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 30, 2024
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Christians face more challenges as elections approach in India Religious freedom advocates sound the alarm as India begins implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA. |
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Why baptism isn’t an easy choice in Bangladesh Did you know Bangladesh has the world’s third-largest Muslim population? Although less than one percent of the population knows Christ, millions of Bangladeshis are learning about the Bible through media outreaches. |
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Leader of Attack on Church in Nigeria Confesses Seminarian died in assailants’ failed kidnapping attempt. |
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Herdsmen Kill Seven Christians in Central Nigeria Fulanis accompanied by other terrorists, residents say. |
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Russian soldiers discover audio Bibles on fallen Ukrainians Sources close to the Kremlin suggest that Russian President Vladimir Putin is weighing two potential options to end the war in Ukraine. |
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Iraqi believers offer healing to former Islamic State captives A Yazidi woman kidnapped during the Islamic State’s reign of terror a decade ago was recently reunited with her family in Iraq. |
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U. N. report spotlights human rights violations in Iran This month a U. N. fact-finding mission shared a report on human rights violations in Iran linked to the protests that began after the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022. |
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Church re-registration law in Belarus raises concerns Churches in Belarus are under pressure today, but not for the first time. |
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Pakistan: Kidnapper Wins Custody of 13-Year-Old Girl, Sources Say High court refuses to heed evidence of forcible marriage. |
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Persecution of Christians Escalates in India, EFI Reports Alarming increase of cases in Uttar Pradesh and other states. |
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Pastor, His Family and Other Christians Killed in Nigeria Dozens of others wounded in highway ambush. |
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Nicaraguan Regime Launches Easter Crackdown As Holy Week approached, Nicaragua’s draconian Ortega regime had already started cracking down on plans to celebrate the most important week on the Christian calendar. |
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Pastor Dead in Northern Vietnam Following Forced Denunciation of Faith Pastor Y Bum Bya was found dead under mysterious circumstances on March 8. Publicly declared a suicide by local authorities, the pastor’s death is under scrutiny from evangelicals around the world. |
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China: 18 Christians Arrested After House Church Raided Again Local police raided Fuyang Maizhong Reformed Church in Anhui Province on March 10. This is the second time the church has been raided in eight weeks. |
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House Church Forced to Cease Worship Activities in Java, Indonesia A video of the disbandment of a Sunday worship service at a resident’s house in Balaraja, Tangerang Regency, on the island of Java, Indonesia, recently went viral on social media. |
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Churches respond following terror attack at Moscow concert Churches in Russia share Christ’s compassion following the deadliest terror attack on Russian soil in two decades. |
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Pakistan: why blasphemy charges are often rooted in ignorance At least 600 prisoners are facing capital punishment in Pakistan right now because they’ve been accused of blasphemy. |
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Herdsmen Kill Pastor, Five other Christians in Central Nigeria Dozens of others sustain gunshot wounds. |
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Unsafe Conditions Kill Christian Sewer Workers in Pakistan Lack of protective gear takes two lives. |
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China: Associated Press reports on Pastor John Cao “I moved from a smaller prison ... to come to a bigger prison.” |
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USCIRF Raises Alarm Over India’s Exclusionary Citizenship Amendment Act During Congressional Hearing The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) raised the alarm on the Indian government’s notification of the Citizenship Amendment Rules (CAR) in a move to begin implementing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). |
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Waiting for a new government, Haiti’s chaos deepens Haiti waits for a transitional presidential council to lead the country toward a more stable future. But in the meantime, chaos deepens in the day-to-day lives of Haitians. |
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Modern day slavery in Pakistan offers opportunity for evangelism The economy in Pakistan is heavily built on a form of modern day slavery: brick kilns, an industry that is explorative and widely accepted in the country, but also offers an opportunity for evangelism. |
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Pakistan: Hope for Christian 22 Years on Death Row for ‘Blasphemy’ Supreme Court seeks Islamic body’s opinion on evidence. |
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