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DRC: Catholic priest briefly detained amidst political unrest

January 25, 2018 Democratic Republic of the Congo ADF, Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila, North Kivu

A Catholic priest kidnapped by armed men in the volatile region of North Kivu, in eastern DRC, has been released. Fr. Robert Masinda from the parish of Bingo, in Beni, was kidnapped on Monday 22 January, along with five others, though four were soon released. According to Mgr. Laurent Sondirya, . . . Read More

Film showing Muslims protecting Christians nominated for Oscar

January 25, 2018 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Garissa, Kenya, Lamu, Mandera, Nairobi, Tana River

One of the attackers in a still from the movie.

A short film about a bus attack during which Muslims protected Christians, while travelling from the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, to Mandera in the north-east, has been nominated for an Oscar, the BBC reports. The film, ‘Watu Wote’ (All of us), is one of the five nominees for an award in . . . Read More

New IS branch discovered in Nigeria, as UK archbishop calls for end to violence

January 25, 2018 Nigeria Benue, Fulani herdsmen, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Justin Welby, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Plateau, Terrorism

A village head inside his destroyed home in one of the villages in Southern Kaduna that were attacked by Fulani herdsmen, in May 2017. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has called for an end to the ongoing violence in Nigeria. His statement comes as a new terrorist network has been discovered in the country – IS in West Africa (ISWA) – which recruits foreigners to act as Fulani herdsmen and attack local communities. . . . Read More

Cuba’s religious freedom violations ‘remain high’

January 25, 2018 Cuba Communism, Cuba, Latin America

The latest figures on religious-rights violations in Cuba show a “general trend of a steady increase”, according to the latest report from advocacy group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW). In 2017 the group recorded 325 violations of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB). Last year’s figure is lower than 2016 and 2015, when . . . Read More

Indonesia sees reduction in religious freedom violations

January 24, 2018 Indonesia Ahok, Churches, Indonesia, Indonesian Ulema Council, Islamic Defenders Front, Jakarta, Java, Pentecostals, Religious freedom

In 2010, Bogor’s GKI Yasmin church was sealed and padlocked by order of the mayor and city government. They still hold Sunday services outside the church, and stage monthly services outside Indonesia’s Presidential Palace.. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

Indonesia saw fewer violations of religious freedom in 2017 than the year before, a national human rights group said this week, although it said it remained concerned about “the politicisation of religious and social differences”. In its ‘2017 Report on Religious Freedom and Religious Minorities in Indonesia’, the Setara Institute . . . Read More

Pakistan student kills school principal in blasphemy row

January 24, 2018 Pakistan Asia Bibi, Blasphemy, Islamabad, Islamic extremism, Pakistan, Prophet Muhammad, Quran, Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan

Banner protesting against changes to the blasphemy laws, Peshawar 2017 (World Watch Monitor)

A Pakistani student has shot and killed his school principal after they argued over the student missing classes to attend protests over “blasphemous” law changes, reports The Guardian. Police said the unnamed student had attended a sit-in staged by a new ultra-religious party, Tehreek-e-Labaik, to oppose a small change in . . . Read More

Christian teenager ‘at risk of state persecution’ if deported to Vietnam

January 23, 2018 Vietnam Vietnam

More than 55,000 people have signed a petition to allow a teenage victim of human trafficking to stay in the UK. The young man, known by the pseudonym of ‘Stephen’, will appeal to the UK government on 5 February to have his rejected asylum application overturned. Stephen was trafficked from . . . Read More

A Middle Eastern Christian’s view of Pence’s agenda

January 22, 2018 Donald Trump, Egypt, Human rights, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jerusalem, Middle East, Mike Pence, Palestinian Territories, Refugees, Saudi Arabia, Syria, USA, West Bank

A Jordanian Christian trauma counsellor has urged US Vice President Mike Pence to recognise Palestinian statehood to make good his pledge to help Christians in the Middle East. Issam Smeir, who has worked with refugees in the Middle East and in the US, wrote a first-person piece for the Washington . . . Read More

Eritrea government closes Church-run initiatives

January 19, 2018 Eritrea Asmara, Catholics, Eritrea, Mussie Zerai

Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Cathedral in Asmara, Eritrea. (Photo: David Stanley)

In a further clampdown on religious groups in Eritrea, the government is closing all social initiatives run by the Catholic Church. Mussie Zerai, an Eritrean priest now living in Italy, told Catholic news agency Fides that in the last few months the government closed five Catholic health clinics and has . . . Read More

Afghan convert ‘could face death’ if deported from Switzerland

January 18, 2018 Afghanistan Afghanistan, Asylum seekers, Converts, Minorities

An Afghan convert could face persecution, imprisonment and even death if the Swiss government succeeds in deporting him, a religious liberty advocacy group has said. The Vienna-based organisation, ADF International, announced today (Thursday) that it filed an expert brief with the European Court of Human Rights in support of the . . . Read More

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DRC: Catholic priest briefly detained amidst political unrest

Film showing Muslims protecting Christians nominated for Oscar

New IS branch discovered in Nigeria, as UK archbishop calls for end to violence

Cuba’s religious freedom violations ‘remain high’

Indonesia sees reduction in religious freedom violations

Pakistan student kills school principal in blasphemy row

Christian teenager ‘at risk of state persecution’ if deported to Vietnam

A Middle Eastern Christian’s view of Pence’s agenda

Eritrea government closes Church-run initiatives

Afghan convert ‘could face death’ if deported from Switzerland

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