Hong Kong Sentences Democratic Publisher Jimmy Lai to Prison
Retired Chinese cardinal Joseph Zen and Jimmy Lai's wife, Teresa Lai, leave court after the Hong Kong activist publisher Jimmy Lai's national security trial on Monday. Associated Press...
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More than 76 Christians Killed in Taraba State, Nigeria in Last Four Months – Morningstar News
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Four Christians killed in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Taraba last week were among at least 76 slain in the state in the past five months, Christian leaders report. Well-armed Islamist mercenaries from Niger accompanied ethnic Fulani herdsmen in attacks on eight towns and villages across four local government areas in […]
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Humanitarian Catastrophe in Mosul, Iraq Demands Response – Morningstar News
(Morning Star News) – Less than a week after Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) described the Islamist takeover of Mosul, Iraq as genocide and challenged the West to counteract it, Nina Shea, director of the Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom, published a trenchant piece on the Fox News website asserting that ISIS, the Sunni Muslim […]
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Malaysian Airlines flight shot down over Ukraine
UPDATE (6:07 p.m. EDT): U.S. intelligence officials say they believe a surface-to-air missile shot down a Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 295 people over eastern Ukraine today. The U.S. has not conf...
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Over 60 Nigerian Girls Escape Boko Haram Captors
More than 60 girls and women kidnapped by armed men from Nigeria s Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram a fortnight ago have managed to escape, officials said However, over 200 other girls who were
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Swedish Midwife Sues State over Dismissal for Refusing to Aid in Abortions – Morningstar News
(Morning Star News) – A Scandinavian rights group has filed suit against the Swedish government on behalf of a Christian woman who was fired for refusing to perform abortions. Scandinavian Human Rights Lawyers, a Non-Governmental Organization that describes itself as dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights and human dignity, states in the […]
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Lao Christians Charged with Murder after Praying for Sick Villager – Morningstar News
(Morning Star News) – Eager to stop the spread of Christianity, authorities in a village in Laos have charged a pastor and four church members with murder after they prayed for a sick woman who later died, area sources said. The deceased, a mother of eight grown children in Savannakhet Province identified only by her […]
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Christians in Vietnam Church Center Beaten, Locked Up in Massive Raid – Morningstar News
(Morning Star News) – Blaring police loudspeakers awoke Bible school students at a Mennonite church center in southern Vietnam at about 11 p.m. the night of June 9, a prelude to a night of violence and detention that would seriously injure 20 people. Police called for the owner of the compound in Binh Duong Province […]
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Religious Rights Violations in Indonesia Expected to Continue as Elections Approach – Morningstar News
JAKARTA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – The average of 56 incidents of religious rights violations churches suffered annually in Indonesia over the past seven years is not expected to abate following elections next month, sources said. Jakarta Christian Communications Forum records show churches suffered 392 incidents of religious rights violations, mainly closures and attacks, from 2007 […]
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European Christians Face Threats, Loss of Livelihood for Expressing Faith – Morningstar News
(Morning Star News) – Battles over abortion and homosexuality can be white hot, with each side accusing the other of hate-speech and discrimination, but European Christians say merely stating their beliefs or acting in accordance with them has led to hatred and hostility. Often fought on battlefields where a “post-Christian” mindset is presupposed, European culture […]
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Concerns about Religious Rights in Bhutan Raised at U.N. Council – Morningstar News
THIMPHU, Bhutan (Morning Star News) – Several member countries of the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) have raised concerns over lack of rights for religious minorities in Bhutan, but legal recognition for Christians remains nowhere in sight. At the UNHRC’s recent Universal Periodic Review of the Buddhist nation in Geneva, Switzerland, the United States and other […]
