India: Man beaten for defending Christian cemetery
Last month in Punjab state, India, a Christian was severely beaten after he protested the desecration of a Christian graveyard by local Hindus.
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Sudan: Eritreans denied right of Asylum
Last month, Sudanese authorities deported at least 442 Eritrean refugees.
...continue reading this storyNigeria: Muslim herdsmen kill three Christians
Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed three Christian villagers in Nigeria's Kaduna state last week.
...continue reading this storyIran: Christian prisoner has health issues
A Christian prisoner remains ill while Iranian officials refuse to transfer her to a hospital to receive the required medical care.
...continue reading this storyNigeria: Muslim Mob kills Christian for Facebook post
Last month a Christian was killed in Nigeria after his chat on Facebook ended in an accusation of blasphemy against Islam's controversial prophet.
...continue reading this storyKenya to institute repressive religious regulations
Pastors are opposing new government regulations aimed at 'gagging and muzzling' the Christians in Kenya.
...continue reading this storySudanese Pastors Acquitted, Released
Sudanese Pastors Yat Michael and Peter Yein Reith were both acquitted Wednesday by a court in Khartoum after serving months in prison on charges that included espionage and waging war against the state.
...continue reading this storyIran: Religious minorities executed for "enmity against God"
A human rights group recently reported that the Islamic Republic of Iran had executed members of religious minorities who were convicted of "enmity against God," according to The Christian Post.
...continue reading this storyIndia: Pastor Eventually Dies After Beating
A 70-year-old Indian pastor who was brutally beaten by Hindu nationalists in Tukkuguda two years ago has just died.
...continue reading this storyIndian Pastor Accused of Illegal Conversions
The pastor of a church in the village of Raiguda in India's Orissa state was arrested earlier this month for "illegally" converting 300 people to Christianity.
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