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Oppression and discrimination against Christians has increased during Covid, says Release International, which has launched an appeal to help Christians suffering during the pandemic. Many Christians have been denied food and relief aid and excluded from support systems during lockdown. They have...

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Christians in India are being targeted for hatred and violence under cover of the Covid-19 lockdown, according to the latest persecution report by the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI). The EFI says lockdown has created a sense of impunity which has ‘aggravated...

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‘Sunita’ (not her real name) was killed because she refused to allow rapists to abuse her child again. They had raped her daughter three times before, she had learnt – and the 26-year-old mother was not going to let it happen again....

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Premier Radio asks Release about new reports that Chinese officials are forcing Christians to remove crosses and pictures of Jesus from their homes. Press reports say Chinese officials have been forcing poor Christians to remove crosses and pictures of Jesus in their...

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Sixteen-year-old Samaru was a promising young pastor who led a tiny church in his village in Odisha. But Hindu militants resented the fact that Samaru’s and two other families had turned to Christ a few years ago. They drove out the church’s...

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Hindu militants and followers of local gods target Christians. Attacks expected to worsen as covid crisis continues. Release partners report that attacks against Christians are continuing to gather momentum in India. In a recent attack a 16-year-old boy was stoned to death...

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Thank you for praying for Middle Eastern prisoner of faith Ezra – featured in our magazine in October 2019 – who was released from jail in April. Our partner tells his amazing story… Middle Eastern believer Ezra, a former soldier, was first...

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Waseem, a Release partner in Pakistan, describes what happened when fellow worker Pastor Akbar was recently detained for six days by police for standing up for persecuted Christians. Pastor Akbar is an evangelical pastor who has worked with me since 2004 as...

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