Hopes fade for Nigerian schoolgirls
HOPES THAT A GROUP OF SCHOOL GIRLS kidnapped by militant terror group Boko Haram could be returned to their parents in Nigeria have faded after their home village was over-run…
International News in Brief Dec 2014 – Jan 2015
News from Syria, Laos, Tanzania, CAR, Cameroon, the Philippines, the USA and Australia SYRIAN HOSTAGES FREED BY MILITANTS FOUR CHRISTIAN WOMEN and a church leader kidnapped in early October have…
North Korea releases jailed Americans
THREE AMERICANS serving tough jail sentences in North Korea have all been returned safely home. Jeffrey Fowle, aged 56, had been arrested for leaving a Bible at a sailor’s club…
Egyptian convert not allowed to travel to court
THE FIRST Egyptian citizen to change his legal religious identity from ‘Muslim’ to ‘Christian’ faces losing his prison appeal because he is not allowed to travel to court.
Persecution of Christians not discussed with Algeria
THE UK GOVERNMENT has not raised the issue of the persecution of Christians when discussing human rights with Algeria.
Pastor Saeed’s mum flees death threats
THE MOTHER OF JAILED PASTOR Saeed Abedini is believed to have escaped to America after receiving daily death threats in Iran – where her son is being held and tortured…
IS sells children, age 1-9, for more than teenage girls
THE PRICES OF CHRISTIAN SLAVES captured by Islamic State militants in Iraq have been published.