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  • Christians in India spend Christmas in jail
    by Morning Star News Staff, posted Friday, January 03, 2020 (4 years ago)

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    NEW DELHI (BP) -- Christians arrested in central India after Hindu nationalist, tribal villagers disrupted their worship service spent Christmas in jail before they were released on bail after 11 days -- accused of illegally practicing medicine.

    Pastor Mukam Kiraad, 35, along with two members of his church, 40-year-old Lalsingh Tomar and 38-year-old Nanliya Rawat, were shocked to learn that they were charged under a Madhya Pradesh state law prohibiting unregistered medical practice, punishable by up to three years in prison. Read More

  • Crackdown on Christianity escalates in China
    by Staff/Morning Star News, posted Thursday, December 19, 2019 (4 years ago)

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    BEIJING (BP) -- As more government officials in China are empowered to close churches and a "social credit" system threatens to block Christians from schools, bank loans and jobs, authorities have taken harsh measures against more churches, sources said.

    In Beijing, Early Rain Covenant Church elder Qin Defu was sentenced to four years in prison Nov. 29, according to advocacy group China Aid Association (CAA). Qin was charged with illegal business operations as a result of the church's using 20,000 Christian books, according to CAA. Read More

  • Extremist group executes non-ethnic Muslims in Kenya
    by Staff/Morning Star News, posted Tuesday, December 10, 2019 (4 years ago)

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    NAIROBI (BP) -- Suspected members of Somali Islamic extremist group Al Shabaab intercepted a bus in northern Kenya Friday Dec. 6, separated out those who were not local ethnic Somali Muslims and executed them, sources said.

    The Medina Bus Co. vehicle in route from Nairobi to Mandera had 56 people aboard when it was intercepted at 5:30 p.m. between Kutulu and Wargadud in Wajir County, where the population is largely ethnic Somali Kenyans, sources said. Read More

  • ChinaAid to launch petition for imprisoned pastor
    by Morgan Collier, posted Wednesday, August 01, 2018 (6 years ago)

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    WASHINGTON (BP) -- The human rights organization ChinaAid is initiating a petition drive to free John Cao, a Chinese pastor who has been imprisoned since March 2017.

    According to ChinaAid, Cao was "unjustly framed" -- sentenced to seven years in prison and fined $3,000 -- for "organizing illegal border crossing" in a ministry that has helped build 16 schools serving 2,000 students among the impoverished Wa people group in neighboring Myanmar (Burma).

    Because Cao had often taken the same route into Myanmar, ChinaAid said it believes Chinese authorities targeted him "because of his religious beliefs." Read More

  • Abedini's 'dark day' sparks more calls for release
    by Staff, posted Tuesday, March 10, 2015 (9 years ago)

    WASHINGTON (BP) -- After imprisoned American pastor Saeed Abedini witnessed fellow prisoners being beaten and taken to their executions in Iran's Rajai Shahr prison last week, the American Center for Law and Justice called the U.S. not to make any nuclear deal with Iran until it releases Abedini. Read More

  • Obama admin. renews call for Abedini's release
    by Staff, posted Monday, February 02, 2015 (9 years ago)

    WASHINGTON (BP) -- The Obama administration has renewed its call for the release of imprisoned pastor Saeed Abedini. Meanwhile, the pastor has sent a letter thanking the president for visiting his family in Idaho, the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) reported.

    "We again call on Iran to release Mr. Abedini so that he may be reunited with his family," the ACLJ quoted National Security Council spokesperson Bernadette Meehan. Read More

  • 'My heart continues to ache,' Bae says
    by Staff, posted Monday, November 10, 2014 (9 years ago)

    TACOMA, Wash. (BP) -- Stepping onto American soil Nov. 8 for the first time in two years, Korean American missionary Kenneth Bae thanked supporters for their prayers during his two years' of imprisonment in North Korea because of his faith in Jesus. Read More

  • 'I'd rather die,' Chibok schoolgirl says
    by Diana Chandler, posted Monday, September 22, 2014 (10 years ago)

    WASHINGTON (BP) -- Saa* sat with other schoolgirls piled on the back of the large truck as it made its way past a Nigerian village in the dark of night. Read More