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Elder Zhang Chunlei meets with lawyer for first time; CCP changes administrative to criminal detention
On April 6, Elder Zhang Chunlei of Ren’ai Reformed Church, detained since March 16, met with his lawyer for the first time.
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Detained Elder Zhang Chunlei of Ren’ai House Church meets with lawyer
Breaking News: On April 6, Elder Zhang Chunlei of Ren’Ai House Church met with his lawyer for the first time since his arrest on March 16.
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Asking for Prayer for Indonesia and Burma
Although it grieves us to tell you about the injustices and hardships faced by people around the world because of their beliefs, we are proud of the endurance and faithfulness those people display – just like the Apostle Paul was proud to tell other churches about what the Church in Thessalonica was experiencing.
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Turkey | Assyrian Christian Priest Sentenced
Assyrian Christian Priest Father Sefer Bileçen, known as Father Aho, was sentenced to two years and one month in prison by a Turkish court.
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Two Christian Nurses in Pakistan Falsely Accused of Blasphemy by Muslim Coworker
Mob Shuts Down Hospital Calling for Christians to be Hanged
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Coptic Christian Woman and 6-Year-Old Son Murdered
Egyptian Media Minimizes Vulnerability of the Victims as Christians
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21Wilberforce Alert - India...Partly Free
On April 6th nearly 100 million people in India voted to elect 475 assembly seats across four states and one Union territory: Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
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Chinese Christians Held in Secretive Brainwashing Camps: Sources
Authorities in China are detaining Christians in secretive, mobile "transformation" facilities to make them renounce their faith, RFA has
learned.
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Turkey Sentences Priest to Imprisonment for Acts of Religious Charity
Anti-Terrorism Laws Used to Disregard Religious Freedom
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Police plunder Abundance Church in Yanjiao, Hebei, illegaly confiscate church property
On March 27, officials from the Bureau of Ethnic and Religious Affairs, the public security department, the state security department, and community police illegally plundered Yanjiao Abundance Church.
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Update: CCP authorities transfer Zhang Zhan to Shanghai Women’s Prison; deny family's request to visit
An update from March 19 reveals that Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities transferred Chinese citizen journalist, a former practicing lawyer, Zhang Zhan to the Shanghai women’s prison.
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VIETNAM | Renewed Call for Release of Prisoners
CSW joins other advocates in calling for the release of four prisoners of conscience in Vietnam on the third anniversary of their trial, amid concerns about their health and conditions.
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India’s Gujarat State Passes New Anti-Conversion Law
BJP-Led Government Tightens Restrictions on Religious Conversions
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20,000 in Hiding in Karen State as Burma Army Airstrikes and Ground Attacks Continue to Kill Civilian
The Burma military continued its airstrikes in spite of an announced ceasefire, and ground attacks have stepped up in northern Karen State, displacing now over 20,000 people in the three northern districts of Karen State alone.
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Myanmar coup death toll rises to over 500
Over two months have passed since Myanmar’s military seized power of the country from the elected government. In that time, well over 500 people have been killed.
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Suspected ADF Rebels Massacre 23 in DRC
The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) is suspected to be behind the massacre of 23 people Tuesday night in eastern DRC’s Beni Region.
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Four UN Peacekeepers Killed in Mali
Four peacekeepers were killed by suspected Jihadists on Friday in the Kidal region of northeast Mali, reports UN News.
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Indonesia Christians Celebrate Easter with Heightened Security
After the suicide bomb attack at the Catholic cathedral in Makassar on Palm Sunday, Indonesia has increased security for churches around the country.
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Kidnapping in Nigeria Funds Boko Haram, Says Kaduna State Governor
“It has been established that the kidnapping operations (by bandits) are substantially funding Boko Haram activities in the North East.”
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RAMADAN casts a dark shadow
Ramadan (Muslim month of fasting): 12/13 April to 13 May
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Barnabas Fund Calls on UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Recognise the Armenian, Assyrian, Syriac and Greek Genocide
Dr Patrick Sookhdeo, International Director of Barnabas Fund, has written to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson urging him to recognise formally as genocide the murderous anti-Christian violence in the Ottoman Empire a century ago in which 3.75 million Christians died.
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U.S. State Department Confirms Turkish Participation in Nagorno-Karabakh War, Highlights Azerbaijani War Crimes
A report from the U.S. Department of State released March 30 has confirmed the role of Turkey in supporting Azerbaijan’s war against ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Five Out of 39 Nigerian Students Kidnapped From Kaduna College Released
Five out of 39 Nigerian students kidnapped from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Mando, Kaduna State, in March have been released, the State government announced on 5 April.
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Church Minister and Three Worshipers Killed by Gunmen in Benue, Nigeria
A church minister and three other Christians were killed by gunmen in an attack on a church in Benue state, Nigeria.
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Islamist Attacks Illustrate the Growth of Jihadism in Mali and Niger
An estimated 137 people were killed in Niger in an attack on three villages by jihadist militants reported to be linked to the Islamic State of the Greater Sahara on Sunday 21 March.
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Churches Draw Up Religious Studies Syllabus for Christian Students as Part of Pakistan’s New National Curriculum
Churches in Muslim-majority Pakistan are drawing up a programme of Christian religious studies for inclusion in the government’s new single national curriculum.
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CCP authorities deny Elder Zhang Chunlei’s request to meet with lawyer
On April 01, Chengdu Early Rain Covenant Church published a prayer request letter asking Christians to continue to pray for God’s protection on Elder Zhang Chunlei and Renai Reformed Church.
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House churches in various provinces experienced persecution in March
In the past week, several house churches across various provinces experienced strong opposition from the Chinese government.
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Church elder criminally detained without reason
Elder Zhang Chunlei of Guiyang Ren’ai Reformed Church completed his administrative detention on March 28 and was to be released, but he didn’t get his freedom and was instead transferred to a criminal detention.
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CCP authorities demand that rural minister in Linyi, Shandong Province refuse gifted Christian books
On March 23, 2021, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) police and state security officers of the local jurisdiction visited the home of a rural minister in Linyi, Shandong Province, demanding that he allow them to check his cell phone.
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