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UK Parliament hears ‘squeeze’ of persecution of Christians ‘as dangerous as violence’

January 18, 2018 Global News -- No Particular Country Blasphemy, Children, Commonwealth, Egypt, India, London, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Religious freedom, Sweepers, UK, Women, Youth

Christian women are particularly vulnerable because of their gender and their faith. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

...Private life: Family imprisoned, tortured for fleeing North Korea – and for their Christian faith Family life: Afghani Christian convert being hunted Community life: In choosing Christianity, Mexican tribals risk...

Could Pakistan’s place on US ‘Watch List’ create more problems for minorities?

January 11, 2018 Pakistan Afghanistan, Donald Trump, Human rights, Joseph Colony, Minorities, Multan, Pakistan, Religious freedom, Taliban, USA

...Plus status.” *The ‘Countries of Particular Concern’ are China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Myanmar, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Of them, seven (all except Myanmar, China and Tajikistan)...

‘Unprecedented’ persecution of Egypt’s Christians heads 2018 World Watch List

January 10, 2018 Global News -- No Particular Country Africa, Anti-conversion law, Boko Haram, Cairo, Central Asia, Churches, Converts, Copts, Egypt, Eritrea, Fulani herdsmen, Hindu nationalism, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Jharkhand, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Maldives, Marawi, Middle Belt, Middle East, Mindanao, Minorities, Nepal, Nigeria, North Korea, Philippines, Somalia, Southeast Asia, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Upper Egypt

...camps. Last year’s closer monitoring of the country’s border with China is thought to be behind a reported a 13 per cent fall in North Koreans fleeing to South Korea....

Persecution Watch countries: Beyond the Top 50

January 10, 2018 Global News -- No Particular Country

...police, but none of them were sentenced to jail. One Christian from India and two from South Korea were extradited. One church and one Christian cemetery were damaged. Russian troops...

US State Department adds Pakistan to religious-freedom watch list

January 5, 2018 Global News -- No Particular Country Central African Republic, China, Eritrea, Iran, Minorities, Myanmar, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Religious freedom, Russia, Sanctions, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, USA, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Burial of victims of a suicide attack on the Methodist Bethel Church in Quetta, Pakistan, on Sunday 17 December 2017 in which at least 9 people were killed. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

...countries on the CPC list – for “systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom” – remain the same as last year: China, Eritrea, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea, Sudan, Saudi...

Christmas in North Korea: an inner celebration

December 26, 2017 North Korea Christmas, Kim Jong-Un, North Korea, South Korea

...Korea. For years a 60′ tower just inside South Korean territory was lit up like a Christmas tree and topped with an illuminated cross. Visible from within North Korea, Pyongyang...

‘Crimes against humanity’ in North Korea’s prison camps

December 15, 2017 North Korea China, Human rights, International Criminal Court, Kim Jong-Un, North Korea, UN

An icy Tumen river forms the border between China and North Korea, 2009. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

...North Korea slavery’ US pins N Korea atrocities on Kim North Korea shocks UN Commission Meanwhile, China has started to build refugee camps along the North Korean border, according to...

Freedom of thought ‘regressing on a global scale’

December 6, 2017 Global News -- No Particular Country Afghanistan, Apostasy, Asia Bibi, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei, China, Comoros, Education, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Human rights, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Morocco, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Qatar, Religious freedom, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, The Gambia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

There are many Pakistani Christian women like Aasiya Noreen who live in fear of the Blasphemy law in their country and the (potential of) abuse. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

...Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Morocco, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. All but two of these (Gambia...

US designating Pakistan a ‘Country of Particular Concern’ would be ‘ineffective’

November 21, 2017 Pakistan Blasphemy, Minorities, Pakistan, Religious freedom

...said “designating Pakistan as a CPC would enable the United States to more effectively press Islamabad to undertake needed reforms”. China, Eritrea, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tajikistan,...

China expels hundreds of South Koreans from North Korean border region

November 7, 2017 China China, Churches, Communism, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, North Korea, Sinicisation, South Korea

...large numbers of South Korean Christians but the three provinces involved – Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang – all border North Korea and government officials believe that some South Korean pastors...

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