Asia

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  1 June 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Shahbaz Bhatti, a crime still unpunished Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "After five years, the killers of Catholic minister Shahbaz Bhatti have not been brought to justice. In 2011, Bhatti, a well-known defender of human rights in Pakistan, was brutally murdered by t ...
• 31 May 2016
  ASIA/KOREA - Auxiliary Bishop of Daegu appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope Francis, on 31 May 2016, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Daegu (Korea) Reverend John Bosco Chang Shin-Ho, assigning him the titular see of Vescera ...
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  30 May 2016
  ASIA/INDIA - Hindu nationalist leader helps Catholic nuns Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - Ashish Shelar, 41 Indian political leader, president of the Mumbai section of the "Bharatiya Janata Party", Hindu nationalist party in power in the Indian Federation, has initiated a project supp ...
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  30 May 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy on social networks: a Christian arrested, other five suspects Sheikhupura (Agenzia Fides) - Christian Usman Masih was arrested by the police in the village of Nabi Pura, near Sheikhupura, Punjab, on charges of blasphemy after a complaint was filed by some Muslims who accuse him of ...
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  25 May 2016
  ASIA/ISRAEL - The Israeli government does not keep its promises, Christian schools at risk Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - A few days before the end of a difficult school year, which started with a 27-day strike, 47 Christian schools operating in Israel are facing a financial emergency from the potentially devasta ...
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  25 May 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Emergency in the Country for the exploitation of children in tobacco plantations Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The exploitation of child labor in tobacco plantations continues to be one of the most serious emergencies in Indonesia. The complaint comes from the recently published report by Human Rights Wa ...
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  25 May 2016
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian lawyer’s family members almost risked being kidnapped Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Christian lawyer Sardar Mushtaq Gill’s parents and sister almost risked being kidnapped in Lahore last May 22 by a stranger. The lawyer, who in the past had received threats for his legal commi ...
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  24 May 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Church and civil society against new executions Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - An urgent appeal and a campaign to stop new executions scheduled by the Indonesian government and announced as imminent: is what Catholic organizations and groups of the Indonesian civil society ...
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  24 May 2016
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Rabbis launch campaign against religious hatred fueled by "Price Tag" gangs Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Israel-based Rabbis for Human Rights have announced that a new anti-'price tag' attack inter-party campaign will be launched in the Knesset this week. Tag Meir (the Light Tag Forum) is a coali ...
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  23 May 2016
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Emergency for heavy rains and landslides continue Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The death toll in Sri Lanka following the violent floods which have been ravaging the country for one week continues to increase. We are talking about the heaviest rains recorded in the last twe ...
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  23 May 2016
  ASIA/SYRIA - Yet another attack with three victims in the area of Qamishli inhabited by Christians Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) – The terrorist attack carried out in "Miami street", in Wusta district, inhabited mostly by Christians, in the late evening of Saturday, May 21 in the center of Qamishli, Syria's second larges ...
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  23 May 2016
  ASIA/CHINA - The death of Bishop Luke Thomas Zhang Huaixin, zealous and patient Pastor Jixian (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, May 8, 2016, around noon, His Exc. Mgr. Luke Thomas Zhang Huaixin, Bishop of Jixian (Weíhwei), Henan Province (Mainland China) died. He would have turned 91 on May 23. On May 6 he h ...
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  21 May 2016
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Bishops: "The government must stop radical Islamic groups and preserve coexistence" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope the government does its part to stop Islamic radical groups and preserve Indonesia's multicultural and multireligious identity, based on the Pancasila", the "five principles" at the ba ...
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  20 May 2016
  ASIA/JORDAN - Aid from the UAE for Iraqi Christian refugees Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The eleven Iraqi Christian refugee families in Mosul who found hospitality in Naur, western urban area of the municipality in Amman, will also receive this year material aid reserved for them from ...
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  19 May 2016
  ASIA/IRAQ - US set to arm "Christian" anti-extremist militias in Iraq? The Chaldean Patriarch: "It is a very bad idea" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Christian anti-Islamic State forces in Iraq are set to benefit from a defence spending bill headed for authorisation by the US Congress and Senate, justifying this action as part of the fight ag ...