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Wednesday, 15 July 2015 13:12
USA: State allows 15-year-olds sex-change without parental notification
A report has claimed that residents in Oregon are only now finding out that the state allows teenagers as young as 15 to get state-subsidised sex-change operations without parental notification. ‘It is trespassing on the hearts,…
Wednesday, 15 July 2015 13:11
Iraq: Human rights organisation appeals for Christian protection
Between 21 June and 1 July, four Christians were abducted in Baghdad. One was released following police intervention. Ransoms were paid for the others’ release. However, two were murdered even though ransoms had been paid and…
Wednesday, 15 July 2015 13:09
China: Police, politics and human rights
There was widespread detention of human rights lawyers last weekend after more than 100 lawyers across the mainland issued a joint statement protesting against the disappearance of crusading lawyer Wang Yu. Mainland police detained lawyers and…
Wednesday, 15 July 2015 13:08
Yemen: UN cease-fire fails to take hold
A cease-fire brokered by the United Nations that was to allow the delivery of relief supplies failed to materialise in Yemen on Saturday, as a Saudi-led military coalition carried out airstrikes and fighting continued between the…
Wednesday, 15 July 2015 13:06
Canada: Church’s pastor missing in North Korea
The Light Presbyterian Church continue praying for their founding pastor, detained in North Korea since early March. Despite the lack of information, they remain hopeful that God will bring Revd. Hyeon Soo Lim home. A member…
Wednesday, 15 July 2015 13:05
Global: Christians around the world - dying for Christ
When a Nigerian pastor learned that his daughter, kidnapped by Boko Haram, refused to convert to Islam he said, ‘To die for the sake of Christ, that's the happiest thing for me. I'm grateful that she…