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INDIA: Killer of Graham Staines given hero’s welcome on release

Mahendra Hembram was greeted by supporters who garlanded him and chanted the Hindu slogan, “Jai Shri Ram [Hail lord Rama]”

Pastor of Golden Lampstand is still waiting for her trial, while her husband’s and co-workers’ trial concluded in April.

Waves of recent attacks by Muslim Fulani militants on mainly Christian villages in Bokkos County

The 70-year-old grandmother was sentenced to four years and ten months in prison.

Return comes after eleven weeks in captivity

The Christian converts were arrested in December 2021

Campaign of threats and intimidation against him, his family and China Aid

The pastor of Cornerstone Reformed Church in Bengbu was arrested in April 2023 and has been in detention since.

The 63-year-old Christian convert had been on hunger strike in Tehran’s Evin Prison for 35 days when he suffered a stroke.

The actual number of attacks is likely much higher due to underreporting and fear of reprisals