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 January 13, 2024
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Egypt: Pray for encouragement of Christian communities Pray the encouragement of this verse over Christian communities in Egypt. There has been a concerning rise in attacks on churches and Christian homes in areas of Upper Egypt. |
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China This Week: A horrific one-year anniversary About a year ago on January 11th, 2023, Communist officials forcibly destroyed Nangang Church during the night as police confronted, harassed, beat, and arrested Christians! Officials destroyed the church to take the 8-acre property to construct commercial buildings. |
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Belarusian pastors share unique perspective on new religious restrictions Belarus was called out last week by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom for its new religion law. |
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Bad news and good news for the Gospel in MENA Don’t miss it. With all the news of growing conflict in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), God is at still work. |
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Christian in Pakistan Loses Job, Home after False Charge Widow continues to suffer in spite of acquittal. |
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China: The one-year anniversary of a terrible tragedy One year ago on January 11th, 2023, a terrible tragedy occurred against God's people in Wenzhou City. |
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BELARUS: Repressive new Religion Law imposes compulsory re-registration Aleksandr Lukashenko signed into law Belarus' repressive new Law covering |
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Displacement soars to new heights in Sudan More than 7.5 million people are on the run after nine months of war in Sudan, the United Nations reports. |
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Russia focuses missiles on Ukrainian defense, neighborhoods Earlier this week, Russia launched another series of missile attacks against Ukraine. Last winter, Russian forces attacked the country’s power grid. |
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Fifteen Chinese Christians take on risky smuggling operation It sounds like something straight out of an action movie. |
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Islamic Extremists Kill 15 Christians in Northeast Nigeria One kidnapped, two others wounded. |
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Please join the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for a virtual hearing on how Southeast Asian countries use techno-authoritarianism to undermine religious freedom and are increasingly borrowing such tactics from China and Saudi Arabia. |
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Hezbollah pressures northern Israel; Blinken tries to contain Gaza war U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with senior leaders in the Middle East this week, trying desperately to de-escalate and contain the Gaza war. |
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Christian Women Forced to Wear Islamic Dress in Afghanistan The Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has cracked down on women who fail to observe the strict dress code, starting last week. |
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Chinese Government Fuels Campaign Against Religious Freedom Magazine A Chinese government agency has launched a propaganda film attacking human rights and religious freedom magazine Bitter Winter for allegedly promoting cults in China. |
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Six Million Children Face Severe Food Shortages in Ongoing Myanmar Civil War The U.N. recently reported that more than six million children are facing major food shortages as the Myanmar war rages on from late 2023 into 2024. |
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ADF Continues to Attack Christians in Western Uganda Suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels killed three people in Western Uganda on Christmas night one week after taking the lives of 10 people and destroying property in the same district. |
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USCIRF calls out State Department’s lackluster censorship of Nigeria, India The U.S. State Department has, once again, failed to designate Nigeria and India as Countries of Particular Concern (CPC), despite strong recommendations from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). |
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Christians Remain Captive in Nigeria Despite Ransom Payment Two pastors among those kidnapped. |
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Lebanon, Israel: Hezbollah and IDF in stand-off after drone strike Last week, drone missiles killed a top Hamas leader and several of his lieutenants in an apartment in Beirut. |
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Islamic Extremist Terrorists Kill 14 Christians in Northeast Nigeria Pastor killed on church premises. |
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Terrorists Slaughter 41 Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria Many others kidnapped. |
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