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  Convention highlights dramatic increase in anti-Christian violence in India

  Church leaders, rights advocates and others at the National Christian Convention near India’s parliament building in New Delhi on Nov. 29 presented data showing attacks against Christians have increased dramatically since 2014.

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  Stoning of church building in Indonesia leads to melee

  An attack by young Islamists on a church building in Indonesia led to a melee that threatened to involve Christian militias in defense, sources said.

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  Pakistan’s parliament passes law to establish long-delayed commission on minority rights, reactions mixed

  Pakistan’s parliament has approved long-delayed legislation to establish a National Commission for Minorities Rights, a move welcomed as a step toward protecting non-Muslim communities, including Christians, but criticized by rights advocates for stripping the body of key investigative and enforcement powers.

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  Sudan detains Christian physician for his faith

  A medical doctor in Sudan was jailed from Sunday to Wednesday evening (Dec. 10) after officials learned he was a Christian, sources said.

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  ‘Tolerance is crucial for peace,’ global evangelical leader tells Uzbekistan interfaith conference

  A global evangelical leader underscored the urgency of religious tolerance and interfaith dialogue during a major international conference in Uzbekistan on Nov. 15, urging deeper commitments to peaceful coexistence amid rising conflict and violations of religious freedom around the world.

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  Religious expression defense removed from Canadian hate crime bill

  A Canadian House of Commons committee on Tuesday (Dec. 9) removed a “religious belief defense” from a hate crime bill, a move a Christian body had warned against as detrimental to legal protections for religious expression by Christians and others.

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  Landmark rulings in Pakistan aid Christian workers

  In two landmark rulings, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday (Dec. 9) banned employers from seeking only Christians for sanitation jobs and called for safety measures for sewage cleaners, most of whom are Christian.

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