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Libyan human-rights official flees country after death threats

Attacks, detentions and arson continue to pressure Christian minority March 21 (World Watch Monitor) — The head of the Libyan Parliament’s Human Rights Committee has resigned and fled to London, saying he’s received death threats. Hassan Al Amin, prominent for his long opposition to the Gaddafi regime, recently spoke out against armed gangs and militias in his…

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Official Pakistan condemns attacks on Lahore Christians

    Hundreds of houses burned, leading to protests across country March 11 (World Watch Monitor) — Pakistan’s national assembly joined a chorus of condemnation Monday following Saturday’s rioting in Lahore by Muslims that prompted Christians to flee before scores of their houses were burned. “We fled for our lives, do not ask us where we are,”…

Yemen’s Forgotten Christians « Persecution News

Yemen’s Forgotten Christians « Persecution News

Yemen’s Forgotten Christians ICC Note: Reports suggest there are some 2,500 indigenous Christians in Yemen, most of who worship underground, the Gatestone Institute reports. According to human rights activist, Abdul Razzaq al-Azazi, “Christians in Yemen cannot practice their religion nor can they go to church freely. Society would work on having them enter Islam.” This…

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2 attacks prompt Christians to stop meeting at Indian church

2 attacks prompt Christians to stop meeting at Indian churchAngry Hindus restore access to water, back off threat to deny food rationsNew Delhi, January 31 World Watch Monitor — An uneasy calm prevails 20 miles east of India’s largest city, in a rural village where Hindus recently have twice attacked Christians, who in turn have…

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Wife worries she wont hear husbands voice for 8 years

Wife worries she wont hear husbands voice for 8 yearsNaghmeh Shariat Panahi, left, and husband Saeed Abedini Photo: Courtesy American Center for Law and JusticeU.S. authorities not hopeful Saeed Abedini will be released from Iranian prisonColorado Springs, January 29 World Watch Monitor — The wife of an American citizen sentenced to an Iranian prison for…

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American Tried to Turn Children Against Islam

On Monday, the trial of Saeed Abedini, of Boise, Idaho, began in the Tehran courtroom of Abbas Pir-Abbassi, a Revolutionary Court judge notorious for harsh sentences. The American Center for Law and Justice said prosecutors presented evidence that Abedini has created “a network of Christian house churches” starting in 2000, the year he left Islam…

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Eritrea: Ten Christian Leaders Rounded Up

Ten Christian Leaders Rounded Up Christians call it most serious campaign yet Only hours before news of a failed coup attempt in Eritrea hit the news, Open Doors learnt on Monday, January 21 of a new wave of systematic arrest of church leaders in Eritrea. It is not clear exactly when the campaign started, but…