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  Chinese underground church pastor Ezra Jin freed, arrives in US weeks after Trump raised case with Xi

  Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri, leader of one of China's largest underground churches, has been released from detention and reunited with his family in the United States, less than two months after U.S. President Donald Trump personally raised his case with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, his family and rights advocates said Saturday, according to The Associated Press.

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  Muslims protest presence of church in Indonesia

  Islamists in June demonstrated against the presence of a church in one city in West Java Province, Indonesia and prevented a funeral Mass in another, local sources reported.

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  UK ministry Release International renamed Voice of Persecuted Christians

  Release International, a British Christian ministry that assists believers facing persecution in about 30 countries, has adopted a new name: Voice of Persecuted Christians.

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  Pastor in India faces false charge, burned church building

  The wife of a pastor falsely named in a criminal case in India this week sought the arrest of a Sikh man suspected of setting their church building and residence ablaze on June 14, sources said.

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  WEA joins Korean church bodies opposing civil code bill over religious freedom concerns

  The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) has recently issued a strong statement opposing the Civil Code amendment bill currently pending in the Korean National Assembly, following statements by the Christian Council of Korea (CCK) on Feb. 3 and the Communion of Churches in Korea (CCIK) on Feb. 5. The WEA expressed concern that the amendment could excessively expand administrative authority over religious organizations, and that it could conflict with the freedom of religion guaranteed by the Korean

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  Gunmen abduct dozens of students during school exams in northeast Nigeria

  Gunmen who stormed a secondary school in northeastern Nigeria have abducted at least 36 students, raising fresh fears over the safety of children in a region that has endured years of attacks by Islamist extremist groups.

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  Two Christians slain, seven kidnapped in Kaduna state, Nigeria

  Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Thursday (June 25) raided two Christian villages in the same area of Kaduna state, Nigeria, killing two Christians, kidnapping seven others and injuring dozens of others, residents said.

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