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Annual Report on Religious Freedom Released

31 May 2018
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Nathan Glover

U.S. ally Saudi Arabia is included in the persecuted countries list. . Brownback said that “we’re all people with beautiful and undeniable human dignity. Our lives are sacred. Our right...

Jewish Leaders Oppose Gina Haspel, President Trump’s CIA Nominee

09 May 2018
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Elisa Meyer

Gina Haspel has served the CIA for more than 33 years. Gina Haspel, President Donald J. Trump's nominee to the CIA directorship, has no dearth of supporters. They have tried to show her in a good...

New Head of C.I.A. Tortured Muslims and Destroyed Files

16 Mar 2018
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Derek Welch

President Donald Trump's nomination for director of C.I.A. is linked with a dark history Tuesday was a busy day for President Trump's national security group. Rex Tillerson was fired as Secretary...

North Korea Is Punishing Religious Citizens

16 Aug 2017
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C Barnett

U.S. State Department report exposes human rights violations in North Korea. While most of the rest of the world enjoys the freedom of worship, North Korean authorities punish people who dare engage...

Drones Are Dropping Bibles in Areas Dominated By ISIS

09 Aug 2016
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Elisa Meyer

Livets Ord will air drop electric bibles to Christians in ISIS controlled Iraq An evangelical church in Sweden thought that it would be a good idea to fight against the hatred spread by ISIS with...

17 May 2016
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Gary Nguyen

Yazidi Christians call for international recognition of acts against Yazidis be declared genocide. The Yazidis are a Kurdish religious community recognized by the United Nations as a distinct ethnic...

The Pope Urges Peace and Reconciliation in a War Zone

01 Dec 2015
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Elisa Meyer

Pope Francis visits Central African Republic War Zone Pope Francis made history when he visited Central African Republic (CAR) – a designated war zone. He declared himself to be a pilgrim of peace...

Should Catholic Church’s sexual abuse scandals be considered torture?

12 May 2014
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Alison Lesley

UN Committee weighs case to consider Catholic Church's sexual abuse scandals as torture. The Vatican drew the attention of the United Nations Committee overseeing the Convention against Torture and Other...