Spare our Children’s Children: Ending the Cycle of Racial Trauma
Tragically, for most non-white Americans, trauma and its consequences are part of everyday life and the triggers come thick and fast.
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Nigerian kidnapping: ‘Nigerians are waiting for the Government to act’
Nigeria and its international partners urgently need to act to “ensure the safety of its citizens.” The remark from an Open Doors spokesperson, follows another mass kidnapping of schoolchildren in Niger State yesterday.
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Christian girl abducted by Boko Haram marks 3 years in captivity
Today marks three years under the brutal captivity of Boko Haram for the suffering Leah Sharibu, whose fates sheds light on the deteriorating political situation in Nigeria.
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Detained Iranian Christians pay up almost £1m in bail fees in 2020
Iranian Christians paid almost £1m in bail fees over the last year according to a new report co-authored by Open Doors.
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Chinese New Year – More Persecution in Prospect –
The Chinese New Year on February 12 looks set to herald another year of crackdown against Christians and religious minorities in the country, warns UK-based Release International, which supports persecuted Christians around the world.
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Step Back premier a poignant lesson to youths amidst spate of stabbings
This weekend as a spate of attacks raged across parts of South London, leaving one person dead and at least 10 injured, Leo Powell premiered his short film Step Back, a drama about youth violence which has been endorsed by the Metropolitan Police.
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Jerusalem church attack “reflects the extent of the Israeli extremists hatred’
His Beatitude Theophilos III, the 141st Patriarch of Jerusalem, has described another attack on a Jerusalem church as a “terrorist act that reflects the extent of the Israeli extremists’ hatred for the Christian religion.”
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Like slavery, ‘Britain can’t turn a blind eye to genocide’
With the Commons about to vote on the ‘Genocide Amendment’ to the Government’s Trade Bill (set to be tabled Tuesday
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At least one abducted Chibok girl free from Boko Haram captivity
At least one of the schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram seven years ago from the town of Chibok – in northeast Nigeria – has escaped captivity, according to Christian persecution watchdog Open Doors UK and Ireland.
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Military coup is terrible news for Myanmar’s 4.4m “forgotten” Christians
Today’s military coup in Myanmar is distressing news for the nation’s 4.4 million Christians, according to a spokesperson for Christian persecution watchdog Open Doors.
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Mass killings in the Democratic Republic of Congo a ‘neglected tragedy’
The mass killings of civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a “neglected tragedy”, according to an analyst from Christian persecution watchdog Open Doors.
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CSI joins appeal to President Biden to end punishment of Syria’s civilians
Christian Solidarity International has joined over 90 senior leadership figures worldwide calling on U.S.
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The Countries Where It’s Most Dangerous to Be a Christian in 2021
Around the world, more than 340 million Christians—one of every eight believers—experience high levels of persecution, just for following Jesus.
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World Watch List 2021 Persecution of Christians exacerbated by Covid-19
The persecution of Christians around the world has grown, both numerically and in its intensity, in spite of the Covid-19
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Christians in Pakistan need your prayer this Christmas
Christians in Pakistan have been falsely accused of blasphemy and imprisoned. Girls have been raped, forced into marriage and forced
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