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SYRIA: Bishop – Western sanctions are counter-productive
Western sanctions against the Syrian government have plunged the country’s people into abject poverty but have left…
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MALI: Renewed call for Sister’s release after 4 years’ captivity
Four years after a religious Sister in Mali was seized by Islamist extremists linked to Al Qaeda,…
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BURMA: Please, no more bloodshed
As a dramatic military coup plunges Burma (Myanmar) into chaos – with troops patrolling the streets and…
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PAKISTAN/UK: PM’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief receives Pakistan girl’s asylum petition
Fiona Bruce MP, the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief, has received a…
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SYRIA: Please don’t forget us
Coronavirus is causing the West to forget the people of Syria who are still in desperate need…
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NIGERIA: Government apathy is stoking kidnappings ‘disease’
The Nigerian government lacks the will to tackle an epidemic of kidnappings gripping the country – according…
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ETHIOPIA: Surge in violence leads to up to 1,000 deaths
Up to 1,000 people – including priests and other church leaders – have been killed in a…
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PAKISTAN: Girl of 12’s life as chained slave
The father of a 12-year-old Christian girl – kidnapped, raped, shackled hand and foot, and forced to…
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NIGERIA: Catholic priest murdered
Armed bandits in Nigeria have kidnapped and killed a priest returning from Mass in the latest act…
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DR CONGO: Bishop’s plea for an end to the slaughter
Politicians must act now to stop a cycle of massacres in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)…
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IRAQ: ‘Pope’s visit will help us to stay’
IRAQ’S Christians have said that Pope Francis’ planned visit there gives them hope that they do have…