USCIRF Commissioner Johnnie Moore (M) speaks during a meeting with Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 5, 2019. He is flanked by USCIRF Vice Chair Gayle Manchin (R) and USCIRF s director of international law and policy Elizabeth Cassidy (L). | USCIRF
Christian activists are divided in their responses to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom again recommending the State Department place India on its list of âcountries of particular concernâ for the worst violations of religious freedoms in 2020.
In its latest report, the bipartisan commission mandated by Congress to advise lawmakers and the federal government recommended for the second year in a row that the administration impose targeted sanctions on Indian individuals and entities for âsevere violations of religious freedom.â
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Ethiopia: Nearly 1 Million Displaced Amid Ethnic Violence
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Ethiopia: Nearly 1 Million Displaced Amid Ethnic Violence
Ethiopia: Nearly 1 Million Displaced Amid Ethnic Violence | Sunday, July 08, 2018
The Hamar tribe in Turmi, Ethiopia. | Wikimedia Commons/Rod Waddington
About one million people have fled their homes due to ethnic violence in Ethiopia, Africa s second most-populous country, which could lead to a major humanitarian crisis, an international Christian development organization has warned.
Around 40,000 people were displaced in June alone in southern Ethiopia, as they fled the possibility of disease outbreaks and extremely high malnutrition rates among displaced children, according to World Vision.
Mourners gather at the Sacred Family Church for the funeral of Coptic Christians in Minya. | Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Islamic State-linked terrorists killed a Coptic Christian man kidnapped in November and two others in Egypt, as Christians and those who support the Egyptian army continue to face terror in the Sinai region.
A 13-minute video circulated by Islamic State media platforms Saturday showed Nabil Habashi Salama, a 62-year-old businessman and member of Egypt’s minority Coptic Orthodox Church, being shot in the head by a terrorist in the desert.
A video screenshot showed Salama kneeling with his head down as the three militants stood behind him holding rifles with their faces blurred out.
A religious cross is captured through some ornamental railings in the Fort Kochi area in the state of Kerala in South India. | Getty Images
Allies of the Indian government are working to pressure the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom to reverse its recommendation that the State Department label India as a “country of particular concern” for religious freedom violations, an activist warns.
John Prabhudoss, the chairman of the Washington, D.C.-based Federation of Indian American Christian Organizations, spoke at a panel event Wednesday to discuss “India’s Designation as CPC” hosted by International Christian Concern.
The panel discussed the state of religious freedom in India and the need for the State Department to designate the world’s second-largest nation as a “country of particular concern” for engaging in or tolerating religious freedom violations.