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Alton calls on UK government to show 'strength on world stage', stop depending on dictatorships committing genocide

Lord David Alton of Liverpool has called upon the U.K. government to “mean what it says” and take measures to show “strength on the world stage.” He urged the government to stop facets of the country’s international trade from depending on dictatorships that use slave labor, and to support survivors of mass atrocities—including Christians—by legally classifying those experiences as genocide in international courts.

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‘Sacrilege law’ in Punjab, India further threatens Christians

Thanks to misuse of a law against “outraging religious feelings,” a Christian pastor in Punjab state, India still cannot return home. His church is shut.

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Secret police deport, ban tortured Kyrgyzstan pastor

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Three Christians killed at prayer vigil in western Nigeria

Gunmen on Saturday night (May 23) killed three Christians and kidnapped 15 others in an attack on a church prayer vigil in western Nigeria’s Kwara state, sources said.

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WEA, Jewish interfaith body relaunch formal dialogue on religious freedom, human dignity

The World Evangelical Alliance and the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations have relaunched a formal dialogue program, bringing together theologians, scholars and church leaders for sustained engagement on shared concerns including antisemitism, religious freedom and human dignity.

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Police in Pakistan fail to make arrests in violence against Christians

Police in Pakistan have failed to comply with Supreme Court orders to arrest all suspects involved in the August 2023 attacks on multiple churches and Christian homes in Jaranwala, Punjab Province, a church leader said.

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Charges against anti-abortion Christian of breaching ‘buffer zone’ dismissed

A court in Northern Ireland on Wednesday (May 20) threw out a criminal case against a Christian mother who spoke to women about abortion outside a hospital.

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China arrests six Christians on charge of ‘organizing minors’

Authorities in China this month arrested six Christians on charges including “organizing minors to carry out activities disrupting public order” for ordinary church activities, according to religious rights watchdog Bitter Winter.

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Open Doors event draws 9,000 to Karlsruhe for prayer, firsthand accounts of persecution

A North Korean pastor who survived hunger, forced labor and flight from his country told thousands of German Christians that the Kim dynasty is nearing its end — one of several firsthand accounts of persecution that shaped a three-day gathering in southwestern Germany this month.

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Married Muslim in Pakistan said to forcibly convert, marry Christian girl

A married Muslim abducted a 14-year-old girl on May 12, forcibly converted her to Islam and married her, exploiting her medical and mental health vulnerabilities to sexually abuse her, her father and his attorney said.

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