Tis the season…to pray for persecuted believers
For the world’s 2.3 billion Christians, the week ahead marks the culmination of one of the holiest seasons of the ...
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Christian Mother, Pastor Face Death Threats in Uganda
Bulambuli District, Uganda. (Wikipedia)NAIROBI, Kenya– Shakira Wanyenze, a 31-year-old Muslim woman, had no ...
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Faith Strengthened by Persecution
Photo by Atta Kenare/Getty ImagesIn the early morning hours of Christmas 2010, Iranian government forces arrested ...
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BELARUS: Fined for singing, offering religious literature
Police stopped a Baptist husband and wife from singing and offering Christian literature outside Lepel's market. "We ...
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100 Christians arrested; 3 tortured in ‘heinous evil’ raid by Chinese police: church
Chinese Christian Fellowship of Righteousness video of arrest of Christians on December 9, 2018. | (YouTube/ 2017 ...
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Attack on Private Gathering in Northern India Typifies Hindu Extremist Strategy
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A Hindu extremist strategy for stopping the spread of Christianity by ...
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Colombia: Pastors facing death threats, assassination attempts by extortionists, kidnappers
A watchdog group that monitors Christian persecution worldwide reports that large numbers of church leaders in Colombia ...
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USCIRF wants more sanctions to punish Myanmar's abuse of Rohingyas, Christians and others
A Rohingya refugee woman who crossed the border from Myanmar a day before, carries her daughter and searches for help ...
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Islamic radical group Boko Haram expands raids into Niger, kidnaps 15 girls
Islamic terror group Boko Haram has expanded its deadly raids into the country of Niger, killing seven workers at a mining company and kidnapping 15 girls from nearby villages.
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Nigerian pastor ambushed, beheaded by attackers during motorcycle ride in war-torn area
George Lifted | (PHOTO: FACEBOOK.COM/GEORGE LIFTED)A pastor and his driver were beheaded in the Cross River ...
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Only 10 Christian Refugees From Iraq and Syria Admitted to US in 2018; Evangelicals Respond
(Photo: flickr/Anthony Gale)As the Trump administration has promised to help Christians and other religious minorities ...
Rwanda: Over 8,000 Churches Close After Gov't Passes Law Regulating Religious Groups
????FLICKR/ADAM JONES/CC?Sainte-Famille Church in Kigali, Rwanda.The Rwanda Governance Board continues to close ...
Officials, Police in Tamil Nadu State, India Halt Worship in 10 Churches
Marudamalai Temple in Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu, India. (Wikipedia, Ramana)NEW DELHI – Officials and ...
With God's Help, Kumari Is Standing Against Giants in South Asia
Kumari was very quiet when she first came to the after-care home where I serve as a social worker to girls who've been ...
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Survivors of persecution breathe new life into religious freedom movement
CaptionNadia Murad had dreams of being a teacher, not a sabia — not a slave. In one horrific August ...
Rwanda: Over 8,000 Churches Close After Gov't Passes Law Regulating Religious Groups
????FLICKR/ADAM JONES/CC?Sainte-Famille Church in Kigali, Rwanda.The Rwanda Governance Board continues to close ...
Pastor Says UK Needs New Free Speech Law Protecting Bible Reading in Public After His Arrest
A Christian preacher from East London who was arrested last week and banned from preaching outside St. Paul's Cathedral, says the U.K.'s Parliament needs to pass a new law protecting the right to proclaim the Bible in public.
First-ever Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom starts today!
Washington D.C. welcomes participants of summit on international religious freedom?It is a new day for international ...
Authorities in Algeria Seal Shut Another Church Building
Members of church in Riki, Algeria worship outside building. (Morning Star News)TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning ...
Solidarity for Prisoners of Conscience
In 2010, Liu Xiaobo was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize for his tireless work on behalf of prisoners of conscience ...