Indian Christian Families to be Denied Basic Services unless they Convert

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JHARKAND STATE, INDIA (ANS) -- Five families belonging to the Believers Eastern Church in Bahardi, Latehar District, Jharkhand state, face being cut off from...

Egypt PM: worship places not to be “disposed of ”

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CAIRO, EGYPT (ANS) -- Churches and church affiliated buildings licensed for worship in Egypt cannot be “disposed of” or used in any other way,...

Sudanese Christians suffer amidst civil war

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Sudanese Christians living in areas of Khartoum have painted a desperate picture of life caught between warring armies, with one pastor saying the worsening situation...

Kidnapped schoolgirl in Nigeria appeals for rescue

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Nigerian Government analyzing kidnapped schoolgirl audio By Michael Ireland, Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service (www.assistnews.net) BORNO STATE, NIGERIA (ANS - August 29, 2018) -- In...

Muslims prohibit construction of church building

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Muslims in a village in northeastern Indonesia’s portion of Borneo Island prohibited a church from constructing a worship building, sources said. Local leaders of Selumit...

Asia Bibi free to leave Pakistan

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ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (ANS) -- Pakistan's top court has rejected a challenge to the acquittal of a Asia Bibi on blasphemy charges. The BBC reports the...

Letter Calls for Renewal of UN Special Rapporteur

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NEW MALDEN,UNITED KINGDOM (ANS) – Christian Solidarity Worldwide and Human Rights Concern Eritrea have written to member states of the Human Rights Council (HRC)...

Chinese Police consider Tithing as a Crime

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MIDLAND, TX (ANS) -- Chinese Police handed Elder Zhang Chunlei’s wife a formal notice in early May.  As Yang Aiqing read the document, she...

Human Cost to Denying Religious Freedom Discussed at NRB 2021

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GRAPEVINE, Texas (ANS) – On Tuesday morning (June 22), National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) hosted a forum on the human cost to denying religious freedom...

CSW Welcomes Sudan Government’s Pledge to End Death Penalty for Apostasy

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Christian Solidarity Worldwide has welcomed a statement by a member of the transitional government of Sudan in which he claimed Sudan would be removing the death...