Nigerian Singer Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy Charges
22-year-old Nigerian singer Yahaya Sharif-Aminu was sentenced to death by hanging for blasphemy charges, as handed down by a Kano State Sharia court in August 2020.
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Letter to the UN Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect- Growing Crisis for Nigerian Christians
We would like to raise to the OfficeOffice’s attention the situation of Christians in Northern Nigeria.
“Atmosphere of Anarchy and Despair”: Recent Attacks in Kaduna State, Nigeria Leave At Least 23 Nigerian Christians Dead and Many More Wounded
Throughout one week in mid-May 2020, numerous Adara communities of southern Kaduna State, Nigeria, were relentlessly attacked by suspected Fulani militants, leading to the gruesome and untimely deaths of at least 23 Nigerian Christians and injuries of tens of others who sustained brutal injuries from guns and machetes. Gonan Rogo village was the first to …
New Attacks in Northern Nigeria Leave Over 100 Dead
June has been a dangerous month for many Nigerian citizens in the northeast of the nation, although it can be argued that no month goes by without terrorist attacks that leave dozens dead and many more severely injured.
Letter to State Department Calling on Action for Mubarak Bala
The Hon. Mike Pompeo Secretary of State The State Department 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 May 15th, 2020 Dear Mr. Secretary, We are Christian faith-based NGOs working on religious freedom violations around the world. As you are aware, Nigeria has significant challenges to religious freedom. Many of our organizations are engaged on the case of Leah Sharibu, …
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Former Egyptian Christian Now a Dedicated Muslim?
Coptic Solidarity recently released shocking news that 39-year-old Ranya Abd al-Masih, an Egyptian Coptic Christian schoolteacher, wife, and mother, was seen in a video just a few days after her disappearance on April 22. In this video, her entire demeanor had shifted; crying, she claimed that herself and her entire family have converted to Islam …
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Ann Buwalda to Testify Before the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations.
OPEN HEARING TESTIMONY Tuesday, February 26, 2019 Room 2200 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Executive Director of Jubilee Campaign USA, Ann Buwalda has been officially invited to testify at an open hearing entitled “A Global Crisis: Refugees, Migrant and Asylum Seekers.” The testimony will be rendered before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global …