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Churches, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Oromia

Ethiopia: Pressure on churches building; evangelical church told to vacate after ten years

An evangelical church in central Ethiopia has been ordered to vacate its building, 10 years after it started meeting there, and churches elsewhere in the region . . . Read More

Bartella, Bashar Warda, Human rights, Iraq, Islamic State, Minorities, Mosul, Nineveh Plains, Ramadan, Shabak

Iraq: Five years after IS occupied Mosul, returnees live in fear

The Islamic State’s three-year occupation of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul and its surrounding villages ended nearly two years ago, yet the city and its . . . Read More

Hindu nationalism, India, Kandhamal, Minorities

India: Supreme Court orders Kandhamal Christian freed on bail after 10 years in prison

Gornath Chalanseth, one of seven Christians jailed for life for the murder of a Hindu swami in the Kandhamal district of Odisha state in eastern India, . . . Read More

Church leaders as well as government officials and representatives of the Muslim community attended the funeral of the six killed in the Dablo attack. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

Ansar ul Islam, Arbinda, Burkina Faso, Dablo, Islamic extremism, Niger, Oudalan, Singa, Sirgadji, Soum

Burkina Faso: 5 leaders killed in 3 months as Islamists continue to target churches

At least ten more Christians have been killed as a spate of attacks on churches continues in northern Burkina Faso. The ten, who died in two . . . Read More

Catholics, Churches, Islamic extremism, Minorities, Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan Christians grapple with aftermath of Easter bombings amid fears of fresh attacks

Sri Lankan Arasaratnam Verl is deep in mourning. His son Jackson (13) and sister Verlini (36) were killed instantly when a bomb exploded in the evangelical . . . Read More

Asia Bibi is finally free, almost one decade after she was first imprisoned. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

Asia Bibi, Blasphemy, Catholics, Islamic extremism, Minorities, Pakistan, Salmaan Taseer, Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan

Ten years after fake blasphemy charge, Pakistani Asia Bibi reunited with family

Asia Bibi’s daughter Eicham was 9 when she saw her mum badly beaten and in front of a mob charged with “blasphemy” against the Prophet Muhammad. . . . Read More

Catching Our Eye

At least 150 Christians arrested in Eritrea clampdown

176 children lost one or both parents in Sri Lanka Easter bombings

Afghanistan: Radical Islamist groups recruit at universities

Nigeria: Violence continues but government in denial, church leaders say

‘It’s time to be real: what happens in Iraq is ethnic cleansing’ – UK analyst

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