CIC Persecution News Headlines
News of persecution, human rights violations, and other articles of interest.
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PERSECUTION NEWS HEADLINES - for the week ending June 14, 2025
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U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Hearing Freedom of Religion or Belief in Russia Please join the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for a virtual hearing on Russia. |
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New law about child marriage in Pakistan, but cultural issues remain Last month, human rights activists celebrated a new law in Pakistan that sets the legal age for marriage at 18 — applying only to the capital Islamabad territory. |
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China Launches Nationwide Crackdown on Zion House Churches, Detains Pastors and Worshippers Authorities across China have launched a renewed crackdown on Zion Church congregations, detaining church leaders, raiding homes, and shutting down gatherings in what rights group Bitter Winter described as a “coordinated police campaign aimed at dismantling the Zion Church nationwide.” |
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Christian Falsely Charged with Blasphemy in Pakistan Is Acquitted 28-year-old entrapped in false complaint. |
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Chinese Christians arrested for border crossings As the Gospel spreads in China, authorities attempt to sever Christians from the global Church. |
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US: High School Bans Bible Verses, Forces Christian Club to Strip Faith Content A high school student in New York has become the latest battleground in the fight for religious liberty as school officials face allegations of extreme religious censorship in violation of federal law and the U.S. Constitution. |
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Christian Converts Flee Iran After Jail Sentence Two men who abandoned Islam and turned to faith in Christ have been forced to flee Iran, where they were sentenced to 12 years in prison each on charges linked to possessing “multiple copies of the Bible,” Christians told Worthy News. |
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U.K. Supreme Court Upholds Christian Mother’s Right to Express Biblical Beliefs in Landmark Ruling The U.K. Supreme Court has delivered a final and resounding victory to Christian mother Kristie Higgs, refusing to hear an appeal from a secondary school that dismissed her over social media posts expressing concerns about LGBTQ+ materials taught to children. |
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OCCUPIED UKRAINE: "Bishop says no" on Ukrainian Orthodox entities "Experts" appointed by Russia's Justice Ministry insist that an Orthodox |
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International Christian Concern (ICC) released a comprehensive report, “Troubling Trends: Escalating Persecution of Christians in Africa,” highlighting the alarming increase in violence and persecution against Christians across the continent. |
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Get Your Free Resources for Day of the Christian Martyr Day of the Christian Martyr, on June 29, is a time set aside to remember and be inspired by believers who paid the ultimate price for bearing witness to Christ. |
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OCCUPIED UKRAINE: Raids, registration pressure, places of worship deemed "ownerless" On 8 June, as the Council of Churches Baptist congregation in Krasnodon in |
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Christians in India to rally in peaceful protest of increased persecution Persecution in India has trended upward for years. |
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Officials Affirm Egypt Will Not Seize Historic Monastery Long-term legal status remains to be determined. |
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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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