CIC Persecution News Headlines
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PERSECUTION NEWS HEADLINES - for the week ending June 6, 2025
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Iranian Christian Refugees Granted 6-Month Extension in Panama Artemis Ghasemzadeh, a 27-year-old Iranian woman, and other Christian asylum seekers in Panama were given a six-month extension this week to find a new home.
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Persecuted Communities Worldwide Face New Restrictions from the US An executive order announced this week introduced near-total restrictions on travel to the U.S. by citizens of 12 countries, including Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iran, and Myanmar — countries widely recognized as among the most violent violators of religious freedom in the world. Foreign government officials and
their families, however, enjoy broad exemptions from the new policy.
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Dozens Of Christians Killed In Nigeria After Previous Massacre Dozens of Christians have been killed in Nigeria in recent days, several sources said after Worthy News already reported the killing of more than 100 Christians by Islamists since May 24 in the troubled African nation. |
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Slaughter of Christians Escalates in Plateau State, Nigeria Survivors appeal for help as relatives are slain and homes burned. |
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Court in Pakistan Acquits Muslims Accused in Jaranwala Attacks Attorney cites defective police investigation. |
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Military Emergency Sought as Herdsmen Kill 86 Christians in Benue State, Nigeria Prominent attorney petitions Nigerian president. |
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OCCUPIED UKRAINE: "Missionary" fines, "so-called religious services" On 23 May, the Russian-controlled Budennovsk District Court in the occupied |
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All By Design: How Nigeria's Islamic Extremists Get Away with Killing So Many Christians It seems the frequency of jihadist attacks in Nigeria is matched only by the infrequency of successful prosecutions against the perpetrators. |
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Herdsmen Kill 70-Year-Old Pastor, 35 other Christians in Nigeria Slaughters carried out in one county of Plateau state. |
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Indonesia Police Investigating Death Of Christian Schoolboy Indonesian police said Monday that they are questioning 20 witnesses over the death of a Christian schoolboy in a bullying case that has shocked the Christian community. |
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Churches Targeted on Easter in India Remain Closed Landlord pressured into refusing congregation use of building. |
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Order for Church to Leave Worship Site Overturned in Indonesia Administrative court renders rare verdict. |
| ICC Global Digest: God's Kingdom Advances in Asia |
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Public order trumps religious freedom, according to one Indian court A state court in northern India defended anti-conversion laws last month with an interesting constitutional contradiction. |
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CCP bolsters communist foundation as believers trust their Cornerstone President Xi Jinping and his administration are clamping down on China’s only legal church, insisting that congregations include more communist ideology in their liturgy. |
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Thousands Gather For Revival In Netherlands Despite Protests Tens of thousands of Christians, many of them youngsters, gathered for Opwekking (Revival) 2025 in a central Dutch village known for secular festivals and a theme park, despite pro-Palestine protesters opposing their pro-Israel stance. |
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8-Year-Old Indonesian Boy Dies After Beating by Classmates Over Christian Faith An 8-year-old Christian boy in Indonesia died from internal injuries after being brutally beaten by five older Muslim classmates, in what his family and church community say was a sustained campaign of religious bullying that turned deadly, International Christian Concern reported. |
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US: Los Angeles Bans Christian Rally, But Thousands Expected U.S. evangelist Ross Johnston said Friday that he expected thousands of Christians to help him preach the Gospel and stand for freedom on Saturday despite the city of Los Angeles banning the Christian rally. |
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Cuba Extends Religious Repression, Report Says Communist-ruled Cuba has extended its “repression” of religious and faith groups, including devout Christians, in almost every area, according to a new report released Thursday. |
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Dutch Christians For Israel Suffering Attacks; Mayor Threatened (Worthy News Investigation) The mayor of the Dutch central city of Barneveld says he has received threats after pro-Palestinian protesters attacked a “Christians for Israel” event. |
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Cuban Pastors Face Prison For Mentioning God Two Assemblies of God pastors in Cuba, Luis Guillermo Borjas and his wife, Roxana Rojas, faced a tense Sunday after their reported detention for mentioning God at their son’s military trial. |
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Eight Christians Killed, Farmland Destroyed in Fresh Fulani Attacks in Nigeria Fulani militias launched coordinated attacks on Christian communities in Nigeria’s Plateau State on May 14, killing eight people–mostly children and the elderly–and destroying over 740 acres of farmland. |
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Herdsmen Slaughter 42 Christians in Taraba State, Nigeria Three communities were attacked on Saturday. |
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Muslim in Pakistan Gets Custody of Kidnapped Christian Girl Judge ignores evident coercion behind victim’s statement of conversion. |
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