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  Parents deported from Sudan reunited with children

  South Sudanese children separated from their parents in deportations from the capital of Sudan, Khartoum, have been reunited with their families in South Sudan, according to media reports.

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  Moves to curb Pakistan’s blasphemy law surface

  A massive crackdown on an Islamist religio-political party and an announcement by Pakistan' law minister suggest authorities have resolved to make procedural changes to controversial blasphemy laws, sources said.

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  Court in Spain acquits priests, journalist of ‘hate speech’ charges

  A court in Spain has acquitted two Catholic priests and a journalist of “hate speech” charges for publicly criticizing Islam, ending an eight-year legal battle.

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  Former WEA head sounds alarm over declining global Christian engagement in defending persecuted believers

  Amid rising concerns over global violations of religious freedom, former World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) Secretary General Bishop Dr. Thomas Schirrmacher has warned that major Christian networks are retreating from advocacy for the persecuted church.

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  Türkiye’s expulsion of foreign Christians challenged in European Court

  The Turkish government faces a legal challenge for banning a U.S. Christian who lived in the country for 34 years.

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  Religious favoritism, discrimination surface in Indonesia

  A job ad by a regional Religious Affairs Office in Indonesia discriminating against non-Muslims has been modified following objections, sources said.

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  Tortured Kyrgyzstan pastor suffers traumatic brain injury

  Amid allegations by U.N. special Rapporteurs of prison personnel torturing a church leader in Kyrgyzstan, the pastor has traumatic brain injuries that have left him cognitively impaired, according to rights group Forum 18.zstan

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