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Sudan President's amnesty releases Christian woman Fri, 12 Apr 2013 01:27:59 It has been a little more than a week since Salwa Fahmi Suleiman Gireis, a 64-year old Sudanese accountant has been released from prison on Tues 2nd April. She was detained without charge for 7 weeks

Bangladesh PM rejects Muslim demand for blasphemy law Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:40:46 The Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has turned down the demand of radical Islamists to enact a blasphemy law to punish those who desecrate Islam and its prophet Muhammad. One hundred thousand

Egypt's Christians, fearing instability, seek security elsewhere Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:01:08 In downtown Cairo¬ mid-March, the multicolored pharaoh-motif tablecloths and dishtowels were missing from a fabric store once known for such items. The owner of the textile factory that produced them

Pakistan court overturns blasphemy conviction, death sentence Wed, 03 Apr 2013 23:00:00 A Pakistan court Wednesday threw out the 2007 conviction of a Christian man sentenced to death for offending Islam. Younis Masih is at least the second Christian accused of blasphemy that Pakistan jud

Anxiety high as rebels take over Central African Republic Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:00:00 A three-month-old rebel uprising in the Central African Republic swept into the country's capital Sunday, ousting the president and leaving ransacked Christian homes and churches in its wake. A source

Church walls go up, then torn down by local government Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:26:33 Cheers went up as a backhoe tore down the barely finished walls of the Batak Protestant Church near Jakarta, Indonesia on Thursday. The pile of rubble that remained was only the latest setback to Chri

Kano bus bomb prompts religious leaders to joint call for urgent measures Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:29:19 A car bomb attack in a Christian enclave of Kano, the largest city in mainly-Muslim Northern Nigeria, has heightened religious and ethnic tensions throughout the country. At least 25 people have be

Libyan human-rights official flees country after death threats Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:16:50 The head of the Libyan Parliament's Human Rights Committee has resigned and fled to London, saying he's received death threats. Hassan Al Amin, prominent for his long opposition to the Gaddafi regime,

India: Persecution Briefs Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:11:16 India ranks No. 31 on the 2013 World Watch List, a ranking of the 50 countries where living as a Christian is most difficult. The list is created annually by Open Doors International, a worldwide mini

Kenyan religious groups ready to work with President-elect, despite his war crime indictment Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:16:36 Amongst their first formal meetings as President and Deputy President-elect of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto on Tuesday 12th March met senior religious leaders, even ahead of meeting outgoing