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Why Canada Should Take in Snowden-Linked Asylum-Seeker

It’s been 15 years since Ajith Debagama Kankanalamage, fled Sri Lanka after a decade of torture and sexual abuse by the military. He thought he was headed to Canada, but he was abandoned by brokers without his passport or money in Hong Kong, ...

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NGOs Call on North Korean Leader to end Human Rights Abuses

Five days before a much-anticipated summit between the leaders of the United States and North Korea, 52 nongovernmental organizations and coalitions sent a letter to the North’s ruler Kim Jong Un on Thursday, calling on him to undertake reforms to end serious rights abuses in the repressive, autocratic nation. ...

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Bitter Winter Interviews – Professor D.H. Williams

Daniel H. Williams is professor of patristics and historical theology at the Department of Religion of Baylor University in Waco, Texas. The author or editor of six books, he has also been active in teaching in China since 2006. ...

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Top 10 Countries Infamous for RELIGIOUS Persecution

The multiple, controversial attempts to ban immigrants and refugees from Syria has had millions questioning how much the United States of America ...

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Foreign workers abused in Lebanon

A number of videos showing the endemic violent racism against migrant women and workers in Lebanon have shocked the country in recent weeks. ...

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Italian Newspaper Joins the Campaign for Sister Zou

The Italian national conservative newspaper Libero has joined the international campaign in favor of Sister Zou Demei, a regional leader of The Church of Almighty God, a Chinese Christian new religious movement. ...

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Milan: CCP’s Persecution of Christians Is Criticized

On June 11, 2018, at the Town Hall of Rho in Milan, Italy, a film screening event was jointly held by The Church of Almighty God (CAG), Rho Migration Committee (Consiglio Cittadino Migranti di Rho) and Multicultural Oasis Association (Associazione Multiculturale Oasi, AMO), to expose the truth of Chinese Communist Party’s brutal suppression and persecution of Chinese Christians. ...

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Rosita Šorytė: The Persecuted Christians Should Be Granted Refugee Status

On April 9, 2018, a seminar on the topic of “Religious Freedom in the People’s Republic of China” was held in the School of Law at the University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA) in Sydney, where Mr. Michael Quinlan, Dean of Law at this School of Law hosted the seminar. ...

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Christianity in China Today. The Rise of Underground House Churches

A closer look at Christianity in China today and recent news headlines on how Christians in China are embracing the Underground Church movement which is exploding giving rise to the name “House Churches” which is not that different to the church mentioned in the Book of Acts back in the day. ...

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Amnesty Accuses EU of Being Complicit in Torture of Migrants

Meanwhile, Amnesty International is accusing European governments of being complicit in the torture and abuse of refugees and migrants in Libya. The NGO says Europe is not only aware of inhumane detention centers in Libya-but says the continent actively supports Libyan authorities … ...

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