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December 13, 2018: IS ‘won’t escape justice’ after Trump signs genocide accountability act
December 10, 2018: UK parliamentary group calls out 27 countries for ‘significant’ religious freedom violations
December 6, 2018: CAR: Children hurt as another displaced persons camp attacked
December 6, 2018: Police in China given quotas for how many Christians to arrest
December 6, 2018: Nepal ‘anything but progressive’ on religious freedom

‘I must denounce this wickedness openly’ – detained Chinese pastor
December 14, 2018
Pakistan joins US list of worst religious freedom violators
December 13, 2018
Indian Christians heave sighs of relief as Hindu nationalists lose elections in key states
December 12, 2018
Egypt: Copt sentenced to three years in prison for ‘blasphemous’ Facebook post
December 12, 2018
Indonesian Christian governor Ahok set for early release from prison
December 11, 2018

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December 10, 2018 Human rights, Joshua Hilmy, Kidnapping, Malaysia, Raymond Koh

Raymond Koh’s wife ‘expects justice’ as inquiry into Malaysian pastor’s abduction ends

The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) has concluded its inquiry into the disappearance of church leader Raymond Koh, who was kidnapped in broad daylight by . . . Read More

December 7, 2018 Afghanistan, Andrew Brunson, China, Colombia, Dalits, Don Ossewaarde, Egypt, Ethiopia, Human rights, India, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Myanmar, New York, Pakistan, Religious freedom, Syria, Turkey, UN

70 years since universal declaration, human rights ‘ignored and abused all over the world’

Ahead of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Monday, 10 December, rights group ADF International has called for “recommitment” to the . . . Read More

December 5, 2018 Amin Afshar Naderi, Christmas, Ebrahim Firouzi, Evin Prison, Iran, Karaj, Maryam Naghash Zargaran, Prisons, Proselytism, Rajaei Shahr Prison, Tehran

Iran: ‘staggering’ number of Christians arrested – 114 in a week

Over 100 Christians have been arrested in Iran in the past week and nearly 150 in the past month, as part of the government’s attempt to . . . Read More

December 5, 2018 Islamic State, Justin Welby, Middle East, Prince Charles

Prince Charles praises ‘extraordinary grace and forgiveness’ of Christians in Middle East

Britain’s Prince Charles paid tribute to Christians in the Middle East and their “extraordinary capacity for grace and forgiveness” at an event in London yesterday, 4 . . . Read More

December 4, 2018 Asylum seekers, Bangkok, Human rights, Imran Khan, Migrants, Minorities, Pakistan, PTI, Refugees, Thailand, UN

Pakistani Christian asylum seekers in Thailand ask for help

Death, disease, starvation, and continuous living in hiding from immigration authorities to escape permanent imprisonment in stinking dungeons – this is what life has become for . . . Read More

Women's suffering because of their faith is often in daily life. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

November 26, 2018 Central African Republic, Colombia, Education, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, Minorities, Religious freedom, Women

Persecution of minority Christian women ‘hidden, complex, and interwoven with “everyday” discrimination’

Five new reports – about Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, Colombia and the Central African Republic – unmask the multiple domestic, societal and state dynamics used in the . . . Read More

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