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 June 28, 2025
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Please pray for Christians in Syria Sometimes it seems there is a sea of bad news, uncertainty and suffering in the world. We cannot ignore it – and nor should we. |
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Hospital attack claims 40 lives in Sudan Civilians continue to bear the brunt of Sudan’s brutal war. |
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Christians in Iran seek relocation for long-term witness What’s next for Iran and Israel won’t change what Iran and Israel are today. |
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Attack on Nigerian Christians prompts urgent global response In a devastating wave of violence, Fulani gunmen killed more than 200 Christians in a single night. |
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Syria’s Top Christian Leader Condemns Government Over Church Bombing Syria’s top Christian leader has blamed Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s government for a deadly church blast on Sunday that killed dozens, while fellow persecuted Christians also expressed their sorrow. |
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When did the Israel-Iran war really begin? In the midst of a shaky Israel-Iran truce, let’s take a step back to ask: when did this war actually start? Did Israel begin it on June 13, 2025 by firing on Iranian military and nuclear targets? |
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Meeting Church needs in China despite challenges Despite challenges facing Christian practice in China, Bibles for China continues to explore new ministry opportunities, supplying Bibles to Chinese seekers and believers. |
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Christian Girl Abducted In Pakistan The family of a young Christian teenager was still searching for their daughter Tuesday after she was abducted by a Muslim man in Pakistan’s Punjab province earlier this month, Christians told Worthy News. |
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Fears Heightened of More Carnage in Benue State, Nigeria Another Christian killed in county where June 13-14 slaughter occurred. |
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Pakistan: Christian Acquitted after 23 Years on Death Row for ‘Blasphemy’ Muslims in Pakistan used his merely factual letter to silence him. |
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Suicide bomber targets church, kills dozens in Damascus A suicide bomber detonated himself during worship on Sunday inside Mar Elyas Greek Orthodox Church in the Dwelia neighborhood of Damascus, Syria.
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ICC Report Exposes Hidden Cost of Sanctions on Persecuted Christians International sanctions cripple more than just governments, they’re also crushing vulnerable Christian communities. |
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Cuban Christian Dissident Faces 10-Year Prison Sentence Over Facebook Posts Criticizing Regime The communist regime in Cuba is reportedly seeking a ten-year prison sentence for Alexander Verdecia, a 51-year-old Christian dissident and member of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), over Facebook posts critical of the government, according to Martí Noticias. |
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US: Gunman Killed After Church Shooting In Michigan; 1 Injured A mentally troubled white man opened fire outside a church filled with worshippers in the U.S. state of Michigan before being struck by a vehicle and then fatally shot by security staff, local police said Sunday. |
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ICC Global Digest: Entire Families Killed in Nigeria, Plus Other News |
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Suicide Bomber Attacks Church in Syria A suicide bomber detonated himself during worship on Sunday inside Mar Elyas Greek Orthodox Church in the Dwelia neighborhood of Damascus, Syria. |
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‘Islamic State Kills 20 In Damascus Church’ The United Nations special envoy for Syria has condemned Sunday’s attack at a church on the outskirts of Damascus that killed at least 20 people as a “heinous crime”. |
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Christian Girl Kidnapped for Two Years in Pakistan Escapes Torture, sexual assault and forcible conversion at hands of Muslim ‘husband.’ |
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Christian Mother in Pakistan Raped at Gunpoint Muslim pressured her to convert to Islam and marry her, she says. |
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Christian Girl in Pakistan Abducted, Forcibly Converted/Married Police take no action, rights advocate says. |
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Cuban Pastors Face Prison For Mentioning God Two Assemblies of God pastors in Cuba, Luis Guillermo Borjas and his wife, Roxana Rojas, faced a tense Sunday after their reported detention for mentioning God at their son’s military trial. |
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Eight Christians Killed, Farmland Destroyed in Fresh Fulani Attacks in Nigeria Fulani militias launched coordinated attacks on Christian communities in Nigeria’s Plateau State on May 14, killing eight people–mostly children and the elderly–and destroying over 740 acres of farmland. |
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Herdsmen Slaughter 42 Christians in Taraba State, Nigeria Three communities were attacked on Saturday. |
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Muslim in Pakistan Gets Custody of Kidnapped Christian Girl Judge ignores evident coercion behind victim’s statement of conversion. |
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