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Sudan government’s official links with janjaweed

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Janjaweed, militias who have terrorised Darfur for years, have been made an official force by the Sudan government, according to a report by the Enough Project, a U.S based genocide-prevention group. “The Sudanese government has abandoned the fig leaf that the janjaweed don’t operate under their command and control,” said the Enough . . . Read More

Iran’s religiously repressed and Internet freedom

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Despite Iranian authorities best attempts to block the Internet [amid state filtering of all their major websites] a report, titled “Heretics,” by Small Media says the Internet is playing an essential role in empowering Iran’s repressed religious minorities. According to the report, Iranian Christians are sharing their faith through a . . . Read More

Fewer Christians left to flee

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Over the years, the Christian town of Alqosh, Iraq, has served as a refuge to Christians of Mosul who have fled various waves of violence in their home city. Now, with the jihadist ISIS in control of Mosul, most of those fleeing the city for comparative safety in Alqosh are . . . Read More

Christians jailed alongside Eritrean constitution

Eritrea
A surge in arrests of Christians worshipping outside of Eritrea’s government-sanctioned Catholic, Orthodox and Evangelical Lutheran churches indicates Christians should not expect greater freedom from a new Constitution recently announced by Eritrean President Isayas Afewerki. These arrests are also affecting children. On 6 June, authorities arrested a Christian woman from . . . Read More