CIC Persecution News Headlines
News of persecution, human rights violations, and other articles of interest.If one member suffers, all the members suffer …
1 Corinthians 12:26a
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PERSECUTION NEWS HEADLINES - for the week ending October 19, 2024
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The University of Nottingham in England has issued a “trigger warning” to students studying various medieval literature, in part because of Christian themes in the texts. |
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The extremist Muslim group Hizb ut-Tahrir is expanding in Bangladesh and captivating more radicalized followers. |
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UKRAINE: Recruitment offices, military detain, pressure and torture conscientious objectors Officials in Recruitment Offices and military units are subjecting men – |
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International Criminal Court to Renew Investigations into War Crimes in DRC The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced Monday (October 14) that it is renewing its investigation into war crimes that have allegedly been committed in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since 2022. |
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Lack of security in Bangladesh puts pressure on minorities What do you do when your nation or community threatens to turn against you? |
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How Jordan’s hot-and-cold relations with Israel impact the conflict Jordan’s foreign minister recently pushed the UN Security Council to hit Israel with a weapons embargo. |
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Kidnapped Christian Girl Rescue In Pakistan Offers ‘Ray of Hope’ A kidnapped 16-year-old Christian girl was back with her parents in an area of Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, on Thursday after being rescued by Christian activists, a representative said. |
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Israel and Iran’s history and potential future much different than they are today Contrary to what you might think from recent decades and especially the past year, Jewish and Persian people have not always been sworn enemies. |
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India Jails Pastor For ‘Converting Hindus’ A church leader in India’s state of Madhya Pradesh remained detained Monday after being convicted “on false charges of forcing Hindus to convert to Christianity,” Christians told Worthy News. |
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Iranian Christian Released After Nearly Five Years Imprisonment for Starting Evangelical Group An Iranian Christian man has been released from Iran’s notoriously harsh Evin prison after serving nearly half of the ten-year sentence he received for starting an illegal evangelical group, Church in Chains (CIC) reports. |
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UK Christian Found Guilty for Praying Near Abortion Clinic Army veteran breached ‘buffer zone.’ |
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Artificial Intelligence Technology Is Being Used to Persecute Christians Overtly hostile to Christianity, authoritarian regimes like China’s ruling communist party can use artificial intelligence (AI) technology to monitor and oppress believers in Christ, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has warned. |
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Christians Caught between Warring Islamist Factions in Sudan Militants force some to convert to Islam. |
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Gangs attack Haiti’s Arcahaie; discipleship ministry presses on A gang attacked the Haitian community of Arcahaie last Thursday. |
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Christians disproportionately targeted in Nigeria violence report A first-of-its-kind report was just released looking at ethnic and religious violence in Northern Nigeria. |
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Acting with ongoing impunity as their slaughter of Christians continues, Fulani herdsmen in central Nigeria’s Benue state murdered two Christians on Wednesday, Oct. 9, and two others on Thursday, Oct. 3, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. |
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Human rights activists report that China has exposed hundreds of North Korean Christians to torture, enslavement, sexual violence, and imprisonment by forcing them to return to North Korea and the violent dictatorship of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un in the last year, Christian Daily International (CDI) reports. |
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Counting the cost: Following Christ in Muslim-majority nations In many Muslim-majority nations the cost of choosing Christ is monumental. |
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Seven families in Egypt pursue faithfulness to Christ whether free or in prison Seven church planters with Uncharted Ministries have been in prison for months. |
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New Vietnamese Christian Killed After Pressure From Authorities A Vietnamese man who recently became a Christian has been killed after local authorities objected to his conversion, Worthy News learned Saturday. |
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Hungary condemns Ukraine’s Church Ban (Worthy News Focus) Hungary has condemned Ukraine for banning the Ukrainian Orthodox Church over its alleged complicity in Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country. |
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Pakistan’s Longest Jailed ‘Blasphemy’ Pastor Still Facing Execution Concerns mounted Friday about the plight of Pakistani Christian Zafar Bhatti, a pastor listed as Pakistan’s longest-serving blasphemy prisoner, who is facing execution. |
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OCCUPIED UKRAINE: Orthodox priest handed 3-year restricted freedom sentence On 16 September, a Russian-controlled court in Ukraine's occupied Luhansk |
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