Police Probe "Incendiary" Church Sign
A Baptist church in the UK was recently investigated by police after displaying a sign suggesting that unbeleivers would "burn in hell," according to the Mail Online.
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New Hungarian Law Strips Registration from Churches
The European Court of Human Rights recently ruled that a Hungarian law had violated the rights of churches and other religious groups by stripping them of their state registrations, according to Barnabas Aid.
...continue reading this storyTurkey: Confessed Killers of Christians Freed on Bail
Under a new Turkish law, five confessed Christian killers slated to be released on bail will instead remain under house arrest, according to Morning Star News.
...continue reading this storyDetained for distributing Greek New Testaments in Greece
Almost 60 Christians from around the world were detained last month for distributing Greek New Testaments to Greeks, according to Assist News Service.
...continue reading this storyHungarian Constitutional Changes Threaten its Religious Freedom
The Hungarian government has been criticized for changes to the country’s constitution that threaten religious freedoms and other rights.
...continue reading this storyUK: Landmark victory in legal battle
A Christian woman has won a court case concerning her right to visibly wear a cross in the workplace.
...continue reading this storyWolves in sheep's clothing foiled in plot to kill Shepherd
Two wolves who infiltrated a Turkish congregation were among more than a dozen suspects arrested as police foiled a plot to assassinate the pastor.
...continue reading this storyTurkey: Prosecutor pulled from murder trial
A prosecutor probing a possible link between the assassination of a Christian newspaper editor and the Malatya murders of Turkish Christians was abruptly transferred last week to another court.
...continue reading this storyPakistan Among World's Worst Violators of Religious Freedoms
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom recommended that the Secretary of State name Pakistan as a Country of Particular Concern in its 2012 Annual Report.
...continue reading this storyAfter years of "red tape," Christians in Turkey finally open House Church
Protestants in the eastern Turkish province of Van have finally succeeded in opening a house church after seven years of struggling with local bureaucracies, yet they are still concerned by the hostile rhetoric coming from their local officials.
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