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East Asia China
CSW calls on government to allow Pastor John Cao to leave China
CSW is calling on the Chinese government to permit Pastor John Cao, who holds permanent residency in the United States and who has been...
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Latin America Nicaragua
Protestant pastor denied urgent medical attention in prison
CSW is calling on the Nicaraguan government to ensure that the serious medical needs of imprisoned Protestant pastor Efrén Antonio Vílchez López are met...
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Sub-Saharan Africa Nigeria
Terrorists give ultimatum to indigenous Christians in Kebbi State
CSW has learned of a terrorist attack which took place on 9 September and targeted indigenous Christians from the Ungwan Mato community in Arewa...
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East Asia Burma/Myanmar
Junta seals mosque compound and bans religious gatherings in Mandalay
Myanmar’s military junta has arbitrarily ordered the immediate sealing of temporary prayer halls within the historic Miba Zay Mosque compound in Mandalay, alongside sweeping...
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Latin America Cuba
Pastor Alexis Padrón Lorenzo with his wife Roselin Benítez Cruz following his release.
Pastor released after three months of incommunicado detention
A Protestant pastor was released under precautionary measures after spending over three months in detention in Havana, Cuba on 11 September....
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Latin America Nicaragua
Bishop Carlos Javier Goff Amador
Moravian bishop detained incommunicado
A bishop associated with the Renewed Moravian Evangelical Church (IEMR) has been detained incommunicado in Managua, Nicaragua for almost two weeks....
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Sub-Saharan Africa Sudan
Muslim worshippers destroy mosque in Northern State
Muslim worshippers in the city of Ibri in Sudans Northern State assaulted an imam and desecrated and burned the mosque to the ground following...
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Sub-Saharan Africa Nigeria
Joy Samuel (L) and Yusuf Bawa (R). Mr Bawa's five-year-old son has also died in captivity.
Three more kidnap victims die in captivity in Kaduna State
CSW has learned that three more people abducted from Awon village in the Kachia Local Government Area (LGA) of southern Kaduna State, Nigeria on...
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South Asia Pakistan
Mirza Safdar Mahmood
Ahmadi killed in suspected religiously motivated attack in Punjab Province
A 65-year-old member of the Ahmadi community was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the city of Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab Province, Pakistan on 2...
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Latin America Venezuela
Bishop Dr. Jylman Red Jurado Farfán
Bishop released after more than five years in prison
A human rights activist has confirmed to CSW that Bishop Dr. Jylman Red Jurado Farfán was released from Rodeo III Prison in Miranda State,...
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South Asia India
Arun Pannalal
Christian activist denied bail over unverified social media comment
CSW is concerned at the continued imprisonment of 76-year-old Christian activist Arun Pannalal after a court rejected his bail application on 24 August....
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East Asia Burma/Myanmar
Destruction to the monastery in Swel Le Oh. Credit: Thanlwin Myanmar Media
Airstrike on Buddhist monastery kills 14 civilians
An airstrike by the Myanmar military on a Buddhist monastery in the central Sagaing Region killed at least 14 civilians and wounded 20 others...
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