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 May 17, 2025
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Islamists Kill Christians In Nigerian States Islamic militants have targeted Christian communities in several states of Nigeria in recent days, killing and injuring numerous believers, Christians told Worthy News early Friday. |
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Pakistan Christian Tortured To Death Authorities have detained a suspect in the May 12 killing of a young Christian man in Pakistan’s Punjab province after hundreds of Christians demanded justice, sources told Worthy News Wednesday. |
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Abducted Christian Asher Atray Murdered In Pakistan Asher Atray, the young Christian lineman of Pakistan’s Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) who was abducted last month, has been killed, Christians confirmed Tuesday. |
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Muslims Torture Christian to Death in Pakistan, Brother Says Accused former police officer arrested. |
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Gang activity in Haiti intensifies the country’s need The US has designated two Haitian gangs as terrorist groups, deeming them a threat to national security and warning of criminal charges for activity that supports the gangs. Meanwhile, in Haiti, the situation continues to decline. |
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Religious minorities suffer in overflow of Bangladesh social unrest In Bangladesh, Christians make up a tiny fraction of the population — less than one percent. As political instability and social unrest surge, vulnerable religious minorities increasingly find themselves under attack. |
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Messianic Leader Eitan Bar Faces Prison Time Amid Trial Targeting Christian Outreach in Israel Eitan Bar, a well-known Messianic Jewish evangelist and former leader at ONE FOR ISRAEL, announced on social media that he could face up to six months in prison as a result of an ongoing legal case targeting his evangelistic work in Israel. |
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Iranian Christian Refugee in Panama Faces Deadline to Find Asylum After spending three months in Panama, a 27-year-old Iranian woman is still praying and searching for a safe country to accept her. |
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Report: ‘China World’s Lead Executioner’ Advocacy group Amnesty International, which campaigns for the abolition of the death penalty, has named China as the world’s “lead executioner.” |
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ICC Global Digest: Are Journalists Covering the True Reason of Nigeria's Violence? |
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Pakistan: Young Christian Shot Dead; Suspect Detained As tensions rose Saturday between India and Pakistan, at least one widow was mourning the death of her only son, a Christian teenager shot and killed by a Muslim in Pakistan’s Punjab province. |
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China: Christian Media Mobilized for CCP Propaganda At a recent meeting in Wuhan, Christian media in China were instructed to increase their coverage of Xi Jinping’s thoughts and key Communist Party documents, according to a religious liberty and human rights magazine. |
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Christian Father in Pakistan Acquitted of Blasphemy Charges Case ‘frivolous and fabricated,’ attorney says. |
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Christians Driven from Homes in India Threatened with Death Tribal religion followers terrify church members. |
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Attacks on Christians Continue in Central Nigeria Fulani herdsmen kill 12 church members in Benue state. |
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