Asia

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  10 November 2015
  ASIA/TURKEY - The institutional impasse for religious minority Foundations Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The 168 Foundations linked to ethnic and religious minorities in Turkey - including those animated by Jews and Armenian, Greek, Assyrian, Chaldeans, Bulgarian and Georgian Christians - operate ac ...
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  10 November 2015
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Church: "After the elections, new hope for a future of unity in the nation" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We have high hopes. This opens a new era for our country, which we hope will be marked by unity. People are happy and it seems there are no risks of a military coup": is what Mgr. John Hsane Hgy ...
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  10 November 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Discrimination in the education system: a petition to the Supreme Court Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – It is necessary to inform the Supreme Court of hate speech against religious minorities in Pakistan present in textbooks and highlight the discrimination in the education system: with this ...
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  9 November 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch convenes a protest against the law on the Islamization of minors Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The demonstration convened by Chaldean Patriarch Raphael I Louis to protest against the law on the Islamization of minors will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, November 10, in front of the Chaldean ...
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  9 November 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians: there is "selection", not "election" of minorities in the local vote Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - In the recent elections held in Punjab and Sindh, the two main provinces in Pakistan, according to the current system, religious minorities have been deprived of the right to choose their represe ...
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  9 November 2015
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Archbishop Goh: "There is no evangelization without prayer" Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians cannot proclaim Christ to the world if they are not converted to Christ. The heart of the new evangelization is prayer and spiritual renewal": This is what the Archbishop of Singap ...
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  9 November 2015
  ASIA/TURKEY - The dispute regarding the lands of "Kamp Armen" continues Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The dispute regarding the lands of "Kamp Armen" continues, the former Armenian orphanage on the outskirts of Istanbul, expropriated after the military coup in 1980 from the Armenian Protestant ...
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  7 November 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The jihadist Islamic State release 37 other Assyrian hostages of the valley of Khabur Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - At least 37 Assyrian Christians were released today by the militia of the Islamic State, after having been held hostage since last February 23, when the jihadists had captured them during the o ...
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  6 November 2015
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appeal for tolerance and respect for human rights during elections Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "There are concerns that the election results will serve to highlight growing ethnic and religious divides in Burma and that a new, democratic government will be hamstrung when it comes to ending ...
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  6 November 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Necessity to adequately address the reality of climate change Boyarshing (Agenzia Fides) - The village of Boyarshing, about 300 km southwest of the capital, Dhaka is plagued with water woes. Women queue for hours with their vessels at the only public tap, in a line that moves agoni ...
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  6 November 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Son of a Protestant pastor kidnapped New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The son of a Protestant pastor was kidnapped in the Indian state of Andra Pradesh. According to preliminary police investigations, 20-year-old Issac was kidnapped by Maoist groups. So far, the ...
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  6 November 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Bishops: no to the division of Syria Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The prospect of a division of Syria on a sectarian basis worries the Maronite Bishops, who propose to look to the institutional model of Lebanon to try to neutralize the centrifugal sectarian for ...
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  5 November 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Catholic Bishops: more confessors in the Shrines for the Holy Year of Mercy Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The pilgrims who come to Holy Land during the upcoming Year of the Holy Mercy will have better access to the sacrament of confession in churches and shrines scattered in the land where Jesus l ...
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  5 November 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Even Christians demonstrate in Erbil against the law on the Islamization of minors Erbil (Agenzia Fides) – On Wednesday, November 4 hundreds of people belonging to the non-Islamic components of Iraqi society demonstrated in front of UN representatives in Erbil to protest against the law that allows t ...
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  5 November 2015
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "Voting is a pilgrimage of hope" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - While we are experiencing "a crucial moment in the history of Myanmar", in the last days before the vote "there is the need to remain vigilant. We hope that these elections are carried out in a t ...