CIC Persecution News Headlines
News of persecution, human rights violations, and other articles of interest.
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PERSECUTION NEWS HEADLINES - for the week ending March 6, 2021
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As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) arbitrarily detains an estimated minimum 1 million to 1.8 million Uyghurs and other Turkic and Muslim individuals in mass detention, authorities "enslave" and force Uyghurs to produce goods that sell throughout the world. |
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Tigray Christians serve those in need despite civil war A prolonged conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region has displaced about one-third of its residents.
US senators condemn authoritarianism in Turkey A bipartisan group of 54 US senators sent a letter to President Biden regarding human rights concerns in Turkey. |
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At approximately 10 am on February 28, several plainclothes police raided Chongqing Living Fountain Church, disassembling the Sunday service and arresting two Brothers in the faith [one preaching that day]. |
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On March 2, Serikzhan Bilash, a Kazakhstan activist for the plight of indigenous ethnic groups in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang, shared a breaking news story recounting Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities' arrests and “life sentences” of three grandsons of Ospan Islamoğlu |
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During this year, as China focuses on the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), authorities plan to use this 100th anniversary of the CCP’s founding to strengthen their political control of Catholics. |
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Steel on Steel Radio & Podcast Network airs interview with Bob Fu: Religious persecution in China On February 24, Steel on Steel aired John Loeffler's interview with Bob Fu, PhD, founder of ChinaAid, discussing religious persecution in China. |
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On February 24, The Worldview aired an interview Jonathan Clark hosted with Bob Fu PhD, founder of ChinaAid, regarding the current dire circumstances in Hong Kong following the implementation of the National Security Law. |
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Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities ordered Yining Catholics to stop attending Yining Xinjiang’s Sacred Heart of Jesus Church on February 19 for failure to align with the party's "sinicization" policy. |
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Bob Fu Report premiere expands on recent news regarding religious freedom and rule of law in China In this premier edition of the Bob Fu Report, Bob Fu, and founder and president of ChinaAid, reports and expands on recent news stories regarding religious freedom and rule of law in China. |
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After Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Yunnan authorities arrested 36-year-old Poet Wang Zang on May 30, 2020 for "inciting subversion of state power," they arrested his wife, Wang Li on June 17, suspecting her of the same charge. |
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On February 17, along with 23 other NGOs, ChinaAid signed the following letter to President Biden and senior officials on US-China (CCP) relations. |
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CCP authorities again arrest Jimmy Lai—already detained in jail On February 17, Reuters reported that according to Apple Daily tabloid and Oriental Daily [no specific source cited], CCP authorities again arrested Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong media entrepreneur, on suspicion of assisting one of 12 Hong Kong fugitives China captured at sea last year. |
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Bob Fu exposes the "evil" intent of the CCP's freedom of religious belief policy More than 50 years ago, during a national conference on religious affairs held 4 June 1958, Li Weihan [the first principal of China's the Central Party School of the Communist Party, the highest training center for party workers and leaders] clearly articulated the true intention of the CCP’s religious policy: |
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In the following poem, to be included in Pastor John Cao's forthcoming book, Living Lyrics,* Pastor John recounts one of his questions to the Lord... the answer the Lord revealed to him. |
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Ahead of International Women’s Day on Tuesday, Please Pray for Women of Faith in Cuba Ahead of International Women’s Day on Tuesday, we’re focusing on women of faith across Cuba. |
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Christians Falsely Charged in Central India, Sources Say Hindu extremists pressure police to jail them for a month. |
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Two Christians Sentenced to Prison and Heavy Fine in Algeria Pastor, bookseller convicted for Christian literature at their store. |
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Military cracks down on protests in Myanmar After seizing power in early February, Myanmar’s military killed over 30 people yesterday from several different cities. |
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Upcoming Hearing: Addressing the Complicity of U.S. Companies in Uyghur Forced Labor Please join the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for a virtual hearing about ways in which U.S. companies facilitate the persecution of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in China through forced labor and other practices that undermine international human rights standards in that country. |
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Turkey’s Directorate of Communications Releases Report Justifying Genocide President Erdogan Memorializes Human Rights Abuses in Nagorno-Karabakh
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Eritrea Frees Christian Prisoners But Attacks Churches in Tigray More Christian prisoners of faith have been set free in Eritrea, according to Release International. The charity reports a further 21 women prisoners have been released, making 171 Christians freed since August last year. |
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Arab Spring fallout in Egypt spurs spiritual change This week in history, ten years ago, anti-government protests were sweeping through the Middle East and North Africa. |
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A decade of war fuels Christian growth in Syria Syria’s unresolved civil war turns ten this month. The humanitarian fallout is unfathomable. |
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USCIRF Marks 10th Anniversary of Shahbaz Bhatti Assassination The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today marks the 10th anniversary of the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan’s former Federal Minister of Minorities Affairs and the first Christian parliamentarian in Pakistan’s government. |
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Erdogan's Human Rights Plan Only Hints at Religious Freedom Questions Linger About Turkey’s Implementation of Proposed Religious Freedom Activities
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USCIRF Applauds U.S. Senate Bipartisan Efforts to Create the Senate Human Rights Commission The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) applauds the reintroduction of a resolution to establish the Senate Human Rights Commission (S.Res.80). |
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Christian named head of Indonesian police Indonesia has named an evangelical Christian, General Listyo Sigit Prabowoto, to be the head of the national police. He has vowed to support minorities and fight against extremism. |
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Prayer Focus: Burma, China |
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Lashio Church in Myanmar Raided by Military and Police 14 Christians, including Pastors and Seminary Students Arrested
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Egypt allows Muslims to help build churches Egypt will now allow Muslims to build Christian churches as paid laborers. Egyptian Muslims in the past have often seen this kind of work as taboo. |
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Police in India Allow Hindu Extremist Attack on Churches, then Arrest Christians Pastor charged under state's new 'anti-conversion' ordinance. |
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High Court in Pakistan Grants Bail to Christian Convicted of Blasphemy Pakistan’s Youngest Blasphemy Convict Granted Freedom After Four Years in Prison |
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Church Vandalized by Radical Hindu Nationalists in Northern India On February 16, members of the Akhila Bharathiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the ruling Bharathiya Janata Party (BJP), vandalized a church in India’s Uttar Pradesh state. |
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Nigerian Schoolboys Released, 317 Schoolgirls Abducted The 42 people kidnapped from the Government Science College in Niger State regained their freedom on Saturday, February 27th, one day after 317 schoolgirls were abducted by armed militants. |
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Islamic Extremists Threaten to Kill Abducted Pastor in One Week if Ransom Isn’t Paid According to a Morning Star News report, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has released a video of abducted Pastor Bulus Yikura of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria, stating that they will execute him on Wednesday, March 3rd, if their ransom isn’t paid. |
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Burma (Myanmar): Christians Imperilled. Also update on Ibrahim Firouzi, Iran. |
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Boko Haram Death-Threat Ultimatum to Kidnapped Nigerian Pastor Islamist terror group Boko Haram has given the Nigerian government until March 3 to save the life of Pastor Bulus Yakuru, who was abducted in Borno state on Christmas Eve. |
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Dutch Parliament Passes Motion Calling on Government to Recognise Armenian Genocide The Dutch parliament voted on 27 February to pass a widely-supported motion calling upon the government to recognise the Armenian Genocide. |
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Iranian Convert Released From Prison but Charges Against Him Remain Iranian Christian convert Ebrahim Firouzi was conditionally released from prison on bail on February 27, but the charges against him remain in place. |
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Pakistani Christian Couple’s Appeal Hearing Against “Blasphemy” Death Sentences Postponed Again The appeal court hearing for Pakistani couple Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagufta Kausar against their “blasphemy” conviction has once again been postponed. |
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Christian in Pakistan Convicted of 'Blasphemy' Released on Bail Appeal of Christian couple on death row again inexplicably delayed. |
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March 01, 2021) On February 24 (the fifteenth day of 2021 on the lunar calendar), Siming District Religious Affairs Bureau issued an Administrative punishment notice to Wang Xiaofei, wife of Minister Yang Xibo of Xiamen Xunsiding Church. |
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Pastor in India Beaten for Refusing to Help Pay for Tribal Rituals Police's solution: hand over money and don't press charges. |
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Christian in Algeria Imprisoned for Cartoon on Facebook Father for four sentenced to five years in prison. |
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Please pray for Uyghur Christians, and all those caught in the Uyghur holocaust ‘This is why it is crucial for the voices of faith to be heard, proclaiming with clarity that they are not trying to defend any partial or exclusive vision but are speaking, protesting and praying for the good of all. That is why we are here today.’ |
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