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Asia Bibi free to leave Pakistan after court dismisses acquittal challenge
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has dismissed a petition by Islamists to overturn the acquittal of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman previously…
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Christian women targets for persecution
Targeted Christian persecution tailored to hurt women is trending globally, Open Doors reported in its 2019 World Watch List of…
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Christian persecution up 14% worldwide
The number of Christians suffering high to extremely high persecution is 14 percent more in 2019, Open Doors reported, counting…
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Christian workers in Somalia worship in secret, fear al-Shabab
In a small single-room house in the Banaadir district of Somalia, dozens of Christians worship in secret out of fear…
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Pakistan added to worst religious liberty violators
The United States added a single country to its list of the world’s worst violators of religious freedom but designated…
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Chinese Christians pledge to ‘stand strong’ for their faith
As China continues to hunt down and arrest members of a house church in Sichuan Province, many of the 100…
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Christian and ethnic persecution ‘nightmare’ in China
Christians and ethnic minorities are living a persecution “nightmare” in China under President Xi Jinping, according to a congressional commission…
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Rebel force attacks churches in Burma
Ethnic Wa rebels this month shut down churches or destroyed their buildings and temporarily detained several clergymen in eastern Burma…
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China’s pastors take their stand
When thinking of the golden age of the Church, many of us hearken back to the book of Acts, when…
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China shutters churches, demands recant of faith
China is raiding and shuttering churches, assaulting worshipers, destroying crosses and burning Bibles in escalating persecution of Christians under a…
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