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Catching Our Eye

Who owns the church? Sudan court puts elders on trial for trespass and theft
Algeria: Another Protestant church closed
Eritrea: Orthodox Patriarch Antonios expelled for ‘heresy’
Iranian church closed, cross torn down
Egypt legalises 156 churches with many more still waiting
  • For Gambian Christians, there’s a lot to like — and one big worry — in the proposed constitution

    For Gambian Christians, there’s a lot to like — and one big worry — in the proposed constitution

  • Korean murdered in southeast Turkey ‘for mobile phone’

    Korean murdered in southeast Turkey ‘for mobile phone’

  • Refusing to move, an Ethiopian congregation is arrested

    Refusing to move, an Ethiopian congregation is arrested

  • Egypt: Series of fires in their churches ‘not a coincidence’, say Copts

    Egypt: Series of fires in their churches ‘not a coincidence’, say Copts

  • Hans-Jurgen Louven has worked in Turkish tourism for 20+ years

    Turkey serves deportation order after German’s 20 years of tourism work

Articles

Asia Bibi, Blasphemy, Canada, Europe, Human rights, Jan Figel, Pakistan, Religious freedom, Salmaan Taseer, Shahbaz Bhatti

EU Envoy’s threat of trade sanctions played crucial role in Asia Bibi’s freedom

Freed Pakistani Christian Aasiya Noreen, known to the world now as Asia Bibi, has pleaded for the many others like her accused of blasphemy who, she . . . Read More
Education, Minorities, Myanmar, Refugees

Lack of a lunch for all – life in an IDP camp on Myanmar border

Eritrea remains “one of the worst examples of state-sponsored repression of freedom of religion or belief in the world”, says USCIRF Commissioner. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)
Eritrea

At least 150 Christians arrested in Eritrea clampdown

At least 150 Eritrean Christians were arrested by government officials during the last two months, with some of them held in an underground prison made up . . . Read More
bombing, Catholics, Children, Colombo, Minorities, Negombo, Sri Lanka

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

At least 176 children lost either one or both of their parents in the Sri Lanka Easter Sunday bombings, according to the Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal . . . Read More
Afghanistan, Education, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Kabul, Taliban, USA

Afghanistan: Radical Islamist groups recruit at universities

While the Afghan government is engaged in peace talks with the hard-line Taliban movement, radical Islamist groups are spreading their ideology at universities. Basira Akhtar, a . . . Read More
Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, Genocide, Middle Belt, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Plateau

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

A pregnant woman and a child were among four people killed in attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria’s Plateau State last week. The attackers targeted . . . Read More
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