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Egypt: Kidnapping of Christians seen rising

06 Dec 2013
Egypt's Coptic minority has become increasingly concerned by the growing number of Christians who have been kidnapped, across the country say Christian activists. More than 30 Christians were reportedly abducted in the southern province of Minya…

Zimbabwe: 100 die from hunger in Zimbabwe's prisons

06 Dec 2013
MDC-T legislator Jessie Majome has called on the government to take concrete and urgent steps to avert a "brewing humanitarian crisis" in the country's prisons. Majome made the call on Tuesday after justice ministry and prison…

Pakistan: Refugees from blasphemy laws

03 Dec 2013
Pakistan's notorious blasphemy laws have led to a mass migration of Christians out of Pakistan's Punjab province after mobs attacked their lives and property in Gojra, Korian and Bahimnwali villages. Nazir Bhatti, the president of the…

Egypt: Terrorisation of Egyptian Christians Intensifies

03 Dec 2013
There is a perception that Christians can be attacked with impunity. ‘If you hurt a Christian no one is going to do anything to you. No one is ever brought to justice in sectarian violence against…