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  Mentally ill Catholic woman jailed on blasphemy charge in Pakistan

  A 60-year-old Catholic woman who has been treated for mental illness was jailed on blasphemy charges this week in Lahore, Pakistan, her son said.

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  Report calls Sargodha, Pakistan attack, ‘calculated, manipulated’

  The May 25 Muslim mob attack that killed a Christian in Sargodha, Pakistan was a “calculated assault, manipulated through religious fervor to gain maximum leverage,” according to a report by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP).

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  Bill to outlaw child marriages advances in Pakistan

  A bill to criminalize child marriages in Punjab Province, Pakistan made significant headway on Wednesday (June 5) when the Standing Committee of the Cabinet on Law approved the legislation.

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  Christian woman in Pakistan jailed on blasphemy charges

  A Christian woman in Pakistan remains in jail on baseless charges of blasphemy after a judge rejected her bail application on Monday (June 3), sources said.

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  Christians in Egypt held without trial for more than two years

  A Christian refugee in Egypt arrested for his faith and imprisoned alongside Islamist criminals has been denied medical care for heart and liver ailments despite complaining of chest pains as recently as April, sources said.

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  Widow of Christian killed for his faith in India flees village

  The young widow of a Christian killed for his faith in India’s Chhattisgarh state is living in fear a month after she fled for her life.

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  Authorities in Russia tell archbishop to demolish church building

  Russian authorities want an elderly archbishop to pay for the demolition of his own church building for “repeated crimes” after he criticized the invasion of Ukraine.

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