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‘Career ending’ arrest for Chinese lawyers

January 21, 2016 China China, Xi Jinping

China has now formally arrested and charged some of the rights protestors detained during the last six months. The serious charges of subverting state power caught many observers off guard; the maximum penalty is life in prison. For the lawyers, this would “end their careers”, reports . Among those detained . . . Read More

IS’s finances lead to auction of Christian homes

January 21, 2016 Iraq Iraq, Islamic State, Mosul, Nineveh Plains

Islamic State has started to auction Christian properties that it seized in Mosul to ease its deepening financial crisis, according to Arabic media. Its jihadis went on patrol in Iraq’s second largest city, announcing the sale of over 400 homes, 19 commercial buildings and 167 shops, stores and garages, several . . . Read More

Muslim who protected Christians dies of wounds

January 20, 2016 Kenya Islamic extremism, Kenya, Nairobi

Salah Farah took several bullets in December when he refused to obey gunmen who ordered him and all other Muslims off a bus in Kenya. He would not leave the Christians on the bus alone to be slaughtered. Nearly a month later, in a Nairobi hospital, Farah died of his wounds, . . . Read More

Oldest Christian monastery in Iraq destroyed

January 20, 2016 Iraq Iraq, Islamic State, Mosul

Satellite images have confirmed that the oldest Christian monastery in Iraq has been destroyed, . It is thought that St. Elijah’s, which stood on a hill near Mosul and was constructed 1400 years ago, was destroyed in the summer of 2014, shortly after the area was taken over by the . . . Read More

Myanmar army ‘covered up’ Christian killings

January 20, 2016 Myanmar Kachin, Myanmar, Rape, Shan, Women

A new report investigating the rape and murder of two Kachin Christian teachers in Myanmar accuses the government of “systematic cover up”. Produced by the Kachin Women’s Association of Thailand and the Legal Aid Network, to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the deaths of Maran Lu Ra, 20, and . . . Read More

Iraqis who fled Mosul and IS flee Turkish bombing

January 19, 2016 Iraq Assyrians, Baghdad, Iraq, Islamic State, Kurds, Louis Raphael I Sako, Mosul, Nineveh Plains, PKK, Saddam Hussein, Turkey

The Turkish air force has bombed the Assyro-Chaldean Christian village of Upper Sharanish in northern Iraq. Condemning what he called the “unjust act”, Chaldean Patriarch Louis Sako urged Ankara to “respect the lives and properties of the inhabitants and not to displace them under the pretext of fighting” the Kurdish . . . Read More

US pastor released from Iran jail

January 18, 2016 Iran Iran, Maryam Naghash Zargaran, Saeed Abedini, USA

Christian pastor Saeed Abedini is on his way home to his family in the United States, after being released from prison in Iran, the American Centre for Law & Justice confirmed on 17 Jan. The Iranian-born US pastor was released on 16 Jan. as part of a prisoner-swap deal between . . . Read More

Causes of Chibok kidnapping to be investigated

January 15, 2016 Nigeria Abuja, Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Kidnapping, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a new investigation into the April 2014 kidnapping of more than 200 school girls in the northeastern town of Chibok, and the government’s response. The girls were taken from their dormitories by the Islamist Boko Haram militant sect, sparking global outrage and promises by . . . Read More

Sudan: pastor released, but others held

January 15, 2016 Sudan Bahri, Khartoum, Kuwa Shamal, Sudan, Sudanese Church of Christ

The charges against a Sudanese pastor have been dropped, following a court hearing in Khartoum, but four other church leaders are still being held. Hafiz Mengisto, leader of Khartoum’s Bahri Evangelical Church, was taken to court for challenging a government employee overseeing the destruction of parts of the church complex . . . Read More

North Korea-held US-Korean ‘spy’ said to be pastor

January 14, 2016 North Korea Hyeon Soo Lim, Kim Dong Chul, North Korea, USA

A Korean-American in detention in North Korea is in fact a Christian pastor, not a spy, according to a North Korean defector who met him in 2007, . On 11 Jan., the American broadcaster, CNN, was allowed to interview Kim Dong Chul in the presence of North Korean officials. He . . . Read More

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Catching Our Eye

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‘Career ending’ arrest for Chinese lawyers

IS’s finances lead to auction of Christian homes

Muslim who protected Christians dies of wounds

Oldest Christian monastery in Iraq destroyed

Myanmar army ‘covered up’ Christian killings

Iraqis who fled Mosul and IS flee Turkish bombing

US pastor released from Iran jail

Causes of Chibok kidnapping to be investigated

Sudan: pastor released, but others held

North Korea-held US-Korean ‘spy’ said to be pastor

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