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Christian couple in India convicted of ‘forced conversion’ wins bail

A Christian couple in India convicted of forcible conversion despite lack of evidence and sentenced to five years in prison has won bail while they appeal, sources said.

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UK and Christian leaders fear ‘Islamaphobia’ board could lead to blasphemy law

Humanitarian Lord David Alton of Liverpool criticized a move to create an “Islamaphobia board” as a potential ploy leading to laws against blaspheming Islam in the United Kingdom.

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Christian in Pakistan beaten, shaved and paraded through village

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Imprisoned Ukrainian priest transferred to labor camp in Russia

An imprisoned Ukrainian Orthodox Church priest has been sent 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) from his parish in Russian-occupied Ukraine to a hard labor camp in Russia to serve his 14-year sentence on false espionage charges, according to rights group Forum 18.

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Kidnapped girl in Pakistan who escaped is abducted again

A Muslim in Pakistan who kidnapped and forcibly converted a Christian girl who later escaped has abducted her again, her father said.

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Christian stabbed in attack on evangelists in Uganda

Hardline Muslims in eastern Uganda on Feb. 15 beat and stabbed an evangelist after he and his team led a Muslim widow to Christ during open-air gospel preaching, sources said.

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National TV show dares to portray ‘blasphemy’ violence in Pakistan

Church leaders and others in Pakistan lauded the producers and cast of a TV drama for risking their lives to broadcast an unprecedented, national media portrayal of the violent injustice resulting from blasphemy laws.

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Christian in Pakistan jailed for 17 months wins bail

An 18-year-old Christian in Pakistan imprisoned for more than 17 months on blasphemy charges was expected to be released on bail next week, his lawyer said.

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70 Christians beheaded in DRC church attack: 'Grim tapestry of violence'

Seventy Christians were discovered beheaded inside a Protestant church in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu Province, according to reports, which say the victims had been kidnapped by suspected Allied Democratic Forces terrorists.

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Christian migrants among deportees from the U.S. to Islamist countries

Christian converts from Islam are among migrants from countries hostile to Christianity who have been deported from the United States – initially to Panama, where they are isolated before possible deportation to their home countries, according to The New York Times.

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