Archive | February 27, 2012
US Delegation Remembers Raoul Wallenberg, who saved the lives of 100,000 Hungarian Jews

US Delegation Remembers Raoul Wallenberg, who saved the lives of 100,000 Hungarian Jews

A United States Congressional delegation and other officials have gathered in Hungary’s capital Budapest to remember Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who is credited with saving the lives of as many as 100,000 Hungarian Jews during World War II. Friday’s commemoration was part of a series of events marking the Raoul Wallenberg Year to commemorate his [...]

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Laos. officials forced Christians to give up their faith in order to bury a family member

Laos. officials forced Christians to give up their faith in order to bury a family member

LAOS. In Dec. 2011 officials forced Christians in a Lao village to give up their faith in order to bury a family member in the village graveyard, according to advocacy groupHuman Rights Watch for Lao Religious Freedom(HRWLRF). In Huey, Ad-Sapangthong district of Savannakhet Province, where immediate burial is essential in the hot tropical climate, the [...]

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India. violence against christians increasing

India. violence against christians increasing

India is one of the regions closely monitored by human rights groups, due to many cases of religious persecution taking place in its recent history. The biggest act of violence against Christians took place in 2008, in a remote eastern region of India, during an event referred to as the “Orissa massacre,” in which an [...]

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NIGERIA. suicide car bomber detonated explosives at evangelical church. (Update)

NIGERIA. suicide car bomber detonated explosives at evangelical church. (Update)

A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives during a worship service of a large evangelical church in Nigeria’s restive city of Jos early Sunday, February 26, killing himself and a father and child, government and church officials said. Plateau State spokesman Pam Ayuba said others were injured in the Sunday blast, which was believed to [...]

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Syria. Assad’s security forces killed Husam al Murra, a Syrian Christian

Syria. Assad’s security forces killed Husam al Murra, a Syrian Christian

Syrian dictator Bashar Assad’s security forces last week killed Husam al Murra, a Syrian Christian who had joined the Syrian Free Army, which is fighting to topple the regime in Damascus. Assad is angry with the Christians in his country because most of them have refused to support his atrocities against the Syrian people. He [...]

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