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Pakistani Christians call for ‘fair’ blasphemy inquiries

March 30, 2017 Pakistan Asia Bibi, Blasphemy, Human rights, Minorities, Pakistan, Quran

Christians call for fairer treatment in blasphemy inquiries, like the case of Asia Bibi.

Pakistani Christians are calling for fairer investigations into alleged blasphemy cases, after a Muslim man caught burning pages of the Quran was quickly acquitted, UCANews reports. After the man was beaten up and handed over to the authorities, the police found that he had been ‘mentally instable’ when he caused . . . Read More

Two Eritrean Christian women die after hunger strike

March 29, 2017 Eritrea Abune Antonios, Asmara, East Africa, Eritrea, Eritrean Orthodox Church, Pentecostals

Two Pentecostal Christians are reported to have died in Eritrea on 17 March, days after being transferred to a hospital from detention, where they had been on hunger strike. According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide the two women were detained in Wi’a military camp before being transported to Massawa Hospital in . . . Read More

Cuba continues to restrict freedom of education

March 29, 2017 Cuba Censorship, Cuba, Education, Ramon Rigal, Raúl Castro

Cuba’s Center for Coexistence Studies (CEC) has once again been the target of harassment by state police, according to regional news agency Diario Las Americas. CEC was founded by Cuban Catholic intellectual Dagoberto Valdes, as a platform for citizen participation, freedom of expression, social justice and democracy for the good . . . Read More

Violence in Southern Kaduna fuelled by government support for Fulanis, says Bishop

March 28, 2017 Nigeria Fulani herdsmen, Jos, Kaduna, Kafanchan, Nigeria

The Bishop of Kafanchan, in Nigeria’s volatile region of Southern Kaduna, has denounced the violence of the Fulani as fuelled by government complicity. “The crisis here has persisted because of the way and manner the Federal and State governments, as well as the Security Agents are handling it”, said Mgr. . . . Read More

Turkish state interferes in Armenian Church elections

March 28, 2017 Turkey Armenians, Istanbul, Minorities, Turkey

A years-long saga on the leadership gap in Turkey’s Armenian Church has reached still another snag, Al-Monitor reported on March 22. The debilitating illness of the spiritual leader of Turkey’s largest Christian community has left Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II Mutafyan alive, but unable to fulfill his church duties since 2008. . . . Read More

Inquiry finds ‘no evidence’ of World Vision Gaza links to Hamas

March 27, 2017 Palestinian Territories Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories

An Australian government review has found no evidence of allegations that an aid worker siphoned off millions of dollars to Hamas while he was working for a Christian charity, reports The Guardian. In August 2016, Israel accused Mohammad El Halabi, head of World Vision Gaza, of diverting millions of dollars a . . . Read More

Can you be a Chinese Christian, and a member of the Communist Party?

March 23, 2017 China China, Communism

In a popular internet forum, a young Chinese Christian recently asked if being a Christian and joining the Communist Party can go together, China Source reported on 14 March 2017. One answer came from a surprising source: The Central Committee of the Communist Youth League (CCCYL). It started with a . . . Read More

Chinese Communist Party using CCTV to ‘maintain social order’ at churches

March 23, 2017 China China, Communism, Crosses, Peter Shao Zhumin, Xi Jinping, Zhejiang

Cross on Dongguang Church in Shenyang, north-eastern China

The Chinese government is forcing churches in Zhejiang province to install CCTV reports UCA News. The Communist Party in the heavily Christian province on China’s east coast wants Catholic and Protestant churches to install CCTV cameras inside and outside their buildings, in a bid to control the number of Christians . . . Read More

Chibok girl: ‘Don’t forget us’

March 22, 2017 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Nigeria

A schoolgirl who escaped from Boko Haram militants in Nigeria has called on the international community not to forget those still in captivity. The abduction of 276 schoolgirls in Nigeria’s north-eastern town of Chibok in April 2014 by Islamist militants caused a global outcry – and prompted campaigns about girls’ . . . Read More

Argentinian priest transferred due to drug traffickers’ threats

March 17, 2017 Argentina Argentina, Baptists, Córdoba, Corruption, Latin America, Marcelo Nieva, Organised crime

Police in Buenos Aires, 2013. (Flickr / Beatrice Murch / CC)

An Argentinian priest has been transferred from his parish due to repeated threats from drug traffickers, reports Agenzia Fides. His bishop, Fernando Carlos Maletti, made the decision to transfer Father Eduardo Farrell due to the continued threat of violence in the Sagrado Corazon parish of Merlo-Morena diocese, 25 miles west . . . Read More

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Pakistani Christians call for ‘fair’ blasphemy inquiries

Two Eritrean Christian women die after hunger strike

Cuba continues to restrict freedom of education

Violence in Southern Kaduna fuelled by government support for Fulanis, says Bishop

Turkish state interferes in Armenian Church elections

Inquiry finds ‘no evidence’ of World Vision Gaza links to Hamas

Can you be a Chinese Christian, and a member of the Communist Party?

Chinese Communist Party using CCTV to ‘maintain social order’ at churches

Chibok girl: ‘Don’t forget us’

Argentinian priest transferred due to drug traffickers’ threats

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