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Nigeria Says Boko Haram Negotiations are 'Ongoing'

10/29/2014 Nigeria (BBC)

 

October 24th was the date that more than 200 kidnapped Chibok school girls were to be released from Boko Haram. Now the Nigerian government is claiming that the negotiations are still ongoing despite Boko Haram leaders not commenting on these claims, and violence still continuing in Northern Nigeria. Since 2009, Boko Haram has killed at least 2,000 civilians and kidnapped more than 500 women and girls, but these numbers are only what has been reported.


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  • Pray for the swift release of the Chibok girls 
  • Pray for our Lord to touch the hearts and minds of all involved so they are guided by His will for victory in His name
  • Pray our God will end the tyranny of Boko Haram in Nigeria

India Minister Says No Special Caste Status For Christians

10/27/2014 India (WorldWatchMonitor)

 

India's social justice minister said on October 10th that India should not extend government job and education assistance to the country's poorest Christians. Activists commented that the minister's position is against India's constitution that citizens will not be discriminated on the basis of religion.

 

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  • Pray our Lord Jesus Christ will continue to touch and anoint our brothers and sisters in India

  • Pray for the strengthening and conviction of activists to raise their voices on behalf of Christians in India 

Iran's Non-Muslims Face Prison, Execution, Despite 'Reform' Claims, Says New UN Report

10/27/2014 Iran (Fox News)
 

A new report on the human rights situation in Iran highlights how religious minorities, particularly Evangelical Christians and Baha'I continue to be subject to abuses, including imprisonment, torture, and even execution. The promises of reform under President Hassan Rouhani have not come to fruition. Among the religious minorities languishing in Iranian prisons is America citizen and Christian pastor Saeed Abedini, who has spent more than two years behind bars for allegedly proselytizing in Iran. President Obama has asked for his release, but Iran has failed to respond.

 

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  • Pray the abuses committed against Christians in Iran will stop, in Jesus name  
  • Pray Obama's request for Pastor Abedini to be released is granted and he is returned swiftly and safely 

Idaho City Backs Off Christian Couple Facing Fines, Jail Time

10/26/2014 United States (Christian Post)

 

The city of Coeur d'Alene Idaho is backing away from the possibility of forcing a Christian owned wedding chapel to conduct gay weddings under threat of fine or jail time for the owners. The cities attorney says that the chapel, although for-profit, may be exempt from the non-discrimination law. Thank you for raising your voice on behalf of the Knapp's and for religious freedom! 

 

  • Pray in thanks to our faithful Lord Jesus Christ for answering prayers of victory for the Knapp's in His name
  • Pray other Christians will continue to stand in the name of Jesus 

  

Petition to Overturn Asia Bibi's Death Penalty Surpasses 200,000 

10/25/2014 Pakistan (Christian Post)

Asia Bibi was sentenced to death in 2010 under Pakistan's draconian blasphemy laws after colleagues accused her of insulting the Prophet Muhammad during an argument. Her death sentence was upheld by a court in Pakistan last week. A petition on Change.org appealing for her death sentence has attracted over 230,000 signatures. A further appeal will be made to the Supreme Court for her release.

 

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  • Pray for Asia Bibi's petition to continue to receive signatures so that she will be saved
  • Pray for Asia Bibi's immediate release 
  • Pray the Pakistan government will listen to the outcry from Pakistan's persecuted Christian minorities and begin to protect them 

Vietnam Policeman Held Over Christian Leader's Death in Custody

10/23/2014 Vietnam (UCANews) 

 

The Vietnamese daily Tien Phong reported that investigations have been opened into the case of Hoang Van Ngai, who died in police custody in March of last year. The following month, police released an official report claiming the 38-year-old Christian leader had committed suicide "by electric shock" following an arrest on unknown charges. In June 2013, police released an official report claiming the 38-year-old Christian leader had committed suicide "by electric shock" following an arrest on unknown charges. The assertion was widely denounced by rights groups and his family, including a brother who had been arrested along with Ngai and reported hearing his screams from the cell next door.Abuse in police custody in Vietnam is tragically common. 

 

  • Pray our Lord Jesus Christ will continue comforting the family of Hoang Van Ngai as they seek closure
  • Pray those responsible for the abuse of Ngai and countless others will be brought to justice

  

 

 
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