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In wake of government crackdown, Egypt lobbies for support ahead of major UN human rights review

By Mada Masr – Egypt is “fully prepared” to face all the accusations it expects will be brought against it at the Universal Periodic Review session scheduled to be held at the United [...]

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Persecution of Christians in Algeria Continues Unbroken

By Uzay Bulut – Gatestone Institute – “[A] 2006 law states that any non-Muslim worship be conducted in specific, designated buildings. But since this law came into effect, no [...]

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USCIRF Supports Sanctions on Iranian Official Responsible for Baha’i Persecution

By USCIRF – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) welcomes today’s announcement that the United States Treasury has sanctioned Mohammad Mohammadi Golpayegani for [...]

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Thousands of Christians Face Exile or Extinction in Syria

By Chris Mitchell – CBN (via AINA) – Turkish-led jihadist troops advancing on a Syrian Christian town could begin an ethnic cleansing campaign in the next few hours, attorney and [...]

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Nemat Shafik is current government’s choice to head Bank of England

By BBC – The Bank of England may see its first female governor in over 300 years if the current government remains in power after the general election in December. The BBC understands that [...]

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House Passes Resolution Commemorating Armenian Genocide

By Wall Street Journal – Measure, opposed by Turkey, draws large bipartisan majority. The House voted overwhelmingly to commemorate the 1915 Armenian genocide in a rebuke to North Atlantic [...]

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U.S. House of Representatives Passes Resolution Recognizing Armenian, Assyrian, Greek Genocide

By AINA – In a landmark vote, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Resolution 296, which recognizes the genocide of Armenians, Assyrians and Greeks by the Ottoman Empire during World [...]

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NGO Letter in Support of Reauthorizing USCIRF

By International Religious Freedom Rountable – The Honorable James Risch Chairman Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate 483 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. [...]

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European Parliament adopts resolution condemning government crackdown in Egypt, calls for serious revision of EU aid

By Mada Masr – The European Parliament adopted a strongly worded resolution on Thursday that condemns the recent government crackdown and wave of arrests in Egypt and calls on European [...]

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EU parliament says Egypt must stop violent crackdown on protesters

By Europarl.europa – On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted a resolution taking stock of the human rights situation in Egypt. The European Parliament strongly condemns the latest [...]