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Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:27:49 +0000 Catholics in Karnataka have welcomed the new governor's promise to protect religious minorities in the southern Indian state, the scene of anti-Christian violence last year. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10393 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:21:31 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10393 An NGO is planning to provide a legal aid of 1-2 years estimating about 700 families affected in Gajapati district alone due to the still unresolved situation in Orissa. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10397 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:16:46 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10397 Church leaders in India have welcomed a promise by federal Home Minister P. Chidambaram to review so-called "freedom of religion" laws that restrict conversions in several states. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10392 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:20:15 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10392 Unidentified people kidnapped the pastor at gunpoint on June 30 but he managed to escape. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10395 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:30:03 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10395 A Church leader in Orissa state has hailed the first conviction linked to anti-Christian riots there last year, saying it will enhance Christians' confidence in the justice system. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10391 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:18:59 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10391 ICC first reported this story yesterday morning - other news agencies are picking it up, but you may not see it in the Muslim-dominated Pakistan press. ICC will contribute more details as we receive them from our correspondents. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10396 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:53:25 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10396 On the evening of June 30, a group of believers in Orissa, India, was attacked with weapons by 40 to 50 people after refusing to participate in a Hindu festival. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10394 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:28:15 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10394 A school told a child to remove a Christian cross she was wearing even though it lets Sikh children wear bangles as part of their religion. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10390 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:17:20 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10390 Since early 2007 the Egyptian government has been appeasing Muslim fundamentalists by settling matters of sectarian conflict out of court in line with Islamic Sharia law. That prohibits Christians from bringing evidence against Muslims. The government brokers 'reconciliation' sessions where the Christians are forced to drop all the charges they are making (arson, looting, assault, kidnap, robbery, criminal damage, rioting, torture, rape, murder) in exchange for Muslim guarantees of 'peace'. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10389 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:45:00 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10389 Chinese Pastor Dou Shaowen and his wife Feng Lu have been sentenced to a year of "re-education through labor" for "engaging in illegal religious activities" in the country's Henan province. The wife has been released to serve at home to care for their daughter, but she is required to regularly report to PSB and could still be sent to the labor camp if she continues in her "illegal religious activities." http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10388 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:34:24 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10388 Islamic extremists have beheaded two young boys in Somalia because their Christian father refused to divulge information about a church leader, and the killers are searching Kenya's refugee camps to do the same to the boys' father. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10387 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:26:48 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10387 Riot Incited via Mosque Loudspeakers; Mob Throws Acid on Women and Children. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10386 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:01:44 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10386 Eritrean Christians are suffering greatly from a government that actively seeks to eradicate Christianity. Little has been done to aid the plight of these Christians, and many are attempting to flee the country - but leaving is dangerous, as the Eritrean military has shoot-to-kill orders against refugees crossing the Ethiopian border. Please pray for the protection of these brothers and sisters. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10385 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:42:40 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10385 Although dozens of house church leaders and Chinese Christians have been released in recent weeks due to international pressure, authorities continue to harass house churches. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10384 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:34:05 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10384 The coordinator of the Christian Liberation Movement in Cuba said last week the organization would continue promoting peaceful democratization in Cuba, because to do otherwise would be to abandon those Cubans who have been imprisoned for reasons of conscience. http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10383 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:25:47 +0000 http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10383