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- NEWS ALERT: Vietnam Priest Released After Three Years Imprisonment
- Christian rights activists on Wednesday, March 16, welcomed the early release by Vietnam of a prominent Catholic priest from prison after he served just three of an-eight year sentence, but they expressed concerns over his health.
- BREAKING NEWS: Over Dozen Christians Killed In Nigeria
- A group of Muslim herdsmen disguised as soldiers "butchered" and then burned over a dozen Christians Wednesday, March 17, in a small Christian village in central Nigeria, near the location where hundreds were killed last week, witnesses and officials said.
- Prayer Vigil For Murdered American Evangelists
- Christian leaders are preparing a major prayer vigil in Florida "to honor the lives" of two young street preachers who were shot and killed while evangelizing on the streets of the U.S. state's Boynton Beach, organizers said Wednesday, March 17.
- Nigeria Women Protest Against Massacre of Christians
- Thousands of women dressed in black have marched through the streets of the troubled Nigerian city of Jos "to mourn, pray and protest" against the killings of possible hundreds of people, most of them Christians, by suspected Muslim mobs.
- Pakistan Couple, Man, Jailed For Blasphemy
- A Christian couple, were detained Thursday, March 11, as they began serving a 25-year prison term for blasphemy against Islam shortly after another Christian received a similar sentence, the latest in a series of cases that have worried the human rights community.
- BREAKING NEWS: Morocco Deports Christian Aid Workers In Massive Crackdown
- A baby boy was reportedly fighting for his life Saturday, March 13, after Moroccan authorities expelled his Christian foster parents and some 70 other foreign Christian aid workers for allegedly trying to convert local Muslims.
- BREAKING NEWS: World Vision Suspends Pakistan Operations After Militants Kill Staff
- The US-based Christian charity World Vision said Wednesday, March 10, it has suspended operations in Pakistan after militants stormed its offices, killing six staff members and injuring several others.
- Pakistan Christian Dies After Gunmen Storm House
- A young Christian man died of a heart attack after armed Muslim gunmen stormed his house in the outskirts of Lahore, the capital of Pakistan's Punjab province, where Islamic attacks against minority Christians are increasing, two advocacy groups said Wednesday, March 10.
- Iran Detains Christian Couple
- Iranian Christians on Monday, March 1, were searching a Christian couple after they were detained by Iranian security forces for apparently leading an unauthorized house church, Worthy News and its news partner BosNewsLife learned.
- AMERICA WATCH: Arsonists Attack American Church Bus
- Despite tensions, Baptist Christians in the U.S. state of Tennessee prepared for worship Sunday, February 28, as local police continued to investigate an attack on a church bus by young arsonists.
- NEWS ALERT: Tortured Iran Pastor Facing Execution, Christians say
- The detained Assyrian pastor of an evangelical church in Iran has been tortured and told he may be executed for converting Muslims to Christianity and related charges, his wife and Christians with close knowledge about his situation said.
- Pakistan Sentences Christian Man To Life Imprisonment For "Blasphemy"
- A Christian man remained behind bars Saturday, February 27, after a Pakistani court sentenced him to life imprisonment for making "blasphemous" remarks about the Koran and Islam's prophet Mohammad.
