Armenian Christian gets prison sentence

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After losing a court appeal in early June, Armenian Hakop Gochymayan received a 10-year prison sentence for allegedly participating in Christian activities in Iran.  According to Asia News, there...

Police warn Christian journalist after release from prison

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Citizen journalist Ms. Zhang Zhan was released from Shanghai Women’s Prison on May 13 after serving four years in prison on charges related to her...

Five Christian sanitation workers die from unsafe conditions

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Five Christian sanitation workers in Pakistan have died since Tuesday (June 11) from inhaling toxic gases, highlighting how they are forced to work without proper...

Muslim employer tortures Christian worker to death

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A Muslim factory owner in Pakistan on Thursday (June 6) tortured to death an 18-year-old Christian worker for leaving the job against his wishes, family...

Mentally ill woman jailed on blasphemy charges

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A 60-year-old Catholic woman who has been treated for mental illness was jailed on blasphemy charges this week in Lahore, Pakistan, her son said. Jameela Khatoon...

Is Russia trying to eliminate the Greek Catholic Church?

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By MASSIMO INTROVIGNE --   Then they came for the Catholics. The Greek Catholic Church. i.e., the Eastern church that maintains the Greek traditions and liturgy...

Young widow running for her life after husband killed for his...

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The young widow of a Christian in India’s Chhattisgarh state who was killed for his faith is living in fear a month after she fled for...

14 Christians have throats slit after refusing to convert to Islam

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By Peter Pinedo -- Pope Francis condemned the recent killing of 14 Catholics in the African Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who reportedly were killed after...

Hospital founded by American missionaries demolished

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A hospital founded by American missionaries 100 years ago and confiscated following the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979 has been demolished after...

Founding member of church dies in prison

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Reverend Ghirmay Araya, a founding member of the Full Gospel Church in Eritrea, has died after spending almost three years in a maximum-security facility. Reverend Araya...