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UKRAINE: First known wartime conscientious objector jailing Felix Corley Forum18 (17.01.2023) – 46-year-old Christian Vitaly Alekseenko expects to be taken to begin his one-year jail term on 19 January. On 16 January, Ivano-Frankivsk Appeal Court rejected his...
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Украина : первое известное тюремное заключение отказника от военной службы по соображениям совести УКРАЇНА: перше відоме тюремне ув’язнення за відмову від військової служби з міркувань совісті (LINK) Феликс Корли Forum18 (17.01.2023) – 46-летний христианин...
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CHINA: Seoul Sungrak Church, a large Baptist Church banned as a “cult” China’s desire to please Korean anti-cultists, with whom it regularly cooperates, may have been a factor in the decision. by Chen Wangli Bitter Winter (19.01.2023) – https://bit.ly/3XsSe3e...
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CHINA: Police detain more ethnic Christians in rural Yunnan CSW (19.01.2023) – https://bit.ly/3kxYxUr – Fugong police in China’s Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, took four Christians into custody on 12 January for participating in a...
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RUSSIA: Religious persecution and issues – Jan 01.15 – Bimonthly news digest 13.01.2023 – The Court of Appeal canceled the recovery of 931 million rubles from the Catholic Archdiocese Sova Center – On January 11, 2023, the Ninth Arbitration...
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NIGERIA: Catholic priest burned to death, another shot in north Nigeria Reuters (15.01.2023) – Gunmen burned a Catholic priest to death and shot and injured his colleague in northwest Nigeria on Sunday, police said, the latest violence raising concerns about...