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Bishops arrested at Dalit protest

December 12, 2013 India Caste, Dalits, Delhi, India

Bishops were arrested by police in India during a protest against the discrimination of the Christian Dalit minority. Archbishop Anil Couto of Delhi was among those arrested during the protest on 11 December. He and several other bishops were taken to a local police station and later released, reports UCA. . . . Read More

Iranians released two weeks early

December 9, 2013 Iran Ahwaz, Apostasy, Converts, Iran, Proselytism

Two Iranian Christians have been released from jail two weeks before the end of their sentences. Farhad Sabokrouh, pastor of the Assemblies of God Church in Ahwaz, and Naser Zamen-Dezfuli, were released on December 4, seven months after their incarceration for converting from Islam to Christianity, proselytising Muslims, and propagating . . . Read More

Séléka attacks hospital in CAR

December 7, 2013 Central African Republic Bangui, Central African Republic, Seleka, UN

Séléka forces attacked a hospital in the Central African Republic capital of Bangui on Friday, killing at least a dozen patients, Al Jazeera reports. Gunmen pulled patients from the hospital and shot them. The hospital has been abandoned. The attack occurred as additional French forces began deploying throughout the northwest . . . Read More

30,000 Eritreans abducted in five years

December 5, 2013 Eritrea Eritrea, Kidnapping, Organ harvesting, Torture

Around 30,000 Eritreans have been abducted since 2007 and taken to Egypt’s Sinai, where they face torture and ransom demands, according to a study presented to the European Parliament. The study, conducted by an Eritrean human rights activist and professors from a Dutch University, says more than $600m has been . . . Read More

Sharia enforced in Libya

December 5, 2013 Libya Arab Spring, Egypt, Islamic extremism, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, Sharia, Tunisia

Libya has voted to make sharia law the basis of all legislation. Two years after the NATO-backed uprising that ousted Muammar Gaddafi, Libya is still in messy transition with no new constitution and its temporary assembly caught in deadlock between an Islamist party and political rivals. As in Tunisia and . . . Read More

Egypt’s draft constitution explained

December 4, 2013 Egypt Constitution, Egypt, Islamic extremism

Egypt’s Constituent Assembly declared on Monday that the draft of the country’s proposed new constitution is ready for public review. A popular vote is intended within 30 days of Monday’s release. What’s in it? The Washington, D.C.-based Atlantic Council has published a close study of the document, including a detailed . . . Read More

Peace efforts in Tanzania ‘useless’

December 4, 2013 Tanzania Churches, Tanga, Tanzania

Christian leaders in Tanzania have said peace efforts between Christians and Muslims in the country have proved useless after the recent burning of two churches. The torching of a Lutheran church in Korogwe and Evangelical Assemblies of God church in Kalalani have caused the union of church denominations in the . . . Read More

Terrorist link to torched churches

December 3, 2013 Russia Islamic extremism, Russia, Russian Orthodox Church, Tatarstan, Terrorism

Russia’s Tatarstan Republic is offering 1 million rubles ($30,000) for information relating to the recent torching of several Orthodox churches in the region. Four Orthodox churches were set on fire in the predominantly Muslim Republic in November and explosives were found in the city of Tuban Kama and the Aleksei . . . Read More

Satellite evidence of CAR destruction

November 29, 2013 Central African Republic Bangui, Central African Republic, UN

Human Rights Watch has released satellite images of the destruction caused during a recent attack on the village of Camp Bangui in the Central African Republic. The images, recorded on the morning of November 23, show half the village burnt to the ground. The New York-based rights organisation said it . . . Read More

Sudan ‘tramples’ on its people’s rights

November 27, 2013 Sudan Human rights, Islamic extremism, Religious freedom, Sharia, Sudan

The chairman of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, Robert George, says Sudan is continuing to fail to adhere to international religious freedom standards. Through the imposition of sharia (Islamic law), George writes in the Washington Times that Sudan is a particularly difficult place for non-Muslims and for women. . . . Read More

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Bishops arrested at Dalit protest

Iranians released two weeks early

Séléka attacks hospital in CAR

30,000 Eritreans abducted in five years

Sharia enforced in Libya

Egypt’s draft constitution explained

Peace efforts in Tanzania ‘useless’

Terrorist link to torched churches

Satellite evidence of CAR destruction

Sudan ‘tramples’ on its people’s rights

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