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VIETNAM: From the Field

Vietnam has a repressive communist government that actively restricts Christian worship. In rural areas of Vietnam, local authorities view Christianity as a foreign threat and often use arrests, intim...

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EGYPT: Awaiting Trial Years After Arrest

For more than two years, Egyptian authorities have held two Christian men without a trial. Abdulbaqi Saeed Abdo and Nour Girgis were detained in late 2021 for their interactions with a Facebook gro...

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LAOS: Christian Wife and Young Son Cast Off

Kaew placed her trust in Christ through the prayers of her parents, who became Christians after her marriage. Her husband and his parents, as well as their village, opposed her decision to follow Chri...

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NIGERIA: Pastor, Wife and Three Other Christians Slain

Suspected Fulani herdsmen killed a pastor, his wife and three other Christians at about midnight on 2 June in Plateau state, central Nigeria, sources said. The raiders with heavy weaponry attacked ...

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ERITREA: Imprisoned for 20 Years Without Cause

On 23 May 2004, Eritrean authorities arrested two pastors from the Full Gospel Church in Eritrea: Dr Kiflu Gebremeskel and Pastor Haile Nayzgi. The arrests were made in response to a government ban...

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INDIA: Widow of Christian Killed for His Faith Flees Village

The young widow of a Christian in India’s Chhattisgarh state who was killed for his faith is living in fear a month after she fled for her life. Fleeing Kapanar village, in Darbha block, she took re...

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PAKISTAN: Update – Nazir Masih Dies from Injuries After Brutal Mob Attack Over False Blasphemy Accusations

On 3 June, Nazir Masih (aka Gill) a victim of the alleged misuse of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, succumbed to severe injuries sustained during a brutal mob attack. Masih, already a target among the Mu...

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MEXICO: Displaced Protestants Pressured by Government to Accept Illegal Agreement

Representatives of a group of more than 150 Protestant Christians forcibly displaced from their communities because of their religious beliefs on 26 April have complained that they are being pressur...

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PAKISTAN: Elderly Christian Critically Wounded after False Blasphemy Charge

An elderly Christian has been fighting for his life in hospital after a Muslim mob attempted to kill him due to a neighbour falsely accusing him of burning pages of the Koran, his family said. Sour...

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