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  Christians in Nigeria live in fear amid kidnappings, killings

  Christians in a village in Nigeria remain traumatized by violence even as a priest held hostage for 61 days was released last month, sources said.

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  Putin using Russian Orthodox Church to repress religion, panel says

  The regime of Vladimir Putin is using the Russian Orthodox Church in efforts to repress other faiths not only in Ukraine and other foreign countries but within Russia’s borders, clergy and rights defenders said.

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  Imprisonment of human rights attorneys in Pakistan condemned

  The imprisonment of prominent Pakistani human rights attorney couple Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha has triggered strong condemnation from the United Nations, international legal bodies and domestic rights groups.

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  Laura Fernández pledges a government that respects religious freedom in Costa Rica

  After her electoral victory Sunday, Feb. 1, with more than 48% of the vote, Costa Rica’s president-elect, Laura Fernández, held her first news conference, outlining how her administration will relate to the country’s religious sector.

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  Pastor, daughter and son-in-law slain in Plateau state, Nigeria

  Fulani herdsmen last month killed a pastor, his daughter and her husband, leaving the couple’s 3-month-old baby with a machete wound, in Plateau state, Nigeria.

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  China exporting repression of religion worldwide, Brownback says

  China is helping totalitarian regimes to repress religion around the world, even as the U.S. administration has cut or stalled programs vital for religious freedom globally, officials told a hearing of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee.

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  Two Christian nurses in Pakistan acquitted of blasphemy

  A court in Pakistan has acquitted two Catholic nurses who have been in hiding for nearly four years after they were charged with blasphemy in 2021, rights advocates said.

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