CIC Persecution News Headlines
News of persecution, human rights violations, and other articles of interest.
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1 Corinthians 12:26a
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PERSECUTION NEWS HEADLINES - for the week ending November 13, 2021
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IRAN | Pastor Summoned to Begin Serving Sentence An Iranian pastor from the Church of Iran denomination in Karaj, was summoned by the Iranian authorities Nov. 10 to begin serving a five-year prison sentence.
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BELARUS: "We, political prisoners, were not allowed to attend clubs, the church .." Prison officials finally allowed Catholic political prisoner Mikita Yemialyianau a pastoral visit on 3 November. |
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Coup complications and God’s work continue in Sudan Sudan remains in a communications blackout 18 days after military leaders took control of the country. More about that here. |
| On 26 October we were encouraged by how many people took up the call to pray for Pastor Lorenzo on his 50th birthday. |
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Hindu nationalists threaten India Christians On November 2, a group of Hindu Nationalists stormed a Christian gathering, beating two pastors and burning Bibles. |
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Muslim Extremists Suspected in Killing of Church Elder in Uganda Police arrest two suspects, looking for others. |
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USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom Conditions in Malaysia The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report on religious freedom conditions in Malaysia: |
| Hunger and violence keep Afghanistan in the headlines. |
| Reviving an antiquated rule from Nigeria’s years under military dictatorship, Nigeria’s Governor Nasir El-Rufai has reintroduced the Religious Preaching Edict of 1984. |
| On November 2, two pastors were ruthlessly beaten by a mob of radical Hindu nationalists in India’s Chhattisgarh state. |
| A Presbyterian Church in China’s Xuzhou was raided on October 31 during Sunday worship. |
| Gunmen suspected to be jihadists killed 10 civilians in northern Burkina Faso on Monday and kidnapped an additional four, according to military officials. |
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Nigeria: Christian Crisis in Kaduna On Sunday 31 October the Vice-President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (19 Northern States and Abuja) and CAN's chairman in Kaduna State, Rev. Joseph John Hayab, issued a statement regarding the four remaining captives from Kaduna's Bethel Baptist High School. |
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NIGERIA | Burned Du Merci Child Not Receiving Adequate Care CSW is concerned by reports that a child seized during police raids on the Du Merci Center orphanages in Kano and Kaduna states in December 2019, and who was subsequently burned in a fire at a government-run orphanage in Kano State, has not received adequate treatment since leaving hospital.
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USCIRF Releases New Report on Egypt’s Religious Freedom Improvements and Challenges The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report: |
| USCIRF News Digest - November 9, 2021 |
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One Armenian Christian Killed, Three Wounded, by Azeri Gunfire Turkish-Backed Azerbaijan Targets Armenian Civilians Near Captured Shushi
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Early Rain believers share gospel with intruding national security officers Deacon Xu Jiale and his wife Qin Ningping of Early Rain Covenant Church started to share the gospel with the national security officers of Chengdu Qingyang District who stay at their home. |
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Nine Pakistani Christians Injured in Shooting as Muslims Attempt to Seize Land At least nine people were wounded, three critically, after a group of Muslims opened fire on Pakistani Christians in an attempt to force them to give up land in Punjab handed down through generations of believers. |
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Christians Locked in Prayer Room by Hindutva Extremists in Karnataka, India Radical Hindutva extremists in Karnataka state, India forcibly detained Christians in a prayer hall, accusing the pastor of carrying out forced conversions. |
| A Christian software company has been forced to remove its Bible app from the Apple App Store in China after failing to gain the necessary authorisation from the Chinese government. |
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Egypt Cabinet Committee Registers 63 More Churches Another 63 churches and church-affiliated buildings were licensed on Sunday 7 November by the Egyptian Cabinet committee overseeing the process. |
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Armenian Genocide Recognition Bill to Be Heard by UK House of Commons A bill to recognise the Ottoman-era Armenian Genocide is scheduled to be heard by the UK House of Commons on 9 November. |
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Christians Questioned in Criminal Investigation of Church in Vietnam Attorney says intent must be shown for violation of law. |
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USCIRF Releases New Report about Entities of Particular Concern and Religious Freedom The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report on the international standards that impose obligations on Entities of Particular Concern (EPCs) to respect the freedom of religion or belief (FoRB): |
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Radical Hindu Nationalists Brutally Attack Christian Community in India Radicals Use Extreme Violence to Make Village “Christian-Free”
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Rebel groups threaten Ethiopian capital Ethiopia has declared a state of emergency, calling on citizens to protect the capital, Addis Ababa, from advancing rebel groups. |
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