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The “State of Human Rights in 2011,” the annual report of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), a non-governmental organization, examines, among other issues, various problems affecting the women in Pakistan. The report noted the increase in cases of domestic violence against women, honor killings, and atrocities against women at police stations, work places [...]

A Christian couple who were presbyters and teachers in Immanuel Evangelical Church were arrested following an attack on their home by plain clothes security authorities. No information is available on their health condition or their whereabouts since their arrest. Mehrdad Sajadi, an engineer, and his wife Forough Dashtiani who were presbyters and teachers in Immanuel [...]

JAKARTA — Just a few days after Lady Gaga’s concert in Indonesia was canceled after protests by Islamic groups, I flew 1,370 kilometers from Jakarta to Padang, West Sumatra, and drove a further 130 kilometers, a four-hour journey along rough, winding roads, to Sijunjung, to visit an Indonesian atheist jailed for his beliefs. Alex Aan, [...]

Following the bomb attacks which occurred at the Living Faith Church Worldwide (aka Winners’ Chapel) and the Harvest Field Church in Yelwa area of Bauchi State, the state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has confirmed that 21 people were killed, while 45 others sustained varying degrees of injuries during the bomb incident. [...]