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By SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) About 300 refugees from a Christian minority community from Myanmar held a demonstration in India's capital on Wednesday against last month’s military takeover in their country and demanded the immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi and other Myanmar leaders. They chanted “Restore democracy in Burma” and "Shame on you … [Read more...] about Myanmar’s Christian Refugees Hold Anti-Coup Protest in India

(CBN News) Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls abducted last week from a boarding school in the northwestern Zamfara state have been released, the state’s governor said Tuesday. Zamfara state governor Bello Matawalle announced that 279 girls have been freed. The government last week said 317 had been kidnapped. Gunmen abducted the girls from the Government Girls Junior … [Read more...] about Nigerian Governor Says 279 Kidnapped Schoolgirls are Freed

(Morning Star News) Local officials and other tribal animists in a village in eastern India locked council doors, tied up pastor Lakshman Oraon and beat him for more than an hour, but he kept praising God, he said. “I did not shout or cry before them,” Pastor Oraon told Morning Star News. “I was praying, praising the Lord, remembering His sacrifice for me on the … [Read more...] about Pastor in India Beaten for Refusing To Help Pay for Tribal Rituals

(CBS News) Police in Sri Lanka said Monday they have arrested two people in connection with the death of a 9-year-old girl who was repeatedly beaten during a ritual they believed would drive away an evil spirit. The two suspects - the woman performing the exorcism and the girl's mother - were to appear in court Monday to hear charges over the girl's death, which occurred over … [Read more...] about 9-Year-Old Girl Dies After Being Caned During “Exorcism” in Sri Lanka

By BABAR DOGAR Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) A Pakistani court on Monday granted bail to a Christian man convicted in 2018 while still a teenager of insulting Islam by posting a picture of Islam's holiest site on social media, a defense lawyer said. The court order in the eastern city of Lahore came more than four years after Nabeel Masih was arrested. He was … [Read more...] about Pakistani Court Grants Bail To Christian in Blasphemy Case