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Iranian Christians safe if ‘practise faith discreetly’ – European Court of...
Activists in the Swiss capital of Bern raise awareness of religious persecution of Christians around the world (2014). (Photo: World Watch Monitor) The European Court of Human Rights ruled last month...
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Could Pakistan’s place on US ‘Watch List’ create more problems for minorities?
Bishop of Multan Leo Paul (left) shows security personnel around his cathedral three days before Christmas, when Christians in Pakistan feared further attacks on their places of worship. (World Watch...
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Afghan convert ‘could face death’ if deported from Switzerland
A brief has been filed to the European Court of Human Rights An Afghan convert could face persecution, imprisonment and even death if the Swiss government succeeds in deporting him, a religious liberty...
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UN chief ‘personally concerned’ about return of Christians to Iraq and Syria
Christians are slowly returning to towns and cities in Iraq and Syria, such as Bashiqa, near Mosul. The graffiti on the wall says: “Tomorrow will be more beautiful”. (Photo: World Watch Monitor) The...
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Afghan convert to Christianity flees, but persecution follows him
There are about 14,500 asylum-seekers from Afghanistan registered with the UNHCR office in India. (Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint) An Indian newspaper has highlighted the story of an Afghan convert to...
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Attacks against Copts ‘among deadliest acts of religious persecution’ – report
“Fifty-three per cent of ISIS attacks against the public in 2017 were aimed at the Coptic community.” (Photo: World Watch Monitor) Attacks by members of the Islamic State group against Egypt’s Coptic...
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70 years since universal declaration, human rights ‘ignored and abused all...
Today, 13 of the original 48 signatories to the declaration feature on Open Doors International’s 2018 World Watch List of the 50 countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian (Photo: Open...
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UK parliamentary group calls out 27 countries for ‘significant’ religious...
A church in Bartella, a town near the Iraqi city of Mosul, after Islamic State militants left the area in October 2016. (Photo: World Watch Monitor) A “Commentary on the Current State of Freedom of...
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Embed from Getty ImagesPakistani Christian women protest after twin suicide bombings, March 2015 In the five worst of the 2019 World Watch List’s 50 most difficult places to be a Christian (North...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Radical Islamist groups recruit at universities
Embed from Getty ImagesThe Taliban continues to launch deadly attacks, most recently in the capital Kabul where a bomb blast killed at least 15 people on Wednesday. While the Afghan government is...
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Pakistan: ‘Attack on pastors illustrative of increasing pressure’, say...
Rev. William Siraj and Rev Patrick Naeem. (Source: Facebook page Church of Pakistan) A Pakistani pastor was killed and another wounded Sunday in an attack outside their church in northwestern Peshawar....
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