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Asia Bibi: Huge protests in Pakistan over Christian woman released after eight years on death row for blasphemy

By Shehab Khan – Independent Protesters have taken to the streets after a Christian woman who spent eight years on death row in Pakistan on blasphemy charges was [...]

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Asia Bibi: Pakistan acquits Christian woman on death row

By BBC News –  A Pakistani court has overturned the death sentence of a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy, a case that has polarised the nation. Asia Bibi was convicted in 2010 after [...]

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Pakistani Christian gets life for blasphemy despite learning difficulties

By WorldWatch Monitor –  Mentally impaired Yaqoob Bashir Masih was only 20 years old when he was accused of committing blasphemy in June 2015. He has been in prison ever since, and now [...]

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Egypt military court sentences 17 to death over church bombings

By El-Sayed Gamal El-Din & Ayat Al Tawy – Ahram Online –  An Egyptian military court sentenced on Thursday 17 people to death and handed dozens of others hefty jail terms over [...]

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From Egypt: A list of recently reported assaults on Coptic Christians

By Dr. Ashraf Ramelah – Canada Free Press –  On August 22, in the village of Al Zenika located in the Province of Luxor (Upper Egypt), Islamists demanded the stoppage of prayer in the [...]

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Suspected accomplice in Pakistan church bombings acquitted

By World Watch Monitor– A Pakistani court has acquitted a suspected accomplice in two suicide bombings that targeted a church in Peshawar five years ago. Two suicide bombers blew themselves [...]

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Coptic Christians Deprived of Home Worship Hall in Egypt

By Morning Star News –  Nearly a year after declaring that attacks on Christians had hit a level not seen in decades, a Coptic Orthodox bishop in Egypt continues to lament a stream of [...]

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EU told to strengthen mandate of religious freedom envoy

By World Watch Monitor – The European Union needs to develop an overarching religious freedom policy strategy, and strengthening the mandate of the Special Envoy is an important step [...]

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Four Assyrians Elected to Swedish Parliament

By AINA News – Four Assyrians were elected to the Swedish Parliament in the national elections which took place on September 9. They are Robert Hannah from the Liberal Party (Liberalerna), [...]

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Egypt: Unprecedented crackdown on freedom of expression under al-Sisi turns Egypt into open-air prison

By Amnesty International – The crackdown on freedom of expression under Egyptian President Abdelfattah al-Sisi has reached alarming new levels unparalleled in Egypt’s recent history, [...]