STATEMENT – Save the Persecuted Christians on New USCIRF Annual Report; Agency Is Invaluable to America’s Commitment to Global Defense of Religious Freedom

Save the Persecuted Christians | April 28, 2020 USCIRF Recommends 14 ‘Countries of Particular Concern’ and 15 for Placement on State Department’s ‘Special Watch List’ WASHINGTON— The United States Commission…

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USCIRF – USCIRF Releases New Factsheet on the Impact of Coronavirus on Religious Freedom

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  | uscirf.gov March 16, 2020 Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new factsheet on the global response…

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INDIA – Christian Persecution Fact Sheet Compiled by STPC

Open Doors USA World Watch List 2020 Rank:  No. 10, 2020 World Watch List of Countries where it is most dangerous to be a Christian Score: 83/100 Region: Asia Persecution…

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USA – With religious persecution on the rise, US Commission on International Religious Freedom needed now, more than ever

Save the Persecuted Christians supports USCIRF reauthorization Fox 21 Del Marva | Oct. 31, 2019 Over 100 National groups, religious scholars, and human rights activists urge Congress to support religious…

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STATEMENT – Save the Persecuted Christians: International Religious Freedom Day Marks Important Benefits of International Religious Freedom Act of 1998

October 27, 2019 | For Immediate Release Permanent Reauthorization of U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Is Crucial, with 80% of Global Population Living in Countries Where Religious Freedoms Are Oppressed …

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USA – USCIRF’s New Freedom of Religion or Belief Victims List Will Give Names to Nameless, Hold Persecutors Accountable

For Immediate Release | Oct. 9, 2019 Save the Persecuted Christians:USCIRF’s New Freedom of Religion or Belief Victims List Will Give Names to Nameless, Hold Persecutors Accountable WASHINGTON—The United States…

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CHINA – On China’s National Day, USCIRF Urges U.S. Government to Take Action on Religious Freedom

USCIRF | Oct. 1, 2019 On China’s National Day, USCIRF Urges U.S. Government to Take Action on Religious Freedom WASHINGTON, DC – Today marks the 70th anniversary of the People’s…

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WORLDWIDE – Global Persecution Report: ‘Christians Are the Most Persecuted …and It’s Accelerating’

CBN News | Jennifer Wishon | Sept. 22, 2019 WASHINGTON – Religious persecution plagues countries around the world and the problem is only getting worse. A report published this year…

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PAKISTAN – 13 Years Christian Girl Forcibly Converted To Islam And Deceptively Wedded

Christian Times PK | Feb. 23, 2019 GRV, Wichra Bangla (Pakistan Christian times) A Christian family’s 13 years old daughter Sadaf Masih was abducted on 6th Feb – 2019 by some…

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PAKISTAN – Christian Student in Pakistan Nearly Killed in Stabbing by Muslim Classmates

International Christian Concern | Feb. 21, 2019 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Christian student from Karachi, Pakistan was nearly killed after being stabbed in an attack by…

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PAKISTAN – Intense Persecution of Pakistani Christians Continued into the Second Half of 2018

International Christian Concern | Feb. 21, 2019 Incidents of Christian persecution in Pakistan continued into the second half of 2018, painting a grim picture for the small minority community regarding…

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PAKISTAN – Imam Who Converted to Christianity: My Own Family Now Want to Kill Me

Breitbart | Jan. 20, 2019 A former imam from Pakistan who migrated to Germany and converted to Christianity now claims that he faces death threats in his native country from many…

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PAKISTAN – Swabi councillors want Christians to be appointed as ‘sweepers’ in hospitals instead of Muslims

Samaa | Jan. 19, 2019 The Swabi district council in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa wants the sweepers hired in the district’s hospitals to be Christian only. The members of the district council…

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PAKISTAN – Pakistani Christians Fear New Security Mandate May Lead to Church Closures

International Christian Concern | Jan. 8, 2019 On January 2, the government of the Punjab province in Pakistan mandated that churches comply with set security standards by March 31 or…

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PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi to Celebrate Christmas in Hiding in Pakistan

International Christian Concern | Dec. 24, 2018  Despite being acquitted in October, Asia Bibi is set to celebrate her first Christmas off death row in hiding and under guard in…

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PAKISTAN – Police Increase Security for Pakistani Christians in Preparation for Christmas

International Christian Concern | Dec. 23, 2018 Police in Pakistan are beefing up security for Christians as the minority community prepares to celebrate Christmas. Christians across Pakistan face a sense…

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PAKISTAN – Pakistan Forces Out World Vision and 17 Other Charities

International Christian Concern | Dec. 22, 2018 After 13 years of operations, World Vision has been kicked out of Pakistan along with 17 other charities. With this move, Pakistan has…

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PAKISTAN – Pakistan’s Christians Face Uneasy Christmas Holiday

International Christian Concern | Dec. 21, 2018 Pakistan’s Christians are facing an uneasy Christmas holiday this year. Many fear their community will be targeted and attacked by the country’s extremists…

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PAKISTAN – Christian Brothers Sentenced to Death Under Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws

International Christian Concern | Dec. 18, 2018 Two Christian brothers, Qaisar and Amoon Ayub, were sentenced to death by a court in Pakistan for allegedly posting blasphemous material on a…

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PAKISTAN – Pope Pays Tribute to Legacy of Slain Pakistani Christian Leader

International Christian Concern | Dec. 3, 2018 Pope Francis paid tribute to the legacy of Shahbaz Bhatti on November 30 while speaking to members of the Shahbaz Bhatti Mission Association.…

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PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi and Family Remain in Danger in Pakistan

International Christian Concern | Dec. 1, 2018 It has been over a month since Asia Bibi has been acquitted of blasphemy charges after being on death row for nearly a…

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PAKISTAN – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Offends Christians Claiming “Jesus Has No Mention in Human History”

International Christian Concern | Nov. 28, 2018 Imran Khan, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, has offended both Christians and Muslims by claiming that there is no historical record of Jesus…

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MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA – 270 Slaughtered by ‘Irrelevant’ ISIS in Recent Days

Clarion Project | Nov. 25, 2018 Proving to the world it is anything but irrelevant, ISIS in recent days reportedly mounted attacks in Chad, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Syria, Pakistan, Libya and…

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PAKISTAN – Pakistan Arrests Islamist Leader of Asia Bibi Protests

International Christian Concern | Nov. 24, 2018 Authorities in Pakistan have arrested the leader of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan Party, Khadim Hussain Rizvi. Rizvi was responsible for organizing the violent and…

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PAKISTAN – Senator Demands U.S. Cut Off Aid to Pakistan Until Asia Bibi is Free

International Christian Concern | Nov. 21, 2018 Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has demanded that the U.S. Government cut off all aid to Pakistan until Asia Bibi, a Christian woman recently…

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PAKISTAN – Police Warn Christians in Pakistan of Potential Terrorist Attack

International Christian Concern | Nov. 20, 2018 Police in Pakistan have warned Christians that terrorists are planning an attack on their community following the Asia Bibi acquittal. According to Agenzia…

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PAKISTAN – Pakistani Christians Fear Backlash Over Asia Bibi Acquittal

International Christian Concern | Nov. 14, 2018 Pakistani Christians are reportedly living in fear that their community will face severe backlash following the acquittal of Asia Bibi. On October 31,…

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PAKISTAN – Pakistan Christians Wary as Asylum Offers Flood in for Asia Bibi

World Watch Monitor | Nov. 14, 2018 Several countries have offered asylum to the Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi, after she was acquitted by the country’s highest court last month of a…

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PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi Not Offered Asylum by U.K. Over fears of Unrest and Attack

International Christian Concern | Nov. 12, 2018 The United Kingdom has “not offered” Asia Bibi, a Christian woman acquitted of committing blasphemy in Pakistan, asylum because of fears that the…

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PAKISTAN – Overturned Blasphemy Conviction of Christian Woman Blindsides Imran Khan’s Pakistani Government

The Washington Times | Nov. 12, 2018 It was already an eventful first 100 days for Prime Minister Imran Khan, the onetime cricket star who broke the mold of Pakistani politics…

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BANGLADESH – Bangladesh PM says Anyone Who Offends Islam will be Prosecuted

World Watch Monitor | Nov. 7, 2018 Bangladesh’s prime minister has pledged that anyone who offends Islam or its prophet will be prosecuted. Sheikh Hasina said the religion of Bangladesh…

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PAKISTAN – ‘Untouchable’ Caste Identity Haunts Pakistani Christians like Asia Bibi

World Watch Monitor | Nov. 1, 2018 Asia Bibi was on death row for blasphemy, after offering drinking water which she, as a Christian, was considered to have made “unclean” by…

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PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi Remains in a Pakistani Prison Converted into a Safe House

International Christian Concern | Nov. 6, 2018 On October 31, Pakistan’s Supreme Court acquitted Asia Bibi, a Christian woman formally on death row for committing blasphemy. This announcement was met…

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NORTH KOREA – Rampant Sexual Violence of Women in North Korea

International Christian Concern | November 4, 2018 In North Korea, sexual violence has become so widespread and common that it being accepted by society as an ordinary part of life.…

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PAKISTAN – Pakistan: Lawyer for Christian Woman Acquitted of Blasphemy Charges Flees to Europe in Fear of His Life

Jihad Watch | November 3, 2018 Why is Saif Mulook’s life in danger? Because he dared to defend a Christian woman from blasphemy charges. The Muslims who were demonstrating in…

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