USCIRF News Digest

        Source:              www.uscirf.gov
Date:                    January 14, 2020

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Top News from Around the World

Azerbaijan
PACE to consider issue of political prisoners in Azerbaijan (Turan)

 China
China calls them ‘kindness students.’ They’re actually victims of cultural genocide. (WP; editorial)

 Egypt
US ally imprisons Christian activist on bogus terrorism charges (Washington Examiner)

 Eritrea
 Eritrean Government Arrests Dozens of Eritrean Muslims (Eritrea Hub)

 India
Kerala moves Supreme Court against citizenship act, becomes first state to challenge Centre on CAA (Hindustan Times)

 Indonesia
Indonesian police charge activist for defending Christmas (UCA News)

 Iraq
Tensions with Iran have calmed, but all religious sites remain at risk (Desert News)

 Pakistan
Multan Bar Association Bars Non-Muslim Lawyers From Contesting Bar Elections (Naya Daur)

 Sudan
Women in Sudan challenge religious beliefs while pursing soccer dreams (New York Post)

 Syria
UN Security Council Authorizes Scaled-Back Cross-Border Aid into Syria (VOA)

 Turkey
Turkey’s Assyrian community says arrest of priest ‘second Brunson case’ (Ahval)

USCIRF News Digest - January 14, 2020