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Uncertainty over fate of Afghan refugees in India

Sat, 01/21/2012 - 10:37
An Afghan Christian widow and three of her daughters were denied refugee status by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR in New Delhi for the second time last month and currently face imminent deportation to their home country where they could face imprisonment for apostasy and a potential death sentence

Condemnation after escape of Christmas Day church bombing suspect

Fri, 01/20/2012 - 09:18
The rising violence in Nigeria has reached a critical point as the main Boko Haram suspect in the Christmas day bombings has escaped custody and officials are struggling to protect their citizens from the violent militant group

Nigeria Church bombing suspect on the run

Fri, 01/20/2012 - 09:18
The rising violence in Nigeria has reached a critical point as the main Boko Haram suspect in the Christmas day bombings has escaped custody and officials are struggling to protect their citizens from the violent militant group

Christian Aid calls for end to violence in South Sudan

Thu, 01/19/2012 - 08:35
Christian Aid is providing relief to some of the tens of thousands of civilians displaced by fighting in South Sudan

Christian models campaign to end sale of Cosmopolitan to under18s

Wed, 01/18/2012 - 11:33
Model Nicole Weider has started a movement to stop shops selling Cosmopolitan Magazine to girls under the age of 18

Canon Andrew White Dont take care take risks

Tue, 01/17/2012 - 11:55
Dont take care take risks is the advice that Canon Andrew White has for Christians in Britain

German Christians mark 70th anniversary of Final Solution conference

Tue, 01/17/2012 - 10:25
A delegation of 70 German pastors and ministry leaders are in Jerusalem this week to remember victims of the Holocaust

Israeli clampdown on migrants may put Eritrea refugees at risk

Mon, 01/16/2012 - 18:44
Refugees fleeing brutal regimes in subSaharan Africa face imprisonment if they try and cross into Israel

Israel and Palestine called to show forgiveness and tolerance

Sat, 01/14/2012 - 11:13
A meeting of Catholic bishops and archbishops has concluded with a call to Israel and Palestine to sustain talks towards a lasting peace in the region

Burma prisoner release a sign of progress

Fri, 01/13/2012 - 18:19
The release of 651 prisoners has been hailed by Christians as a positive and significant sign of progress in Burma

Catholic group condemns killing of Amazon tribe girl

Fri, 01/13/2012 - 18:13
Brazilian loggers have reportedly burned to death an eightyearold girl belonging to one of the last remaining tribes in the Amazon to have no contact with the outside world

More Christians killed in Nigeria

Fri, 01/13/2012 - 18:04
Gunmen have shot dead four Christian men in the northern Nigerian state of Yobe

MPs debate religious freedom violations in Iran

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 13:16
MPs highlighted the dire human rights situation for minority faiths in Iran in a debate in the House of Commons yesterday

Situation desperate in Sudanese border region

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 12:55
A church elder has warned of the deteroriating humanitarian situation in Abyei a contested region lying between Sudan and South Sudan

Recovery in sight for Haiti

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 11:41
A level of normality is returning to Haiti two years after a massive earthquake brought the country to its knees

Coptic Christian on trial over Mickey Mouse cartoon

Wed, 01/11/2012 - 17:48
A Coptic Christian who is a billionaire telecommunications mogul is on trial in Egypt over allegations of blasphemy and insulting Islam

Christian Aid assisting after deadly cyclone in India

Wed, 01/11/2012 - 17:13
Christian Aid is responding to communities affected by a deadly cyclone in India

Religious freedom petition to be handed to North Korean embassy

Wed, 01/11/2012 - 10:28
A petition calling for religious freedom is to be presented to the North Korean embassy in London later this month

Burmas Christians in peace talks with government

Wed, 01/11/2012 - 09:33
Christian leaders in Burma are holding peace talks with the countrys central government they hope will end the 60year conflict that has exhausted the nations civilian population

Broke Greeks giving up their children

Tue, 01/10/2012 - 23:34
Some Greeks are so hardpressed by the financial crisis that they are leaving their children