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Concern grows for displaced Kachins trapped in jungle
Myanmar military refuses plea for rescue as religious and community leaders worry for people's safety and survival
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Church crackdown intensifies in China's Henan province
Sources say provincial party chief Wang Guosheng is behind extensive campaign of church persecution
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Pakistani Christians launch white flag campaign
Month-long project aims to raise awareness of persecution against Christians after spike in attacks
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Philippine church workers told to quit if they run in polls
Filipinos set to elect officials of 42,028 villages throughout the country on May 14
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Sri Lanka mulls criminalizing hate speech, fake news
Government blocked access to Facebook after March attacks; plan to vet social media sparks fears of censorship, abuse
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Catholics called to pray for peace as inter-Korean summit looms
Hopes that leaders of two Koreas will bring 1950-53 Korean War to a formal end at historic meeting
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Tamil Christians protest against violence, harassment
Police are allegedly ignoring attacks on Christians committed by hard-line Hindu groups in southern India
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Protestant five-year plan for Chinese Christianity
The Australian nun who makes Duterte's blood boil
Draconian blasphemy laws seen as holding Indonesia back
'Saint of the forest' offers new lease of life to Munda people
Never too late to learn for Thai slum kids
Indonesian nun a shining light for victims of violence
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Working dangerously in the Lord's vineyard
China's religious freedom white paper is doublespeak
Killing our planet, our home, slowly
Human trafficking in Manila: The resurrection of Jessica
Vietnam's focus on West raises hopes of improved press freedom
More Indian or more Christian?
Stage is set for another clash of the Indonesian Titans
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South Korean church frets as baptisms decline, flocks grey
Indonesian priest recognized for military service
Violence against young people widespread among Filipinos
Pope appoints new auxiliary bishop in Sri Lankan capital
Indonesian poll candidates under fire for child abuse
Vietnam jails human rights lawyer for 15 years
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Religious/ethnic persecution
Pakistani Christians launch white flag campaign
Month-long project aims to raise awareness of persecution against Christians after spike in attacks
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Religion/culture
Protestant five-year plan for Chinese Christianity
Translated document outlines strategy for Sinicization that will adapt religion to China's socialist society
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Religious/ethnic persecution
Draconian blasphemy laws seen as holding Indonesia back
Demand mounts to repeal regulations as fears grow that Muslim-majority country could become a 'failed state'
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Religion/culture
South Korean church frets as baptisms decline, flocks grey
Dovetailing trends set alarm bells ringing as evangelization hits worrying speed bump in Land of the Morning Calm
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Religious/ethnic persecution
Working dangerously in the Lord's vineyard
Priests, nuns, religious and lay people who help the poor in the Philippines have always become targets of persecution
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Conflict
Re-election or jail? Stakes high for Malaysian PM
As Prime Minister Najib Razak prepares for 'dirty' war in lead-up to May poll, 1MDB cloud may dampen his dreams
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Human rights
Kachin Baptist pastors among those freed by presidential amnesty
Two cousins are reportedly in good health after being held in some form of detention since Christmas Eve 2016
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Education
Never too late to learn for Thai slum kids
After nearly half a century in Klong Toey, an American priest remains determined to give disadvantaged children an education
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Religious/ethnic persecution
Duterte orders probe into Australian nun's activities
Catholic, Protestant bishops note growing 'unspeakable violence' against church people in the Philippines
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Women/children
Vietnam War vets donate bikes to ease kids' plight
Catholic vets provide over 500 bicycles to students in provinces still scarred by war
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Environment
Killing our planet, our home, slowly
Earth Day is coming and we have to focus on what plastic is doing to our environment — and us
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Women/children
Protesters march against India's rape crisis
As outrage grows over sexual assaults and murders of minor girls, people question the country's culture of impunity
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Religious/ethnic persecution
Catholics in China's Henan warned not to cross 'red line'
As authorities strictly enforce revised religious rules, two organizations advise faithful that venues could be closed
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Human rights
Filipino Muslim rights activist denied entry to US
Aba was scheduled to speak before the National Ecumenical Advocacy Days for Global Peace with Justice in Washington D.C.
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Religion/culture
'Saint of the forest' offers new lease of life to Munda people
Italian priest has spent 15 years helping a Bangladesh minority to escape poverty and child marriage
