CIC Persecution News Headlines
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PERSECUTION NEWS HEADLINES - for the week ending April 6, 2024
Chinese ‘Mayflower Church’ Celebrates One Year of Freedom One year ago, a group of 63 exiled Chinese Christians ended their tumultuous four-year journey to find a refuge where they could practice their faith without fear of Chinese Communist Party persecution. |
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China: April 6: A step to freedom! A miracle was unfolding before our eyes for the Mayflower Church a year ago.
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Cuba: Continued prayers asked for Pastor Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo Together we have been calling for Pastor Lorenzo’s freedom since 11 July 2021, when he was violently arrested in Cuba while peacefully protesting. |
China: April 5: What does it take to help? It's now been several days behind bars in Thai immigration prison for the Mayflower Church. |
China This Week: New series of 'Reflections from John Cao' Inbox We are overjoyed to start publishing a new series of poems and thoughts from Pastor John Cao, who was released on March 3rd, 2024 after a 7-year jail sentence. |
Rescuing Christians from Burma's Hostilities After a string of defeats, Burma's ruling junta announced it will forcibly conscript men and women to fight in its military. |
Taiwan remarkably prepared, rescue efforts underway The 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck Taiwan Wednesday has killed at least 10 people and injured more than 1,000. |
God’s at work in Gaza, despite horrific headlines Israel sparked international outrage this week when its airstrikes killed seven World Central Kitchen workers in Gaza. |
Amid crises, next steps for Sudan’s Bible translators uncertain April 15 marks one year since conflict erupted between Sudan’s military and the RSF paramilitary group in Sudan. |
Christian Laborer in Pakistan Shot for Requesting Wages Muslim employers beat him with iron rods. |
China: April 4: Who the Mayflower Church really are Inbox A year ago today, it was another day behind bars in immigration prison for the Mayflower Church. |
DRC: ADF Militants Attack Village Midday, Kill at Least Seven People At least seven people were killed on Tuesday, April 2, as members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) carried out a midday attack on the village of Mangodomu, located in Mangina, Beni territory, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) North Kivu province. |
KAZAKHSTAN: 192 known administrative prosecutions in 2023 The regime is known to have brought at least 192 administrative |
China: Pastor John Cao - One Month Free! Today's been an amazing day as I write to you this evening from Texas. |
China: April 3: What does hope look like? Inbox In a great time of uncertainty, Mayflower Church members remained faithful to the Lord even while locked up in immigration prison a year ago today. |
Russia attacks Ukrainian infrastructure; military aid trickles in Ukraine will receive new missiles and hundreds of armored vehicles as part of a new batch of military aid from France as $60 billion from the U.S. languishes in Congress. |
Government pressure calls for creativity among Algeria’s believers The president of Algeria, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, announced on March 21 that the nation’s next presidential election will be held September 7. |
China: April 2: Praying for a miracle... A day filled with a lot of questions. And prayers. |
Christian Couple in India Sentenced to Prison Pastor and wife wrongly convicted of ‘forcible conversion,’ he says. |
Family of Slain Christian in Pakistan Receives Death Threats Armed, Muslim relatives of alleged killer barge into home. |
Ahead of Easter, Indonesia’s Government Tighten Security at Churches Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law, and Security, Hadi Tjahjanto, recently held an intelligence coordination meeting with the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) and leaders of the Indonesian military and police (TNI-Polri) to discuss security ahead of Easter and the Islamic holiday Eid. |
Al-Shabab Militants Attack Village in Lamu West, Kenya On the evening of March 24, Ziwa la Taa village in Witu, Lamu County, was jolted by a devastating attack that left its residents in anguish. |
At Least 130 Students Rescued from Kidnappers in Nigeria Government officials reported that at least 130 students returned to their parents following the kidnapping of 287 students in Kaduna state in northern Nigeria. |
Uganda: Muslim Convert Threatened for Accepting Christ Dembe, a resident of Kasese, made a significant decision last December to leave Islam and embrace Christianity. |
Al Shabaab Suspected in Killing of Six Christians in Somalia Merchants were spreading gospel among Muslims, sources say. |
What does ISIS-allegiant group in Mozambique want? Islamic terrorists continue to rampage in northern Mozambique. |
Arson Suspected in Church Fire in Pakistan Muslim threatened congregation would not celebrate Easter. |
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