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  Palestinian Christian prisoner allowed Bible but denied visit from priest

  Two years after a Palestinian Christian prisoner in the Negev desert requested a Bible and a visit from his priest, Israeli prison officials have agreed to provide Scripture but not the clergy visit, sources said.

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  Trial opens in Egypt for Christian charged with ‘challenging Islam’

  The trial of an Egyptian imprisoned on charges related to his conversion from Islam and his attempt to change his religious designation on identity papers opened on Tuesday (April 21) in Cairo.

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  Children taken from Christian orphanage still in gov’t custody after failed handover

  Seven children seized from a Christian orphanage network in northern Nigeria more than six years ago remain in the custody of Kano State authorities after a meeting convened to finalize their return ended without a handover.

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  'Freedom of religion must be for everybody,' Bishop Mounstephen says, calling it a test for societies

  The global push for freedom of religion or belief has gained visibility since the publication of a landmark 2019 review commissioned by the U.K. government. But worsening conditions for religious minorities and declining political momentum threaten to undermine progress, according to Philip Mounstephen, former Bishop of Truro and author of the influential report.

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  Evangelist killed after gospel event in Kampala, Uganda

  Suspected Muslim extremists posing as moto-taxi drivers on April 9 killed an evangelist in central Uganda shortly after he preached at a gospel event, sources said.

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  Marcham+10 conference opens with renewed urgency to address gender-specific religious persecution

  A decade after a small gathering in 2016 first sought to name and address the distinct ways religious persecution affects women, the Marcham+10 conference began on Friday (April 17), highlighting both progress and persistent challenges in confronting what is now widely termed “gender-specific religious persecution.”

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  Police action lacking in abduction of Christian girl in Pakistan

  Police in Pakistan have declined to recover a 15-year-old Christian girl who was abducted at gunpoint, forcibly converted to Islam and married to the kidnapper, according to her father.

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