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Vietnam: Catholic activist sent back to prison in new crackdown

September 26, 2017 Vietnam Communism, Nguyen Van Oai, Vietnam

Vietnam has sentenced a Catholic former prisoner of conscience to five years in prison for resisting arrest and violating probation terms, reports UCA News (UCAN). Nguyen Van Oai, 36, was arrested in January by plain clothes police and accused of breaking probation terms after leaving his locality for a fishing . . . Read More

Worldwide blasphemy cases highlighted in USCIRF report

September 26, 2017 Global News -- No Particular Country Ahok, Asia Bibi, Blasphemy, Gad Younan, USA

In its push to see blasphemy laws repealed worldwide, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has released a new report referencing some of the most high-profile cases. ‘Selected blasphemy cases’ highlights the well-known trials of Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama in Indonesia and Asia Bibi in Pakistan, alongside . . . Read More

Georgia set to pass Constitutional amendments that ‘violate’ religious freedom

September 25, 2017 Constitution, Georgia, Human rights, Religious freedom

Georgia’s parliament is tomorrow (26 September) set to sign into law changes to the country’s Constitution, including restrictions to freedom of religion or belief, which, human rights defenders say, will be used to “legitimise” violations. The proposed amendments would restrict religious freedom on the basis of “state [national] security or . . . Read More

Iraq: today’s vote on Kurdish independence is troubling the Middle East

September 25, 2017 Iraq Elections, Iraq, Islamic State, Kirkuk, Kurds, Middle East, Nineveh Plains, Yazidis

Iraq’s Kurds went to the polls today (25 September) to vote on whether to become a new state, independent of Iraq. According to Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty (RFERL) the vast majority will have voted “yes” to the question on the ballot paper: “Do you want the Kurdistan region and . . . Read More

Chinese priest jailed for stealing was framed, say supporters

September 22, 2017 China China, Hebei, Liaoning

China's Communist Party is trying to suppress rapid growth among religions.(Photo: World Watch Monitor)

A prominent Chinese priest sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing money from a retirement home was framed by government officials, his supporters have claimed. Government-approved Fr. Fei Jisheng, from the province of Liaoning in north-east China, was sentenced by a court in the city of Gaizhou, along with . . . Read More

Indian children ordered to hail ‘the land of the Hindus’

September 21, 2017 India Bhopal, BJP, Education, Hindu nationalism, India, Madhya Pradesh

An Indian Catholic bishop has voiced concern at an edict from a state education minister that schoolchildren should be forced to adopt a slogan praising India as the land of the Hindus. Kunwar Vijay Shah, education minister of the central state of Madhya Pradesh, has ordered pupils at state schools . . . Read More

Congolese military ‘culpable’ in ADF’s North Kivu massacres

September 20, 2017 Democratic Republic of the Congo ADF, Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo, North Kivu, UN

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the situation in the eastern province of North Kivu, which shares borders with Uganda and Rwanda, is still volatile and a source great concern. Eight members of a local church were massacred on 9 September in the latest in a series of attacks. . . . Read More

Philippines: Catholic priest free but over 40 hostages still held in Marawi

September 20, 2017 Philippines Abu Sayyaf, Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, Manila, Marawi, Maute, Mindanao, Philippines, Teresito Suganob

Members of the Philippine army are clearing Marawi City of the last fighters of the insurgent Maute group. (Photo: Getty Images)

Catholic Filipino priest Teresito “Chito” Suganob may have been freed, but the war in the southern city of Marawi is not over yet, as 40 hostages are still being held by militants in the city, while almost half a million Marawi residents are internally displaced. Father Suganob arrived in the . . . Read More

India: ‘pressure from right-wing Hindus’ forced closure of Catholic children’s hostel

September 20, 2017 India Anti-conversion law, Hindu nationalism, India, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh

A children’s hostel owned by the Catholic Church has been closed down by the government in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. A priest told Matters India that it was because the authorities are “under mounting pressure from right-wing Hindu groups”. The hostel, in the western district of Guna, allowed . . . Read More

Mali: Colombian nun ‘not in good health’ after 7 months as hostage

September 20, 2017 Mali Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Gloria Argoti, Mali

The Colombian nun who was taken hostage in northern Mali in February this year is still alive but her health is suffering, according to reports by Catholic news agency Fides. Sister Gloria Cecilia Narvaez Argoti “is alive but not in good health. She has problems with a leg and kidney”, . . . Read More

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Vietnam: Catholic activist sent back to prison in new crackdown

Worldwide blasphemy cases highlighted in USCIRF report

Georgia set to pass Constitutional amendments that ‘violate’ religious freedom

Iraq: today’s vote on Kurdish independence is troubling the Middle East

Chinese priest jailed for stealing was framed, say supporters

Indian children ordered to hail ‘the land of the Hindus’

Congolese military ‘culpable’ in ADF’s North Kivu massacres

Philippines: Catholic priest free but over 40 hostages still held in Marawi

India: ‘pressure from right-wing Hindus’ forced closure of Catholic children’s hostel

Mali: Colombian nun ‘not in good health’ after 7 months as hostage

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