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Maldives removes church image from school textbook

January 20, 2017 Maldives Education, Islamic extremism, Maldives

The Maldives government has recalled a school textbook that contained illustrations of two churches, after protests from parents. The social studies textbook was for children in Grades 1-4 at the Gateway International School. The new management at the school has been accused by a local news website, Miadhu, of using . . . Read More

Vietnam Religion Law causes concerns

January 20, 2017 Vietnam Cambodia, Central Highlands, Montagnards, Refugees, Religion Law, Religious freedom, Vietnam

Vietnam’s new Law on Belief and Religion is causing concern among Christians, particularly in rural areas, reports The Diplomat. The legislation, passed in November last year, has been widely criticised by rights groups, who say the government is trying to exert greater control over religious practice in the country. Human . . . Read More

Is Sudan really ready for sanctions to be lifted?

January 19, 2017 Sudan Abyei, Barack Obama, International Criminal Court, Omar al-Bashir, Petr Jašek, Sanctions, Sharia, South Sudan, Sudan

One of Barack Obama’s last acts in office was to scale back a 20-year-old trade embargo on Sudan. The move has been criticised by human rights groups, which have called it “premature” and “despicable”, but has the country and its President, wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court, . . . Read More

Two missing pastors; Myanmar army link suspected

January 19, 2017 Myanmar Baptists, Chin, Kachin, Myanmar, Rape, Shan, Women

International human rights organisations have expressed concern for two pastors missing since 24 December in Myanmar. Ethnic Kachin live in Shan as well as Kachin State, and the two Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) men had taken reporters to a Catholic church damaged by airstrikes in clashes between the government army and . . . Read More

Chinese lawyer in state of ‘terror and confusion’

January 19, 2017

A Chinese Christian human rights lawyer has been returned home in a shocking state of mental disturbance after 18 months in custody. Li Chunfu was one of more than 300 lawyers rounded up by the Chinese government in July 2015. When he was returned home to his wife on 12 . . . Read More

Christian removed from role after Muslim protests

January 16, 2017 Indonesia Ahok, Blasphemy, Indonesia, Islamic extremism, Yogyakarta

Indonesian authorities have removed a Catholic from his role as the head of a sub-district after protests from Muslim residents at the appointment of a Christian. Yulius Suharto, head of the Pajangan sub-district in the Bantul Regency of the Special Region of Yogyakarta, was only appointed on 30 December but . . . Read More

Indonesia religious freedom violation ‘increasing’

January 13, 2017 Indonesia Ahok, Blasphemy, Indonesia, Jakarta, Java, Religious freedom

Indonesia has shown a steady increase in violations of religious freedom over the past year, according to the country’s National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM). In 2016, Komnas HAM received 97 reports of violations, compared to 87 in 2015 and 74 in 2014, according to the organisation’s faith freedom . . . Read More

Chinese pastor Joseph Gu arrested again

January 13, 2017 China China, Chongyi Church, Crosses, Hangzhou, Joseph Gu, Zhejiang

The former leader of China’s largest official Protestant “mega-church” has been arrested and charged for the second time with misappropriating funds. Gu Yuese (also known as Joseph Gu) was arrested on 7 January, a year after being arrested on the same charges. (He was released on bail in March 2016, . . . Read More

Sudan government demolishes Bahri church building

January 13, 2017 Sudan Abdulmonem Abdumawla, Bahri, Churches, Hassan Taour, Khartoum, Petr Jašek, Sudan

A house belonging to a Sudanese church has been demolished by government officials, reports Christian advocacy group Middle East Concern. The Bahri Evangelical Church, on the outskirts of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, has seen a number of its buildings damaged or demolished since 2013, when a committee imposed by the . . . Read More

2017 Myanmar refugee suicide study

January 12, 2017 Myanmar Karen, Myanmar, Refugees, Trauma, Women

A new study has found a high incidence of suicide among women in camps housing long-term refugees fleeing Myanmar’s ethnic conflict, reports the BBC News Magazine. In a study of refugees in Thailand’s Mae La camp, where 90% are ethnically Karen – a group that mainly identifies as Christian – . . . Read More

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Maldives removes church image from school textbook

Vietnam Religion Law causes concerns

Is Sudan really ready for sanctions to be lifted?

Two missing pastors; Myanmar army link suspected

Chinese lawyer in state of ‘terror and confusion’

Christian removed from role after Muslim protests

Indonesia religious freedom violation ‘increasing’

Chinese pastor Joseph Gu arrested again

Sudan government demolishes Bahri church building

2017 Myanmar refugee suicide study

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