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Russia considers amending ‘anti-missionary law’

January 27, 2017 Russia Don Ossewaarde, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Yarovaya Law

Russia is considering amendments to what has been referred to as its “anti-missionary law“, which came into effect last summer and has since seen over 30 people charged with “offences”, including holding groups to study the Bible in homes or handing out New Testaments on a train. A Working Group . . . Read More

Film shows desperate plight of drowning refugees

January 27, 2017 Global News -- No Particular Country Africa, Europe, Greece, Middle East, Migrants, Refugees, Turkey

An Oscar-nominated documentary film shows the heroic efforts of the Greek Coastguard to rescue some of the 600,000 refugees attempting to cross the 4.1-mile stretch of water between Turkey and the Greek island of Lesbos from 2015 to 2016. The 21-minute film, 4.1 Miles (embedded below), is an uncomfortable and . . . Read More

Bangladesh a ‘dangerous place for minorities’

January 27, 2017 Bangladesh Bangladesh, Minorities

There were five times more incidences of violent abuse against religious and ethnic minorities in Bangladesh in 2016 than in 2015, according to a report from the Bangladesh Hindu, Buddhist & Christian Unity Council – the country’s largest minority rights forum. “Our prime minister and political leaders say that they . . . Read More

UNESCO to consider Japan’s persecution sites

January 27, 2017 Japan, Nagasaki

Japan wants UNESCO to add several places linked with its historic persecution of Christians to its list of World Heritage sites. Kyodo News reports that the proposal will be submitted on 1 February and that inspections of the sites would then take place in the summer of 2018. Martin Scorsese’s . . . Read More

Muslims hid Christian woman from IS for years

January 26, 2017 Iraq Iraq, Islamic State, Mosul, Tel Kaif

When Iraqi government troops liberated Tel Kaif from Islamic State militias last week, they found that a 60-year-old Christian woman had been hidden for almost three years by her Muslim neighbours, reports Al Araby. Georgette Hanna did not manage to join the thousands of Christians fleeing Mosul and other towns . . . Read More

Indonesia Christians seek action against Islamists

January 25, 2017 Indonesia Aceh, Ahok, Blasphemy, Indonesia, Islamic Defenders Front, Joko Widodo, Minorities, Sharia

Indonesia’s Christian leaders have urged the country’s president, Joko Widodo, to take action against a radical Islamist group. This comes after a petition called for the disbandment of the group, which is accused of being responsible for a series of violent attacks against Christians. The Christian leaders said the Islamic . . . Read More

Defector: ‘I’ll do all possible to end North Korea slavery’

January 25, 2017 North Korea North Korea

The former North Korean Deputy Ambassador to the UK, described by the regime as “scum” after he defected in Aug. 2016, has told the BBC’s Seoul Correspondent that he is “very determined to do everything possible to pull down the regime, to save not only my family members, but also . . . Read More

Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram fear going home

January 25, 2017 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, Maiduguri, Nigeria

Aid workers in Borno State say thousands of Nigerians still live in fear of Boko Haram and have no intention of returning home, reports The Guardian. Nigeria’s government claims the insurgents are defeated, but the continued threat posed by Boko Haram was underlined on 16 January when twin suicide bombings . . . Read More

Ceasefire extended in Nuba, Blue Nile, Darfur

January 25, 2017 Sudan Barack Obama, Blue Nile, Darfur, Nuba Mountains, Sanctions, Sudan

The Sudan government last week said it’s extended a “ceasefire” for another six months in the Nuba Mountains, Blue Nile, and Darfur – where it says it’s fighting rebels. “If the ceasefire holds, it would be the first time in six years of war that the Nuba people experienced a . . . Read More

ISIS used Iraqi church ‘as shooting range’

January 24, 2017 Iraq Churches, Iraq, Islamic State, Qaraqosh

Iraqi Christians returning to their homes in Qaraqosh have found their houses burnt and churches desecrated. One woman, Manal Matti, told the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need that “jihadists [had] used the church as a shooting range”. She added that mannequins taken from her clothes shop, close to . . . Read More

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Catching Our Eye

Catching Our Eye

Russia considers amending ‘anti-missionary law’

Film shows desperate plight of drowning refugees

Bangladesh a ‘dangerous place for minorities’

UNESCO to consider Japan’s persecution sites

Muslims hid Christian woman from IS for years

Indonesia Christians seek action against Islamists

Defector: ‘I’ll do all possible to end North Korea slavery’

Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram fear going home

Ceasefire extended in Nuba, Blue Nile, Darfur

ISIS used Iraqi church ‘as shooting range’

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