the May 9 funeral in Henan province. They also restricted the movement of people and banned parishioners from taking photographs of the service. Bishop Zhu died on May 7 of an age-related illness. His successor Bishop Pietro Jin Lugang officiated the funeral service with Bishop Zhang Yinlin of An Yang in the same province.....Read More
INDIA – Christian Families Summoned, Beaten and Threatened with Death in Chhattisgarh, India
Animists in central India last week told five Christian families they would lose their harvest lands unless they returned to their tribal religion and beat them when they refused, sources said. When the families answered a summons to a meeting with Salhephal village leaders in Bastar District, Chhattisgarh state on Tuesday (May 5), they found the tribal elders estimating the value of their lands, pastor Sirisguda Ramdhar told Morning Star News. The Christians had forbidden a tribal animist leader, Dulla Poyami, to perform tribal worship on their land, he said.......Read More
On Thursday, the International Committee on Nigeria (ICON), a coalition partner of Save the Persecuted Christians, hosted a prayer vigil for kidnapped Christian teen Leah Sharibu, who has been in Boko Haram captivity since February 2018. On Feb. 19, 2018, Leah, then 14, was kidnapped by a Boko Haram faction, the Islamic State West African Province, one of the most violent terrorist groups in the world, along with 109 of her female Dapchi schoolmates. In the days following, five of the girls died in captivity, and 104 were released on March 20, 2018. Leah alone was kept because she refused to renounce her faith in Jesus Christ and convert to Islam, as demanded by her captors.
Thank you to all of you who joined us to pray for Leah's safety, healthy and quick release.
Please continue to pray for our afflicted brothers and sisters around the world. We hope you have a wonderful weekend and look forward to your continued engagement as we elevate these stories.
Thank you for all you do!
Sincerely, your sister in Christ,
Dede Laugesen
Executive Director
Save the Persecuted Christians
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