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LAOS: No Rice for Christians
Seven families from two tribal groups are nearing starvation after village authorities confiscated their farmland because of their faith in Christ. About 50 people from the Khmu and Hmong tribes form the seven families. “Their faith is strong, and everyone is actively...
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CHINA: Government Orders Low-Income Families to Abandon their Faith or Lose Financial Aid
In the Chinese government's continuing persecution of Christians, poor families are now being told to renounce their faith or lose welfare benefits. The Chinese economy has been deeply affected by the coronavirus pandemic, especially low-income households struggling...
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KOREA: Accused as Criminals for Bible Distribution
The Bible remains essential to the church in North Korea today, and The Voice of the Martyrs Korea is determined to continue getting God's Word into this closed nation through the use of various innovative methods. However, these efforts have recently become a point...
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SUDAN: Apostasy Laws Abolished
After more than 30 years of Islamist rule, Sudan has passed a series of legal reforms. Two major changes involved the abolishment of public flogging and the repeal of apostasy laws for those leaving Islam. Other regulations relate to the consumption of alcohol, female...
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ETHIOPIA: Slaughter in Oromia
The assassination in Addis Ababa of a popular ethnic Oromo singer has triggered an explosion of ethnic-religious violence. The violence appears organised, designed to destabilise the nation and derail the reforms of Prime Minister Abiy (a Protestant Christian)....
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TURKEY: Deportation of Pastor’s Wife, A Mother-Of-Three
An American mother-of-three has been told she has to leave Turkey, one of the latest incidents in a series of expulsions of Christian expatriates from the country. There are reports stating how 35 Protestant Christian workers were refused entry to Turkey last year....
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GUINEA: Christian Woman Faces Difficulties After Husband’s Death
Miraha, a Christian woman in Guinea, has faced ongoing difficulties since her husband’s death. Her Muslim in-laws tried to persuade her to marry her husband’s brother and convert to Islam, but she refused to abandon her faith in Christ. Then they wanted to circumcise...
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CHINA: Officials Demolish Crosses
More than 100 security guards removed two church crosses in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, on 7 July. At 5am, more than 100 government personnel arrived at Aodi Christian Church and Yinchang Christian Church. Christians in Wenzhou said they came with cranes, broke the church...
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INDIA: Pastor Forced to Vacate Home after False Conversion Accusation
An independent church pastor in India’s Karnataka state has been told to vacate his rented home which was being used for worship gatherings. The pastor has to leave the house because radical Hindu nationalists have put pressure on the pastor’s landlord. “They...
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IRAN: Arrests of Believers Continues
On 7 July, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard arrested a Christian woman living in Tehran named Malihe Nazari. This occurred in addition to another twelve Christians who were arrested two weeks prior. Dozens more were told they would soon be summoned for questioning....
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