This Thursday, 30 June 2021, the United States Department of State released the new 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP Report) which, in addition to providing brief yet comprehensive country profiles for each nation with regards to their trafficking mitigation progress and setbacks, also discusses issues such as trafficking within and among families, the compounded …
When the Freedom to Believe is a Crime WASHINGTON DC| 21 July 2021 Survivors who escaped torture and death sentences for their religious beliefs are calling for the end of “apostasy” laws. Over 20 countries criminalize ‘apostasy’ – leaving a state religion – and over 10 countries carry the death penalty. Mariam Ibrahim was imprisoned, …
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In July 2021, the Religious Liberty Commission of the Evangelical Fellowship of India released its Half Yearly Report in which it outlined the various forms of persecution that have taken place against the nation’s Christian minority within the past six months. In total, 145 individual cases were recorded; like in previous years, the states of …
Name: Stan Swamy (formally: Stanislaus Lourduswamy) Country/Area of Origin: India Background: Father Stan Swamy was a renowned Jesuit priest and respected activist for human rights for marginalized the Adivsasi tribal community Reason for Arrest: On 8 October 2020, then 83-year-old Father Swamy was arrested and charged with being a member of a former organization that …
In early June 2021, 21 members – including 15 women – of the Christian new religious movement Bloody Holy Spirit were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment for their involvement in a xie jiao. The Chinese government defines xie jiao as “evil cults” that promote “superstition” and “heterodox teachings”, though numerous scholars and human rights …
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Jubilee Campaign has already released numerous news articles regarding the Algerian government’s abrupt and forced closure of protestant churches across the nation. Most recently, earlier in June we reported on the closure of three churches in a single day and in a single area. In fact, Jubilee Campaign has publicized our 12-page Rejoinder from Jubilee …
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