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  Report documents horrific assaults on Christians in Manipur

  Anugrah Kumar | Sat 29 Jul 2023 8:17 BST

  Days after a viral video showed Christian women being paraded naked and groped before one of them was gang-raped in public, drawing the world's attention to the ongoing violence in northeast India's Manipur state, a tribal organization has published a report listing several other physical and sexual attacks perpetrated against women.

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  Niger coup puts country at greater risk of attacks by extremists, says Open Doors

  Staff writer | Fri 28 Jul 2023 9:59 BST

  The coup in Niger has left the country more vulnerable to attacks from Islamist extremists, Open Doors has warned.

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  Ukraine bishop's desperate struggle to help thousands fleeing war zone

  Raymond Powell | Thu 27 Jul 2023 14:51 BST

  A bishop in western Ukraine says he is struggling to help the hundreds of thousands of people who have fled to his part of the country since the start of the Russian invasion.

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  Christians in Nigeria hold prayer vigil after intense violence

  Rebecca Marlow | Thu 27 Jul 2023 9:43 BST

  Prayer vigils are being held across central Nigeria after a wave of attacks that has left hundreds dead and tens of thousands displaced.

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  Christian charged with blasphemy under Pakistan's terrorism law

  Morning Star News | Tue 25 Jul 2023 12:09 BST

  Move is 'illegal and illogical,' attorney says.

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  Church delegation visits Manipur with calls for peace

  Shireen Bhatia | Tue 25 Jul 2023 8:53 BST

  The delegation expressed their sorrow and noted that these formerly thriving areas now "looked deserted and seemed like they will not be inhabited in the near future given the mutual mistrust and fear that continues to prevail."

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  A viral video of Christian women being paraded naked sears the Indian conscience

  Joseph D'Souza | Mon 24 Jul 2023 15:11 BST

  If hate speech and bigotry continue to rule the day, as we've witnessed in Manipur, India will descend further into chaos for women nationwide.

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  Iranian state security cracks down on Christian converts

  David Goodwin | Mon 24 Jul 2023 12:17 BST

  A wave of raids by Iranian state security forces has seen over fifty Christian converts arrested, with local advocacy groups saying that the number might be as high as seventy.

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  Blasphemy claims fan aggression towards Pakistani Christians

  David Goodwin | Mon 24 Jul 2023 11:45 BST

  Pakistan's Christian community has been left fearing for their safety after three claims of blasphemy within a month saw crowds of Muslim protesters gathering to call for "severe punishments" for blasphemers.

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  Six Christians killed in Nigeria's Benue state

  Morning Star News | Sat 22 Jul 2023 9:39 BST

  Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on Sunday July 16 killed six Christians in Benue state, Nigeria, the latest of 37 Christians slain the past three weeks in the state, sources said.

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  China seeking to export Communist-style Christianity around the globe, warns religious freedom charity

  Neville Hiatt | Fri 21 Jul 2023 8:31 BST

  Church leaders were told to "change the face of world Christianity", according to Release International.

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  Iraqi president revokes decree recognising cardinal as leader of Chaldean Catholic Church

  Staff writer | Thu 20 Jul 2023 15:44 BST

  Cardinal Louis Raphael I Sako said he had been the victim of a "deliberate and humiliating campaign".