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Stranded migrant workers plead to return to Sri Lanka
Nov 27, 2020
Indonesian military's meddling is most welcome
Nov 28, 2020
New church inaugurated for evacuees in Vietnam
Nov 28, 2020
Jailed Jesuit focus of vigil to mark India's Constitution Day
Nov 27, 2020
Church helps Myanmar's poorest as pandemic spikes
Nov 27, 2020
Pakistan urged to exempt Christians from Israel travel ban
Nov 27, 2020
Philippine churches turn red for persecuted Christians
Nov 26, 2020
Christian villagers attacked by mob in India
Nov 26, 2020
Radicalism of workers in Singapore alarms Bangladesh
Nov 26, 2020
Iran
Iran converting church property into Islamic prayer hall
Tuesday January 12, 2016
Grounds belonging to Chaldean Church illegally seized two years ago
Iran bans 'devil worshipping' haircuts
Monday May 4, 2015, AFP, Tehran
Tattoos, other male bodily adornments also under scrutiny
Washington Post journalist faces espionage trial in Iran
Tuesday April 21, 2015, Arthur MacMillan for AFP, Tehran
Jason Rezaian stands accused of collaborating with 'hostile governments'
Iran to name first woman ambassador since 1979: media
Wednesday April 15, 2015, AFP, Tehran
Foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham is likely to be named ambassador to an Asian country
Iran women being reduced to 'baby-making machines': Amnesty
Wednesday March 11, 2015, AFP, Nicosia
Draft legislation aimed at boosting a flagging birth rate threatens to strip women of key rights
Iran charges woman over alleged 10-marriage con trick
Monday March 9, 2015, AFP, Tehran
The 20-year-old stands accused of exploiting sharia law to collect multiple 'on demand' dowry settlements
Adviser to Iran president blames 'extremists' for rights abuses
Friday February 27, 2015, AFP, Tehran
In rare comments, former minister of intelligence says fundamentalists have 'infiltrated government circles'
New memorial brings recognition to Iran's Jewish 'martyrs'
Tuesday January 20, 2015, Cyril Julien for AFP, Tehran
For minority community, memorial is a welcome sign of openness
Farsi edition of Catechism may aid interreligious dialogue in Iran
Wednesday January 14, 2015, Andrea Gagliarducci for CNA/EWTN News
Scholars in Qom able to study Christianity from an original text for the first time
Iran court drops jail terms of three Christian clerics: NGO
Wednesday December 17, 2014, AFP, Nicosia
The trio were arrested in 2011 in Karaj, where they had set up underground churches
Dog lovers in Iran face 74 lashes, fines under new Islamic law
Friday November 7, 2014, AFP, Tehran
Penalties would apply to individuals keeping dogs as pets or walking them in public
Innocent or not, Reyhaneh Jabbari deserved to live
Wednesday October 29, 2014, Carolyn Moynihan for MercatorNet
Western nations that advocate for human rights need to show that they too can do without capital punishment
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