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  Jun 23, 2025

  Massacre of over 100 villagers in Christian area of Nigeria elicits response from president

  Days after a massacre of more than 100 people in a predominantly Christian village in Benue state, Nigeria, the country’s president called for action against the assailants even as a local traditional ruler tried to correct him and others about the nature of such attacks.

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  Jun 17, 2025

  Pakistan blasphemy laws misused to target religious minorities, steal property: HRW

  Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are being systematically misused to target religious minorities, dispossess the poor and settle personal and economic disputes, according to a new Human Rights Watch report.

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  Jun 16, 2025

  Christian man suffering mental illness entrapped in false blasphemy charge is acquitted

  A judge in Pakistan acquitted a Christian of blasphemy and terrorism charges after the prosecution failed to prove its case against him, his lawyer said.

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  Jun 9, 2025

  Muslims accused in Jaranwala attacks acquitted in Pakistan

  Defective police investigation resulted in the acquittal of 10 Muslims involved in burning a church building and ransacking a Christian’s home during the Aug. 16, 2023, riots in Jaranwala, Pakistan, an attorney said.

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  Jun 5, 2025

  Nigerian president urged to declare military emergency after radical Fulani slaughter 86 Christians

  A prominent attorney has petitioned Nigeria’s president to declare a military emergency after Fulani herdsmen killed at least 86 people in predominantly Christian areas of Benue state in the past two weeks, including 46 on Sunday, sources said.

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  May 29, 2025

  Christian worker freed in northwest Nigeria after pair were kidnapped

  One of two Christian workers kidnapped in northwest Nigeria on May 21 was freed this week, ministry leaders said.

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  May 24, 2025

  Muslim captor awarded custody of kidnapped Christian girl

  A judge in Pakistan on May 16 handed custody of a Catholic girl to the Muslim who kidnapped and forcibly married her despite evidence that she was coerced into stating she converted to Islam, her father said.

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  May 23, 2025

  Young girl kidnapped, forcibly married to older man is rescued, reunited with parents

  A kidnapped Christian girl in Pakistan reunited with her parents on Wednesday, five months after a Muslim man abducted her, and forcibly converted and married her and got her pregnant following repeated sexual assault, her lawyer said.

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  May 22, 2025

  Pakistan parliament passes bill to curb child marriages

  Pakistan’s parliament has passed a significant bill aiming to curb, discourage and eventually eradicate child marriages in the federal capital by raising the legal age of marriage for both sexes to 18.

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  May 15, 2025

  Christian man torutured to death by Muslims, former police officer in Pakistan: brother

  Muslims in Pakistan, including a former police officer, on Monday tortured a Christian laborer to death over a theft accusation, the victim’s brother said.