01.14.2023

 News of persecution, human rights violations, and other articles of interest.

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PERSECUTION NEWS HEADLINES - for the week ending January 14, 2023

 

China BREAKING: Police Demolish Nangang Church Overnight Sadly, ChinaAid has learned that Chinese officials forcibly demolished Nanganag Church in Wenzhou City, Zhejiang province on January 11th. Officials said the church was destroyed to build commercial buildings.
Mexico: For noting that biological males were taking advantage of a law meant to help females, Gabriel Quadri’s political career is now in danger. Talk of Twitter free speech may be all the rage right now in the United States, but a look around the world begs the question:
Please Pray for Persecuted Christians in Burma and China We are concerned for the wellbeing of Reverend Dr Hkalam Samson, the former president of the Kachin Baptist Convention, who was arrested on 5 December.
This Week At ChinaAid: New Congressional Committee Set To Investigate CCP The U.S. House of Representatives agreed to establish a new bipartisan “Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party” to discuss how to address China-related issues.
Religious Freedom and Women's Rights in Iran Please join the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for a virtual hearing on religious freedom and its impact on women’s rights in Iran.
KAZAKHSTAN: Religious censorship at border For the first known time since February 2020, courts in 2022 fined five individuals several weeks' average wages for trying to import religious literature.
Pakistan: Christian threatened with blasphemy over parking dispute In Pakistan, a Christian woman working as a security guard was threatened with blasphemy charges after asking a man for his parking pass.
Online training helps persecuted Christians in Algeria Believers in Algeria need your help. Government persecution is forcing the Church underground.
USCIRF News Digest - January 11, 2023
Extremists attack Nigerian church on Christmas On Christmas Day, Islamic extremists attacked a church service in Kaduna State, Nigeria.
ICC Provides Bibles to Christian Community in Indonesia Arib and his wife Amara live in northern Indonesia.
Joint Military Task Force Rescues 100 Hostages From the ADF Recently, a joint military operation between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo successfully rescued over one hundred civilians who were being held hostage by the Islamic extremist group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
Yemen’s Children are Dying in Large Numbers Daily Yemen is an unstable country that is torn between “Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who overthrew the Yemeni government, [which] are pitted against a multinational coalition led by Saudi Arabia” says the Council on Foreign Relations.
Anti-Christian Riots in India Surge Across 20 Villages Christians in 20 villages in the Narayanpur and Kondagaon districts in the Chhattisgarh state of India were attacked this week by radical Hindu nationalists for refusing to re-convert from Christianity to Hinduism.
Radical Muslims Kill Christian after Religion Debate Father of four helped lead 13 Muslims to Christ.   ==================== PLEASE NOTE: Out of concern for the security and safety of the ministries and individuals mentioned in our Persecution News Headlines, it is the policy of Christians In Crisis (CIC) to conceal specific names or locations of our contacts. Ministries that are commended by authorities or located in secure areas may be named.  ====================  To make a tax deductible donation to Christians In Crisis through PayPal, please click here