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New report claims 620 Christians killed since start of year A new report from Nigeria claims the latest attacks by Fulani militants have killed 620 Christians in the first five months of 2020. A recent attack on a Baptist village killed 17,...

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TV and radio join call to pray for the persecuted during lockdown ‘Lockdown gives us the opportunity to take our identification with the persecuted church to the next level.’ – Release CEO, Paul Robinson There has been widespread interest in the media...

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Christians in lockdown across the UK are being invited to stand in solidarity with the persecuted church around the world this Sunday (May 24), in an event called All Out for God. Release International has long been calling on UK believers to...

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Fulani militants have continued their killing spree in north and central Nigeria with a brutal attack on a Baptist village in Kaduna on Tuesday night. Release partners say 17 people died in a midnight raid on Gonan Rogo village, near Makyali –...

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Hindu extremists are increasingly using the law to attack Christian pastors, reports Release’s Kenneth Harrod. Over the past two decades a growing nationalist movement in India has been behind attacks on  Christians, on pastors in particular, and on church buildings. Release staffha...

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Release’s Jack Norman heard on a recent visit to Egypt how Christians continue to suffer in a culture of oppression. Life for Christians in Egypt has been marked for 2,000 years by persecution. Most recently, for example, suicide bombers attacked St Peter...

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Please sign our petition calling on the Malaysian government to freePastor Raymond Koh abducted three years ago. Release is pressing Malaysia to set free a Christian pastor who was abducted in a military-style operation in February 2017– and who hasn’t been seen...

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The Chinese authorities appear to have stepped up their persecution of Christians – in unofficial and official churches alike. Authorities have banned all online services and officials have also accelerated their programme to remove and demolish crosses from church buildings, according to...

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