CIC Persecution News Headlines
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PERSECUTION NEWS HEADLINES - for the week ending February 28, 2026
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Christian in Indonesia Arrested for Comments on Muhammad Church leader jailed under 'religious hate speech' charges. |
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Christian Boy Forcibly Converted to Islam in Pakistan, Sources Say Muslim landowner holding him in illegal custody. |
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Amid nuclear talks, Iran faces unrest and mounting grief at home The United States and Iran had a third round of nuclear talks yesterday as Washington seeks to block Iran’s nuclear program, and Tehran wants sanctions lifted. |
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A Christian sanitation worker in eastern Pakistan has alleged he was brutally beaten while performing municipal cleaning duties in what advocacy groups describe as part of mounting pressure on Christians in the Muslim-majority nation. |
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Unknown Gunmen Kill Pastor in South Sudan Church leaders call for justice. |
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TIME CHANGE: USCIRF's 2026 Annual Report Release Event Wednesday, March 4, 2026 |
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Pakistan takes security frustrations into its own hands through weekend strikes Border clashes broke out this week between Afghanistan’s Taliban and Pakistan’s armed forces, after months of a shaky ceasefire between the two nations since late 2025. |
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Another society on the edge: Cubans brace for the future For months, Iran has dominated global headlines amidst protests, crackdowns, and a regime under pressure. |
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KAZAKHSTAN: Orthodox priest's 2-month pre-trial detention – on "fabricated" charges? Fr Yakov Vorontsov – a 40-year-old independent Orthodox priest in the |
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Breaking Uncensored News | ChinaAid Newsletter - 02.26.2026 This week: Chen Yunfei, a devoted member of Early Rain Covenant Church, endured a brutal assault; Dr. Bob Fu of ChinaAid headlined the 2nd International Forum on China's unreported human rights abuses; Zhang Xinyue was released on bail after a month in detention; and ChinaAid's new annual report episode exposes how China’s policies are destroying house churches. |
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Christians Raise Alarm Over Alleged Land Seizure And Blasphemy Law Misuse In Pakistan hristians in Pakistan’s industrial city of Gujranwala expressed fears of renewed violence after a Christian family’s ancestral home was allegedly taken over by a Muslim lawyer who accused the homeowner of blasphemy, sources told Worthy News. |
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Iran: Three bullets that killed his son, yet faith endures Despite the Iranian government’s attempts to suppress the protests, demonstrations continue across cities and universities. |
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Ugandan Christian Convert ‘Killed By Muslim Father’ In Alleged Faith-Related Attack A 33-year-old man in eastern Uganda was allegedly killed by his Muslim father after converting to Christianity, local sources said, in what church leaders describe as part of a broader pattern of faith-related violence in the African nation. |
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Iranian Christians Face Surge In Arrests As Crackdown Deepens Christian advocacy groups have expressed alarm over what they describe as a sharp rise in arrests and mistreatment of Christians in Iran, particularly converts, accusing the Islamic Republic of increasingly using national security laws to suppress religious dissent. |
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Christian Faces Death Threats in Refugee Camp in South Sudan Muslims notify family in Darfur of his conversion. |
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Iranian Christian Convert Faces US Deportation, Risking Execution In Iran (Worthy News In-Depth) A woman adopted as a toddler by an American war veteran from an Iranian orphanage in the 1970s is facing possible deportation from the United States to Iran, where she could face execution for converting from Islam to Christianity, sources confirmed Sunday. |
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Christians in Pakistan’s Punjab province were searching Thursday for an abducted minor girl, days after the provincial governor signed legislation raising the legal marriage age to 18 and criminalizing child marriage as a non-bailable offense. |
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Iran Adds Blame for Political Woes to Persecution of Christians Number of arrested Christians nearly doubles in 2025. |
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