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Thursday, 16 July 2020 21:37
Sudan Christians beginning to feel welcome
After more than three decades of Islamist rule, Sudan has passed reforms that include allowing non-Muslims to drink alcohol and have abolished the apostasy laws and flogging. From a Christian perspective, reforming the laws of the…
Thursday, 16 July 2020 21:31
Global persecution in the pandemic
Every six minutes a Christian is killed for following Jesus. For millions, the truth is an extremely dangerous thing to believe. 58% of Iraqi and Syrian refugees are Christian. Ongoing wars and continued presence of terrorists…
Thursday, 16 July 2020 21:28
North Korea: Prisoner 42
After fleeing from North Korea to China, Prisoner 42 was captured and sent to a North Korean prison camp, where she spent one year in solitary confinement. Guards shaved her head and stripped her. Each morning…
Thursday, 16 July 2020 21:22
South Korea: investigations on sending Bibles by balloon
What began as an activity restriction in South Korea is turning into an assault on religious freedom. In June, police stopped Voice of the Martyrs Korea from sending Bibles across the border to North Korea. Today,…
Thursday, 16 July 2020 21:18
Armenia-Azerbaijan: deadly border clashes
On 6 July, Azerbaijan’s president said peace talks with Armenia to settle the long-standing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict had stalled. He called talks between the countries' foreign ministers ‘pointless’. The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)…
Thursday, 16 July 2020 21:13
South China Sea dispute
Six Asian countries have competing claims on the South China Sea, but only China has backed its claims with artificial island-building, military bases and naval patrols. The USA has not taken sides in the territorial dispute,…