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Russia Violates Its Own Laws to Persecute Jehovah’s Witnesses

26 Apr 2018
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Alison Lesley

Russian Government's persecution of Jehovah's witnesses escalated in lead up to one year anniversary of ban. In a continued act of bitter irony, the Russian government is violating laws it created...

China Begins To Ban The Bible

06 Apr 2018
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Corey Barnett

It Signals A Tougher Crackdown On Chinese Christians And Churches Chinese netizens can no longer buy Bibles online. Chinese shopping sites no longer display any results for "holy bible." The restriction...

The Dangerous Work of Spreading Christianity in North Korea

06 Apr 2018
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Corey Barnett

Many have died and countless have been injured in North Korea. Ethnic Korean missionaries based in China's northeastern border with North Korea engage themselves in one of the most dangerous jobs...

Why Are Buddhists Scared About The Dalai Lama’s Health Problems?

23 Mar 2018
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Corey Barnett

The Dalai Lama Recently Canceled all His Foreign Travel The spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama, has canceled all travel for the rest of the year. This has made Buddhists nervous. Representatives...

Chinese Scholar Says Fight The State On Religion

11 Feb 2018
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Nathan Glover

New laws will infringe on religious freedom Ying Fuk-Tsang, director of Divinity School, of The Chinese University of Hong Kong said that since China has introduced tougher religious regulations,...

Mercedes-Benz Apologizes for Promotional Post Quoting Dalai Lama

08 Feb 2018
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Gary Nguyen

The offending material was in the form of an Instagram post The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader is deemed dangerous and reviled by Beijing. Mercedes-Benz deleted the post and issued and apologized...

Witch Hunts in China Used to Attack Women

16 Jan 2018
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Elisa Meyer

New Study Sheds Light on Social Implications of Being Labelled a Witch The concept of witchcraft has existed in divergent cultures for thousands of years. In China, a new study is demonstrating that...

China Strikes Fear in Christians Destroying Another Church

15 Jan 2018
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Corey Barnett

This is the second church demolished in less than a month. in the country that the Communist Party might be attacking their right to hold certain beliefs. The Golden Lampstand, which is a popular...

Chinese President Wants Pictures of Jesus Replaced with His Photo

27 Nov 2017
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Nathan Glover

Action closely tied to poverty-related fund allocation The like crosses from their residences. This order is believed to be a part of the propaganda effort by the government to make the religious...

Imprisoned Chinese Christian Lawyer is Recaptured in Daring Escape

13 Nov 2017
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Corey Barnett

Gao Zhisheng Has Become Symbol Of Chinese Religious Persecution Chinese Christian and human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng is believed to be in police custody in Beijing after he escaped his Shaanxi home...