CIC Persecution News Headlines
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PERSECUTION NEWS HEADLINES - for the week ending September 24, 2023
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USCIRF Deeply Troubled by Uzbekistan’s Backsliding on Religious Freedom The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is deeply troubled by reports indicating that the government of Uzbekistan is backsliding on steps it had taken in recent years to improve religious freedom conditions in the country. | |
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Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict reduced to a simmer, but tensions still present As quickly as it started, the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict seems subdued for now. But the dispute over a key territory continues. | |
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Cracks in Iran’s regime reveal opportunity for freedom Iran tightens its grip on power as the opposition advances. | |
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Herdsmen Kill Christian, Wound Three Others in Nigeria Baptist pastor among the injured in attack in Nasarawa state. | |
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Christians live with gross insecurity while militant Muslims enjoy impunity. | |
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Severe weather threatens earthquake survivors in Morocco Survivors of Morocco’s record-breaking earthquake face yet another potential disaster. | |
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Since 2020, blasphemy laws around the world up 13% A new report says more and more countries are adopting blasphemy laws and damaging international human rights. | |
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Azerbaijan Claims Control of Artsakh
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Baseless Charge in India Leaves Pastor, Family in Ruins Hindu nationalists weaponize ‘anti-conversion’ law against Christian. | |
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Algeria’s church is driven underground The Church is thriving in Algeria, but it’s thriving underground. | |
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Artsakh Blockade Partially Lifted, But Many Still Suffer On September 9, in a step toward obtaining aid, authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh, known locally as Artsakh, were forced under threat of starvation to come to an agreement with the Azerbaijani regime. | |
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Report: Violence Increasing Against India’s Christian Minority According to a report published by the United Christian Forum (UCF), violent attacks against Christians in India are up by nearly four percent over last year, in just the first eight months of 2023. | |
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Abuse of Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws Leads to Christian Couple’s Arrest The use, and misuse, of blasphemy laws to target and persecute Pakistan’s Christian communities has escalated in recent years. | |
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Indonesia: Padang Christians Face Intimidation and Disruption During Services Members of the Indonesian Bethel Church (GBI) Solagracia in West Sumatra faced intimidation, threats, and disruption by community members while holding a prayer service in a rented house on Tuesday, August 29. | |
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Muslim Mob Forces Christians Out of Building in Indonesia Protest results in agreement to temporarily leave worship site. | |
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USCIRF Releases New Report on Religiously Based Family Law in the Middle East and North Africa Personal Status and Family Law in the Middle East and North Africa: Implications for Women and Religious Freedom | |
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Aid workers detained in Afghanistan, accused of “inviting people to join Christianity” At least 18 aid workers – including an American woman – have been detained in Afghanistan. United States officials confirmed the detainment this weekend but provided no other details. | |
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Pakistan: 6-year-old Christian boy beaten by Muslim teacher for “blasphemy” It was supposed to be just another school day in Pakistan. | |
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USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom in Iraq Iraq Country Update – This report examines recent developments as well as ongoing factors affecting religious freedom in Iraq under both Iraq’s federal government (IFG) and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). | |
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Herdsmen Kill 15 Christians, Kidnap 32 Others in Nigeria In four years, 23 pastors slain in Kaduna state, church leader says. | |
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Three Christians gunned down in Kurdistan Three Christians were gunned down by motorcyclists in Kurdistan, a semi-autonomous federal region of northern Iraq. | |
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China: Major power moving to eliminate any 'visible evidence of Christianity'
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