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Drive to Release Rights Attorney in China Pushes Forward

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Confirmation this week of China's assertion in December that human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng is alive and serving out a prison sentence is key as efforts continue for his release, a human rights attorney said.

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Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani Celebrates Birthday With Son

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The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) reported Monday that Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, although imprisoned in Iran, was able to see his son on the young boy's birthday.

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Christians in Syria struggle amid violent clashes

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ICC Note: The National Catholic Reporter interviews Issam Bishara, the Catholic Near East Welfare Association's (CNEWA) regional director for Lebanon, Syria and Egypt, about the current conditions affecting Christians in Syria. By Tom Gallagher 3/29/2012 Syria (National Catholic Reporter) – As the Arab Spring made its way to Syria a little more than a year [...]

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Safe House in Pakistan Provides Victims of Persecution with Shelter and Training

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One of the projects that ICC supports in Pakistan is a safe house for Christian victims of persecution. Often times persecution will force our brothers and sisters out of their homes or jobs. This safe house provides shelter for the Christians and equips them with valuable and profitable skills to know. In the picture on [...]

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Azerbaijan: Baku church may be “liquidated”

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ICC Note: “Judge Tahira Asadova at Baku's Administrative Economic Court No. 1 will hand down her decision on 12 April whether Greater Grace Protestant Church in the Azerbaijani capital is to be liquidated,” Forum 18 News Service reports. By Felix Corley 3/30/2012 Azerbaijan (Forum 18 News Service) – Judge Tahira Asadova at Baku's Administrative Economic [...]

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Arab Spring is winter for Christians in Middle East

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ICC Note: “Christians who have remained under Muslim rule are often exposed to state-sponsored discrimination and worse. In recent years, their plight has reached dramatic proportions,” the Toronto Star reports. By Dow Marmur 4/1/2012 Middle East (Toronto Star) – Though early Christians suffered persecution and many died as martyrs, when Christianity became dominant it was [...]

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Egyptian Christians abandon constitution talks

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Country's liberals, Christians decide to boycott the committee drafting Egypt's new constitution, which they say is dominated by Islamists. ICC Note: “Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church has announced it is withdrawing from talks on a new constitution, saying Islamist domination of the drafting body has made its participation ‘pointless,’” Reuters reports. 4/2/2012 Egypt (Reuters) – Egypt's [...]

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As we begin this Holy Week, this excerpt from Extreme Devotion is a wonderful example of what Christian sacrifice is. “. . . seven, eight, nine—you! Step out!” The Nazi guard yelled at the woman. The commandant had ordered every...

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Overcoming Heresy Among Former Muslims with Todd Nettleton

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Recently, Todd Nettleton visited The Christian Broadcasting Network to discuss the growing problem of heresy within the church. Listen in as he offers important solutions to this ever growing problem. Fear and inexperience can often present struggles for churches when...

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Seven Confirmed Dead at Christian University in California

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It is with tremendous saddness that I share the breaking news that took place in California earlier today. I am not categorizing this as Christian persecution in the way that we normally look at Christian persecution on this blog, but...

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Today I am very happy to share with you that The Voice of the Martyrs is offering a FREE DVD of the new animated JESUS: He Lived Among Us movie for your church. Our goal is to reach 100,000 churches...

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Four Protestants in Turkmenistan were arrested and fined in late February after police discovered Bibles in their possession. Although the judge initially refused to hear the case against the four Christians, citing a lack of evidence, she later changed her...

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