Archive | December 5, 2012
Pakistan. Christian girl Asiya Masih forcibly converted to Islam, raped and tortured for 11 days.

Pakistan. Christian girl Asiya Masih forcibly converted to Islam, raped and tortured for 11 days.

A young Christian girl named, Asiya Masih, daughter of Francis Yaqoob, aged 14 years, was a resident of Chak no.198 EB, District Vihari. Francis Masih worked as a laborer in the fields of the landlords. Due to the poverty, Asiya Masih also helped her parents in the fields to earn some more money for the [...]

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Iran imprisoned Mohammad Ali Dadkhah for defending people like Pastor Youcef.

Iran imprisoned Mohammad Ali Dadkhah for defending people like Pastor Youcef.

Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani was released after an immense international push for his freedom. For more than a year, hundreds of thousands signed petitions demanding his freedom, attorneys worked daily with U.S. and international leaders to increase international pressure on Iran for his release, and the ACLJ’s Tweet for Youcef campaign reached millions daily with updates about [...]

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Maldives. Bangladeshi Christian in jail for bringing in Christian literature.

Maldives. Bangladeshi Christian in jail for bringing in Christian literature.

Authorities in the Maldives held a Bangladeshi Christian in jail for 23 days before deporting him for bringing Christian literature into the South Asian archipelago that claims to be 100 percent Muslim. According to a story by Morning Star News, customs officials found Jathish Biswas, 46, with 11 books on Christianity in the Dhivehi language, [...]

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