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Nepal Bill Criminalizes Religious Conversion
Posted on Tuesday, August 22, 2017
The Nepali parliament passed a Bill on 8 August criminalizing religious conversion and the ‘hurting of religious sentiment’. It is expected to become law once the approval of the president has been given.
Underground Churches in North Korea Growing
Posted on Monday, August 21, 2017
Christianity is spreading in North Korea as more North Koreans are rejecting the regime of Kim Jung-un and searching for faith a defector told The Telegraph.
Christian Persecution in India Hits Record High in First Half of 2017
Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2017
As reported earlier this year, the first quarter of 2017 saw 248 persecution incidents wherein Christians were harassed, threatened or attacked for their faith in India. More recent records indicate the number of incidents in first six months…
North Korea releases pastor amid nuclear ICBM threats
Posted on Thursday, August 10, 2017
Hyeun-soo Lim, the Korean Canadian church leader sentenced to life in prison with hard labour, has been freed today (9 August) 'on sick bail', says a North Korean state news agency. Convicted in December 2015 by the country’s…
Sudan demolishes another church, but MPs block school on Sundays
Posted on Sunday, August 6, 2017
The Sudanese government demolished another church on Wednesday (2 August), the day after Members of the Khartoum state parliament rejected an order by the Minister of Education for all Christian schools in the capital to open on a…

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