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Sudan church council leader summoned before Criminal Court

July 14, 2017 Sudan Bahri, Khartoum, Sanctions, Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church, Younan Abdulla

In the latest development in a long-running legal dispute, the chair of Sudan’s Evangelical Community Council has been summoned before the Criminal Court in Bahri (Khartoum North) on Monday (17 July). Rafat Samir, who was appointed chair of the Council in 2012, is accused by his predecessor of trespassing, criminal . . . Read More

G20 ‘missed opportunity’ to tackle major global issue: religious freedom

July 14, 2017 Global News -- No Particular Country Angela Merkel, China, Eritrea, G20, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Mexico, Migrants, Refugees, Religious freedom, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey

By not discussing international religious freedom at the G20 summit in Germany last weekend, world leaders failed to address the root cause of major global issues like the migrant crisis, says David Curry, CEO of Open Doors USA. As a result, “we can expect more violence from religious intolerance, a . . . Read More

Fears of political agenda behind abuse allegation against Indian priest

July 14, 2017 India BJP, Catholics, Crosses, Goa, Jabalpur, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh

Christian leaders in India have voiced concern that a priest accused of abusing a boy may have been framed to undermine the reputation of the local Christian community. Police in the central state of Madhya Pradesh arrested Fr Leo D’Souza, 56, on 10 July after a complaint from the parents . . . Read More

Nigerian President’s ongoing medical treatment raises fears of yet more sectarian power struggles

July 13, 2017 Nigeria APC, Katsina, Lagos, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

In Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has not been seen in public for more than two months, raising fears of a power struggle over who might succeed him, which could lead to sectarian violence in Africa’s most populous country. Because Nigeria is divided between a mostly Muslim north and a predominantly . . . Read More

European Parliament condemns ‘in strongest terms’ Eritrea’s human rights record

July 13, 2017 Eritrea Abune Antonios, Eritrean Orthodox Church, Europe, Human rights, UN

The European Parliament (EP) has passed a resolution condemning in “the strongest terms” the “systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations” in Eritrea, reports CSW. It follows 2016’s report by the UN that the country’s “crimes against humanity” should be investigated by the International Criminal Court. The EP resolution describes . . . Read More

Kurdish government opens church for refugees who fled IS

July 12, 2017 Iraq Ankawa, Bashar Warda, Chaldeans, Islamic State, Kurds, Peshmerga

Iraqis displaced by IS and Catholics in Kurdistan have welcomed the opening of a 1,300-seater church by the regional government there, although a US report has voiced concern at “religious abuses” and discrimination against non-Kurds there. The 30 June opening ceremony was attended by Chaldean Catholics from the Kurdish region, . . . Read More

Beheaded Kenyans belonged to local church

July 11, 2017 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Kenya, Pandaguo

Security forces on guard after Al-Shabaab terrorists killed 147 and injured 79 students at Garissa University College in Nairobi, Kenya, on April 2, 2015. (Photo: Getty Images)

A number of the nine Kenyan men beheaded by Islamist militants Al-Shabaab on Friday night (11 July) belonged to a local church, local sources told World Watch Monitor. One witness, Johnson Kitsao, told the Washington Post earlier the attackers were “specifically looking for non-Muslim men”. The attack took place late . . . Read More

US lawmakers call for continued sanctions against Sudan as Bashir plans Russia visit

July 11, 2017 Sudan African Union, International Criminal Court, Religious freedom, Russia, Sanctions, Sudan

Sudan's President Omar Bashir attending the Arab League summit meetings in Jordan in March 2017. Photo: Getty Images

A bipartisan group including 53 US lawmakers has urged President Donald Trump to delay the permanent lifting of sanctions on Sudan, ahead of tomorrow’s (12 July) deadline for a decision to be made. Meanwhile, Sudan’s President, Omar Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes including . . . Read More

Indonesian schoolchildren ‘likely’ used notebooks containing IS propaganda

July 11, 2017 Indonesia Ahok, Islamic State, JAD, Joko Widodo, Papua, Sumatra

Children are “likely” to have used notebooks with Islamic State (IS) propaganda on their covers and inside, reports Reuters. Hundreds of the notebooks were seized during an investigation into the stabbing to death of a policeman in Medan, North Sumatra province on 25 June. Children’s handwriting was found in some . . . Read More

Justice needed for CAR ‘war crimes’, says Human Rights Watch

July 6, 2017 Central African Republic Anti-balaka, Seleka

Armed groups in the Central African Republic have killed civilians with “wholesale impunity, spurring more violence in the war-torn country”, Human Rights Watch said in a report released yesterday (5 July). The 92-page report, ‘Killing Without Consequence: War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and the Special Criminal Court in the Central . . . Read More

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Sudan church council leader summoned before Criminal Court

G20 ‘missed opportunity’ to tackle major global issue: religious freedom

Fears of political agenda behind abuse allegation against Indian priest

Nigerian President’s ongoing medical treatment raises fears of yet more sectarian power struggles

European Parliament condemns ‘in strongest terms’ Eritrea’s human rights record

Kurdish government opens church for refugees who fled IS

Beheaded Kenyans belonged to local church

US lawmakers call for continued sanctions against Sudan as Bashir plans Russia visit

Indonesian schoolchildren ‘likely’ used notebooks containing IS propaganda

Justice needed for CAR ‘war crimes’, says Human Rights Watch

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