WORLDWIDE – UN praised, sort of, for recognizing religious persecution

UN praised, sort of, for recognizing religious persecution OneNewsNow.com | Aug. 22, 2019 "It's important that the international community come together to recognize that people are being violated for their…

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BURKINA FASO – Islamist militants are targeting Christians in Burkina Faso: ‘They are planting seeds of a religious conflict’

Washington Post | Aug. 21, 2019 DAKAR, Senegal —  One evening in late June, gunmen stormed a village in northern Burkina Faso and ordered people who had been chatting outside…

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BURKINA FASO – An Appeal for Burkina Faso

Aug. 15, 2019 | Juicy Ecumenism | By Scott Morgan Since January 2019, twenty people have been killed and several churches have been destroyed by Islamist forces operating in the…

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CHINA – Sichuan Church Condemns Forced Lawyer Appointment | Persecution

Aug. 12, 2019 | International Christian Concern Imprisoned Pastor Wang Yi Continues to Face Legal Persecution International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on August 10, Early Rain Covenant Church…

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NIGERIA – Christian rights groups urge caution in response to reports of Leah Sharibu’s death

Christian Today | Aug. 5, 2019 Christian human rights organisations are continuing to hope that a teenager being held by a faction of the Boko Haram terrorist group is still…

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PAKISTAN – Christian girls continue to be abducted. The latest case involves a 14-year-old in Lahore converted under threat

July 26, 2019 | AsiaNews.it Benish Imran was kidnapped by a man who then forced her to embrace Islam. In court, she said she was 19 and had married of…

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RELEASE: Prayer News Network Connects Americans With Nigerians Who Are Persecuted for Their Faith

***NEWS RELEASE*** For Immediate Release | July 24, 2019 CONTACT: Hamilton Strategies, Media@HamiltonStrategies.com Prayer News Network Connects Americans With Nigerians Who Are Persecuted for Their Faith Save the Persecuted Christians…

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CUBA – Cuban Regime Slammed for Preventing Pastors From Attending State Dep’t Religious Freedom Event

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(CNSNews.com) – Cuba’s communist government has put to rest any doubts about its violations of religious freedom by preventing four Christian leaders from attending this week’s religious freedom ministerial at…

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USA – Ohioans Participate in Nationwide Rally for the Persecuted Outside Offices of Lobbyists Squire Patton Boggs

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Concerned Ohioans gathered outside the offices of lobbyist lawyers Squire Patton Boggs (SPB) on Wednesday to rally for persecuted Christians and other religious minorities who are denied basic rights,…

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USA – Activists demand lobbying firm drop nations that persecute religious minorities from client list

The Washington Times- Rallies in more than a dozen cities across the country on Wednesday called on a powerful lobby firm to drop its foreign government clients that persecute religious…

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NIGERIA – In Asbury Sermon, Nigerian Pastor Warns of Church’s “Difficult Task” Amidst Persecution

Pastor Samuel Odubena recently gave a sermon at Asbury Seminary Chapel in which he spoke about how Christians in the West ought to react to persecution. Odubena is an Anglican priest from Nigeria where…

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NIGERIA – Nigerian Government Writes British Parliamentary Group, Denies Persecution Of Christians

The Nigerian Government has repudiated claims by a group styling itself as Northern Christian Elders Forum, who falsely alleged that the Muhammadu Buhari administration is practicing bigotry and alienating Christians.…

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