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A Coptic Christian leader writes Open Letter To President-elect Donald Trump

Dear President-elect Donald Trump
My name is Ashraf Ramelah, and I am an Egyptian-born Coptic Christian. I am the founder and president of Voice of the Copts, a non-profit human rights organization. Egyptian Copts, who are the largest Christian minority in the Middle East, are praying for your cont

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Report of Bishops on Dalit Christians is Eyewash

New Delhi: December 22, 2016. (PCP) The report on Dalit Christians recently promulgated in the capital by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) is far from reality and merely public relations exercise. Many Christian activists have raised question over the content and recommendations giv

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Every Fourth Eligible Woman Voter in Balochistan Not on Voters list

QUETTA: December 22, 2016: The political parties, civil society and the officials of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) vowed to work together to expedite the voter registration of at least five lac missing yet eligible women voters in Balo

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Bhim Singh urging for imposition of Governor Rule in J&K

New Delhi: December 16, 2016. (PCP) Professor Bhim Singh said “I am taking this liberty urging upon your honour to dissolve the present J&K Assembly and dismiss the BJP-PDP government as the present government has totally failed to govern the State for the past five months. The Supreme Court of Indi

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YPF invites participants of Int. Seminar on Kashmir in Jan 2017

ISLAMABAD: December 15, 2016. (Nazir Siyal) A Young Parliamentarians’ Forum (YPF) of around 80 young elected members of National Assembly of Pakistan and the scholars of various countries will attend 2-Day “International Seminar on Kashmir issues” is being held on 5 - 6 January 2017.
The YPF Intern

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Christian Governor of Jakarta denies with tearful eyes of blasphemy in court proceedings

Indonesia: December 14, 2016. Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama Christian governor of capital city Jakarta faced court hearing today where he denied that he committed any blasphemy with tearful eyes but trial was adjourned till December 20, 2016.
On next hearing prosecutor will present response to the

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Iranian government occupies property of Christian Retreat Centre in Karaj

Tehran: December 14, 2016. Iranian Christians are dismayed at the state's appropriation of a Christian Retreat center in Karaj, near Tehran. The retreat centre, known as the Garden of Sharon, had been the property of the Council of Assemblies of God (AoG) in Iran for forty years. However, two months

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More than 100 killed in church collapse in Nigeria

Nigeria: December 11, 2016.(Reuter) At least 100 people were killed by the collapse of a church in southeastern Nigeria, a resident and photojournalist who visited the town morgue said on Sunday, a day after the incident.
"At Uyo teaching hospital where I am now I could see over a hundred corpses,

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Bhim Singh elected unopposed for Bar Association of Supreme Court of India

New Delhi: December 10, 2016. (PCP) Prof.Bhim Singh, Sr. Advocate in the Supreme Court of India was declared elected unopposed for the post of Sr. Executive Member of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA). Prof.Bhim Singh stands elected third time as Sr. Executive Member of the SCBA. The election

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MPs Interest in HR Issues Not Getting Matching Response from Govt

Islamabad: December 10, 2016. (PCP) Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) has browsed through the parliamentary data on human rights taken up by the legislators on floor of the Senate and the National Assembly during past three and a half years and found out mismatching response by the government o

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Iranian Christian woman Naghash Zargaran with extended medical leave from prison

Tehran: December 10, 2016. Those close to Christian prisoner Maryam Naghash Zargaran report that her sentence has been extended by 42 days to make up for time spent outside of prison in conjunction with medical leave.
Maryam was arrested in January 2013 in connection with her work on an orphanage w

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MQM observes Martyrs Day in cities of Sindh

Karachi: December 9, 2016. (PCP) After clashes with police and arrests by Sindh Rangers in Karachi, MQM workers successfully hoisted MQM flags on Khan Liaquat Ali Chowk and recited Holy Quran to pay homage to their martyrs in Azizabad.
The police fired teargas shell and shots in air to disperse MQM

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Sindhi Sangat condemn regularization of Bengali slum

Hyderabad: December 9, 2016. (PCP) Sindhi Sangat Sindh strongly condemns the act of the PPP government to regularize 115 slums of Bengalis in the Sindh. Illegal migrants who have settled down illegally in Sindh are converting the local indigenous Sindhi population into minority on their own motherla

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Coordination Committee of both sides of J&K shall meet in April, 2017

New Delhi: December 9, 2016. (PCP) The Coordination Committee of the leaders and intellectuals from both sides of J&K (J&K and POK) shall meet in Delhi in April 2017 to restart the ‘Heart to Heart’ Talk initiative which was initiated by Prof.Bhim Singh, Convenor of Coordination Committee of all J&K.

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Iranian Christian prisoner may be released on conditional bail

Tehran: December 8, 2016. Iranian Christians arrested at a picnic in August rejoice that Amir Sina Dashti has been able to submit bail for his conditional release, but request prayer that there will be no further delay in the judicial process and that their case will be brought to court soon.
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