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September 21, 2018: EU told to strengthen mandate of religious freedom envoy
September 20, 2018: Kandhamal riots were result of Hindu political conspiracy, says activist
September 20, 2018: Nepal’s criminalisation of conversion a ‘direct infringement’ of religious freedom
September 20, 2018: Churches destroyed, priests questioned in Myanmar’s Shan state
September 20, 2018: China: 279 church leaders sign petition urging government to stop its ‘violent actions’

20+ Nigerian Christians drown in river attempting to escape Fulani attackers
September 21, 2018
Abduction of Italian priest shocks Niger
September 20, 2018
Boko Haram kills midwife, threatens to kill other hostages, including Leah Sharibu, unless demands met
September 18, 2018
‘Being Burmese means being Buddhist’ – pastor explains discrimination faced by Christians in Myanmar
September 17, 2018
Central African Republic: Dozens feared dead after massacre in Bria
September 17, 2018

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September 14, 2018 Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, Copts, Egypt, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Somalia, Syria, Tony Blair, Women, Yemen

Attacks against Copts ‘among deadliest acts of religious persecution’ – report

Attacks by members of the Islamic State group against Egypt’s Coptic Christian community “were among the deadliest acts of religious persecution” last year, according a new . . . Read More

September 14, 2018 Fulani herdsmen, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Plateau

Nigeria: Dozens more killed as Fulani herdsmen violence continues in Plateau state

In Nigeria, dozens lost their lives during the first week of September as Fulani militants continued their killing spree in the central state of Plateau. Last . . . Read More

Iraqi Christians who fled Islamic State have found shelter in a church yard in Erbil, Iraq. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

September 13, 2018 Donald Trump, Genocide, Iraq, Jan Figel, Minorities, Myanmar, Refugees, Syria, UK, UN, USA

Fall in Christian refugee admissions ‘suggests Trump has no real interest in religious persecution’

The United States, under President Trump, has admitted 40 per cent fewer Christian refugees in the past year, US broadcaster NBC News has reported. As the Trump . . . Read More

September 12, 2018 Asyut, Churches, Copts, Egypt, Islamic extremism, Minya

Closed churches force Copts to hold funerals in the streets

Coptic Christians in various parts of Egypt have been left with no choice but to hold funeral services in the streets because of the closure of . . . Read More

September 11, 2018 Al-Qaeda, Children, Civil War, Free Syrian Army, Greek Orthodox, Homs, Idlib, Syria

Syrian village bombed: five children under 15 – three from same family – among 12 killed

The children were still playing in the streets on Friday night. Then the rebels bombed the village. On Saturday, they should have celebrated a wedding in . . . Read More

September 11, 2018 Catholics, Delhi, Hindu nationalism, India, Kandhamal, Odisha, Proselytism

India: 2 years after Supreme Court order, no investigation into ‘shocking’ number of Kandhamal acquittals

The man spearheading the campaign for “justice” for the victims of the worst case of anti-Christian violence in India’s history has denounced the failure of the . . . Read More

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