CIC Persecution News Headlines
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PERSECUTION NEWS HEADLINES - for the week ending July 8, 2023
Please uphold Cuba's Christians in your prayers This week marks two years since unprecedented protests swept Cuba on 11 July 2021. |
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China: CCP emblem placed next to church sign Earlier in July, ChinaAid learned that a hammer and sickle, the emblem of the Chinese Communist Party, was placed next to the sign of Shinian Christian Church in Zhejiang province. |
Pakistani Christian faces blasphemy charges for posting Bible verse A Christian in Pakistan has gone into hiding along with his wife and six children after a Muslim mob accused him of blasphemy for posting a Bible verse on Facebook. |
Sudan war approaches its third month with no end in sight Fierce battles break out in Sudan as the army tries to cut off militia supply lines. |
Pandemic creates Gospel opportunity in Vietnam The Gospel reached Vietnam over a century ago. Yet Christians still don’t have a prominent presence in the Communist country. |
USCIRF Releases New Reports on Russia's Religious Freedom Violations The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new reports on religious freedom conditions in the Russian Federation and Russia’s religious freedom violations in Ukraine |
Churches in Indonesia Fight to Regain Worship Venues Seal removed, but congregation cannot yet use building. |
China Plans to Export “Sinicized Christianity” Internationally “We will change the face of world Christianity!” A conference on June 27–30 launched a new grandiose plan—and a problem for the World Council of Churches. |
Estimated one-fifth of Turkiye’s Christians died in February earthquake Turkiye’s small Christian population knew they lost many believers in the earthquake. |
Christian population rises nearly 40 percent in Nepal New national census data shows rapid Christian growth in Nepal. |
Niger: Children Continue to be Kidnapped and Killed in the Sahel Children bear the brunt of the devastating impact of Jihadism in the Sahel region, as they face the dual horrors of being targeted and killed, as well as being recruited and displaced from their homes. |
UN report says Myanmar violated human rights laws A new United Nations report blames Myanmar’s junta for blocking aid to Cyclone Mocha survivors. |
US Supreme Court Broadens Religious Accommodations in Workplace The Supreme Court broadened religious accommodations in the workplace in a unanimous ruling Thursday. |
Soviet shadow hangs over Central Asia The five countries comprising Central Asia gained independence in 1991 when the Soviet Union collapsed. |
Baloch Insurgent Group Claims Attack in Southwestern Pakistan, Killing 6 The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), an ethnic separatist insurgent group, claimed responsibility for an attack in southwestern Pakistan, killing at least one police officer and wounding five others. |
Indonesia: Residents Attempt to Shut Down Worship Service in Viral YouTube Video Residents of Bekasi, Indonesia, attempted to disband a Christian worship service in their neighborhood. |
Vietnam: Religious Liberty Continues to Deteriorate BACKGROUND: Vietnam is a one-party state ruled by the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV). |
Christian in Pakistan Charged with Blasphemy for Bible Post Dozens of families flee potential Islamist backlash. |
China: Hefei Christian Youth Fellowship: Leaders Sentenced to Jail Terms The group catered to the spiritual needs of Hefei college students and had refused to join the CCP-controlled Three-Self Church. |
11 Christians Killed in Plateau State, Nigeria, 20 in Taraba Slaughters continue unchecked in country’s Middle Belt. |
Muslim in Pakistan Confesses to Killing Christian Woman Widow was threatened for refusing to marry him and convert, relative says. |
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