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Christians in Mauritania fear for their lives after protests
Christians in Mauritania fear for their lives after protests against them A view from a commercial street in Sélibaby,...
Myanmar junta bombs five monasteries on Buddhist new year
Monasteries, often sheltering many of the country’s displaced people, have increasingly come under attack. By RFA Burmese 2025.04.15 An...
Pakistan: Police demolish minarets of Ahmadi worship places
Extremists group Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) had issued an ultimatum to the local administration, demanding the demolition of the...
US Commission on International Religious Freedom Report 2025
USCIRF Releases 2025 Annual Report Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has released...
For Muslims in India, Ramadan is a time of fear
Amid ongoing attacks by Hindu nationalists, the message is clear: stay quiet and invisible, or be punished Muslim devotees gather at Jama...
USCIRF calls for sanctions against India’s spy agency
IAMC lauds USCIRF’s call for sanctions against India’s spy agency & review of arms sales to India Photo: IAMC Washington, D.C. (March 25,...
Conflict and Persecution in Nigeria
The Case for a CPC Designation By Nina Shea March 12, 2025 The Hudson Institute (Screenshot via YouTube) Nina Shea testifies before the...
Syria Genocide Emergency March 2025
Syrian Democratic Forces, the Kurdish militia that defeated ISIS in northeast Syria, 2017 Credit...Ivor Prickett for The New York Times...
Country Report: Pakistan-administered Kashmir 2025
Pakistan-administered Kashmir: Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir ...credit Organiser Since the 1947 partition of British India,...
Country Report: Laos March 2025
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos), a communist state in Southeast Asia, has been under one-party rule since 1975, following a...
70 Christians murdered by ISIS affiliate in Eastern DRC
70 Christians murdered in DRC Open Doors International 24 February 2025 Village in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Credit:...
Hindu Extremists Threaten Genocide Against Christians
Sign at demonstration protesting Hindutva persecution of Christians. credit Maktoob Media Genocide Warning: Hindu Extremists Call for...
Myanmar Junta Releases 936 Rohingya prisoners
There are fears those being released could be pressed into joining junta forces in Rakhine state. RFA Burmese 2025.02.17 A guard stands...
Argentina Issues Warrants in Rohingya Genocide Case
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab Contributor Dr Ewelina U Ochab is a Forbes contributor, lawyer, and author. Feb 14, 2025,06:05pm EST A Rohingya...
HRW to Indonesia's President: End abuses in West Papua
By Caleb Fotheringham 4 February 2025 President Prabowo Subianto greets people as he rides in a car after his inauguration in Jakarta,...
Vietnam wants Christian leader extradited from Thailand
The Montagnard activist, convicted of terrorism in absentia, was arrested in Thailand at Vietnam’s request. By RFA Vietnamese 10 January...
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