Communist China: Human Rights Activist / Lawyer Xu Zhiyong in Prison
— Asia News reports: “Well-known lawyer and activist Xu Zhiyong in prison for ‘tax evasion’” — “Xu is said to have failed to pay taxes…
2009
Iraq: Nearly 100 killed in sectarian supremacist attacks to intimidate Shiites
BBC: Blasts bring carnage to Baghdad — AP: Wave of blasts in Iraqi capital kills at least 95 — “More than 300 wounded in attacks…
Iraq: Christian Doctor kidnapped, two killed in northern Iraq
Christian Doctor kidnapped, two killed in northern Iraq
Egypt: Report on Christian Copt Churches Attacked
— WorldMag reports: “Churches attacked and Christians arrested? Egypt’s ancient church faces new levels of persecution” — “As 30-year-old Fulla Asaad and her mother-in-law prepared…
Canadian Pakistani Christians hold awareness rally on persecution in Pakistan
Canadian Pakistani Christians hold awareness rally on persecution in Pakistan — Pakistan Christian Post reports: — “Scarborough: August 19, 2009. (PCP) Despite the Scorching heat…
DC: Egyptian Coptic Christians Protest for Human Rights, Equality, as President Obama Meets Mubarak
On August 18, 2009 in Washington DC, Egyptian Christian Copts and their supporters protested on Pennsylvania Avenue and 17th Street near the White House as…
Coalition of Coptic Organizations Press Release on Need for Peace for Coptic Christians of Egypt
U.S.: Coalition of Coptic Organizations: “A Message to President Obama: Peace in the Middle-East Inseparably Linked to Peace for the Coptic Christians of Egypt”
DC: Egyptian Copt Christian Group Holds Press Conference
Report by The Christian Post by Michelle Vu: “Egyptian President’s Visit Magnifies Christian, Muslim Tension” “WASHINGTON – What started off as a typical press conference…
Afghanistan: Law Allowing Starvation of Shiite Wives Not Giving Sex Takes Affect
— BBC: “Row over Afghan wife-starving law” — “An Afghan bill allowing a husband to starve his wife if she refuses to have sex has…
DC: “Captive Nations 50th Anniversary Commemorated in Washington, DC”
DC: “Captive Nations 50th Anniversary Commemorated in Washington, DC” — “Washington, DC (UNIS) – The yearly commemoration of Captive Nations Week began 50 years ago…