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October 16, 2018 Abuja, Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria, Justin Welby, Leah Sharibu, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

Nigerian Islamist extremists kill aid worker ‘for work for Red Cross’; Christians ‘slaves for life’

In Nigeria, a faction of Boko Haram – the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) – has killed a second aid worker kidnapped 8 months ago. . . . Read More

October 15, 2018 Iraq, Islamic State, Karamles, Middle East, Nineveh Plains, Pope Francis, UN, USA

Iraqi Christian boy Noeh, under his own roof again

Around 40,000 Christians who escaped from the 2014 attacks of Islamic State in Iraq’s Nineveh Plains have returned to their homes but are in a “very . . . Read More

October 12, 2018 Andrew Brunson, Coup, Donald Trump, Fethullah Gülen, Izmir, PKK, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey

Brunson freed, permitted to leave Turkey

Andrew Brunson, the American-born pastor who was charged with espionage against Turkey and held in custody for two years, has been released and is free to . . . Read More

Bibi with Punjab Governor, Salmaan Taseer, who was assassinated in 2011 for supporting her case. (Photo: Office of the Governor of Punjab)

October 11, 2018 Asia Bibi, Blasphemy, Minorities, Pakistan, Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan

Pakistan: Islamic groups threaten Supreme Court judges ahead of Asia Bibi ruling

Radical religious groups in Pakistan have called for mass protests and threatened the judges of the country’s Supreme Court in Islamabad ahead of their ruling in . . . Read More

October 10, 2018 Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algeria, Protestant Church of Algeria

Algeria: Christian family accused of ‘proselytism’ – hearing postponed

Five Algerian Christians accused of “proselytism” will appear in court on 6 November, in Bouira, in Algeria’s north-eastern region of Kabylie. They had been due to . . . Read More

October 9, 2018 Andrew Brunson, Ankara, Donald Trump, Izmir, PKK, Protestants, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey, USA

Andrew Brunson’s legal appeal sent to Turkey’s highest court

Jailed US pastor Andrew Brunson’s lawyer has filed a formal appeal before the Turkish Constitutional Court to overturn two lower court refusals to release his client . . . Read More

Catching Our Eye

Asia Bibi appeal complainant not even present at time of her alleged ‘blasphemy’

One year after Marawi’s liberation from IS, thousands of Christians still displaced

Sudan: 13 Christians arrested in Darfur, another church told to hand over property

1,000 days since kidnap of 84-year-old doctor in Burkina Faso, family plea for freedom

Kenya: Two Christian teachers killed by suspected Al-Shabaab attackers

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