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LAOS: Christians Detained for Planning Christian Funeral
Four Lao Christians have been in jail for more than three months in the country’s Khammouane province for planning a Christian funeral that is contrary to the local customs. On 3 July, the four Christians travelled to Khammouane’s Phousath village to attend a funeral...
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PAKISTAN: Victim’s Family Goes into Hiding
Marilyn Asif, along with her four young children, has had to flee for safety after her husband Asif Pervaiz was sentenced to death for blasphemy. Asif, 37, has already spent seven years in jail after a blasphemy case was filed against him in 2013. He was given the...
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SOMALIA: Christian Couple Arrested
At an October news conference, police in the self-declared autonomous region of Somaliland announced that a Christian couple had been arrested for being "apostates and evangelists spreading Christianity." On 21 September, the two were taken from their home in Hargeisa...
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EGYPT: Convert Couple Severely Tested
Though Egypt has a small Christian population, life is not easy for Muslims who choose to convert to Christianity. John, a committed hardliner Muslim, came to faith in 2014 after studying the Bible in order to convince Christian friends to convert to Islam. His wife,...
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ISRAEL: Congregation Facing Repeated Harassment from Anti-Missionaries
The Beit Hallel Messianic Congregation in Ashdod, southern Israel has experienced systematic harassment from the local anti-missionary group. The harassment includes intimidation, fear tactics, vandalism, curses, chanting, blocking the entrance to the church and...
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USA: Bob Fu and Family Subject to CCP Harassment
Late last month, Dr Bob Fu (also known as Xiqiu Fu), the founder and president of ChinaAid, prayed publicly at the National Mall in Washington DC, asking God to make members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) repent. Prior to praying, Dr Fu learned that the Chinese...
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KAZAKHSTAN: Appeal Fails to Halt Seizures
On 17 September, a court in the city of Almaty upheld an earlier decision to seize two buildings owned by the New Life Protestant Church. The facilities were being used for worship, as well as a means of support for those suffering from drug and alcohol dependency....
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PAKISTAN: Court Acquits Christian Sentenced to Death in Blasphemy Case
A Christian man sentenced to death, has been acquitted by a Pakistani court, six years after he was charged with blaspheming the Islamic prophet Mohammad. Last Tuesday, the Lahore High Court acquitted Sawan Masih, a street sweeper from the eastern city of Lahore who...
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LAOS: Villagers Threaten to Kill Christians`
A community in Laos blatantly told the four Christian families living among them that the only way to get rid of Christians is to kill them. In an effort to persuade the Christians to leave, villagers have illegally logged all the trees on the property of one of the...
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UGANDA: Christian Boy Feared Killed in Ritual Sacrifice
Sulaiman, a former Imam in eastern Uganda, became a Christian in 2017 and led his two young children to Christ. In July 2018, Sulaiman’s son, then aged 11, and daughter, then aged 13, disappeared from their home. On 16 September, police rescued Sulaiman’s daughter...
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