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Global: Other elections to be held before 7 May
On the 7 May the United Kingdom will hold Elections for the House of Commons, but seven other countries will also be holding parliamentary elections between now and then: Finland with election for Parliament on 19…
Pakistan: Police torture Christians to extract confessions
One hundred and eleven Pakistani Christians were arrested in March following the lynching of two Muslim men wrongly thought to be involved in killing 17 Christians and church bombings. 30 prisoners have now been released and…
Cuba: No longer on terrorism list, but still persecuting Christians
In January Christian Today reported that violations of religious freedom are increasing in Cuba, with incidences becoming more violent. Protestant pastors are arbitrarily detained or beaten and churches are being demolished. Everything is monitored, the Cuban…
USA: More protests against police violence
Protesters in several US cities blocked highways and swarmed police precincts in demonstrations against fresh cases of police violence towards unarmed black men. Most recently 250 activists marched across New York's Brooklyn Bridge carrying placards that…
