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ICC Press ReleasesMap reflects the 30 most recent Persecution Reports. Click HERE for the Map Legend.Find a specific press releaseICC, Ethiopian Community To Hold Demonstration Demanding Saudis Release Ethiopian Christian PrisonersThursday, February 16th, 2012White House Ignores Wives Of Imprisoned Chinese Christians While Chinese Vice President Receives 19-Gun Salute, Honor GuardWednesday, February 15th, 2012"This is completely unacceptable, and for the sake of every human rights activist facing oppression at the hands of the Chinese government, we call on the Obama administration to reverse course and address human rights abuses in China openly and at the highest levels.” Is the Muslim Brotherhood a New Target of Egypt’s Anti-Government Protests?Wednesday, February 15th, 2012Thousands of activists gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square last weekend in continued protests to denounce the rule of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and, in a surprising turn of events, the election of the Muslim Brotherhood-ruled parliament. 8 Christian Families Evicted from Egyptian Village Following Attacks on Christian Homes and BusinessesMonday, February 13th, 2012Eight Coptic Christian families were evicted from their homes in northern Egypt following two attacks by radical Islamists on Christian homes and businesses in late-January. The attacks were in response to an alleged affair between a Christian man and a Muslim woman Ethiopian Officials Fail To Protect Their Citizens Detained In Saudi ArabiaFriday, February 10th, 2012Freedom of Expression Suppressed by Islamists in Egypt as Christian Billionaire’s Trial Draws NearsThursday, February 9th, 2012The court hearing of Egyptian Coptic billionaire Naguib Sawiris, who was accused of “insulting Islam” last month, is scheduled to reopen on Saturday. Sawiris’ hearing follows the prison sentence of Egyptian actor Adel Imam who was tried on similar charges last week. The two cases underline concerns about freedom of expression in Egypt. Saudi Officials Pressure Christian Prisoners To Convert To IslamTuesday, February 7th, 2012Church Ransacked In Eastern AlgeriaFriday, February 3rd, 2012Armed men raided a church in Ouargla, Algeria on Wednesday tearing down the gate to the church’s compound and damaging the iron crucifix on the church’s roof. Islamists Arrest A Muslim Father After His Sons Convert To ChristianityWednesday, January 25th, 2012Saudi Arabian Officials Assault, Strip Search Christian PrisonersTuesday, January 24th, 2012ICC Urges Saudi Arabia To Release The Prisoners Afghan Christian Widow and Daughters Stranded in India, Fear Persecution in HomelandFriday, January 20th, 2012A Christian widow and three of her daughters were denied refugee status by the UN in New Delhi, India for the second time last month despite fears that being deported to their homeland may mean imprisonment for apostasy. Religious Cleansing Happening In Nigeria?Wednesday, January 18th, 2012Muslim Brotherhood Leader to be Speaker of Egypt’s New ParliamentTuesday, January 17th, 2012Christians Fear Sharia will be Foundation of New Constitution Islamists Belittle Egypt Liberals by Targeting Christian Billionaire for BlasphemyFriday, January 13th, 2012The high-profile trial of a Coptic Christian billionaire will not convene tomorrow as previously announced in what appears to many Egyptian Christians and liberals to be an Islamist attempt to belittle Egypt’s championed secular leader. Nigerian Radical Muslims Kill Twenty Nine Christians In Two DaysFriday, January 6th, 2012Christians Bracing For More Attacks Radical Muslims’ Christmas Gift To Christians: Death And DestructionThursday, December 22nd, 2011From Nigeria to Pakistan, Security Officials Taking Measures to Protect Christians From Violence Saudi Arabia Arrests Ethiopian Christians For “Mixing With Opposite Sex”Wednesday, December 21st, 2011South Korean Church Leader: “Pray that the Sacrifice of Christians Over the Past 65 Years Will Finally Bear Fruit”Monday, December 19th, 2011Christians Face Uncertain Future After Death of North Korea’s Leader 42 Ethiopian Christians Arrested in Saudi ArabiaSaturday, December 17th, 2011Saudi security forces arrest 42 Ethiopian Christians at a prayer gathering in Jeddah Sen. Dick Durbin To Gut U.S Commission On International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)Thursday, December 15th, 2011Sen. Dick Durbin has released his call back on USCIRF only to add an amendment which would gut the commission of its most experienced commissioners. The timing of the amendment, just days before the extinction of USICRF and the winter congressional recess gives lawmakers little choice but to accept Durbin's amendment or accept the end of the commission. |
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