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Iran: Women Prayer Vigil Outside Iran Embassy for Release of Converts

(Iran) Women Prayer Vigil Outside Iran Embassy for Release of Converts
— Christian Post reports:
— “Women dressed in white will hold a prayer vigil outside the Iranian embassy in London tomorrow to highlight the plight of two female Christian converts from Islam who have been jailed without charge for the last six months”
— “Maryam Rustampoor, 27, and Marzieh Amirizadeh, 30, were arrested on 5 March for leaving Islam; and there put in the notorious Evin prison in Teheran, deprived of medical attention and often blindfolded for interrogations for several hours. They were tried after five months on 9 August, they were told to recant their faith which they said they will not do so. They were sent back to the prison where they face charge of apostasy which is death in Iran.”

Pakistan: Hindus leave Pakistan to flee Extremist oppression

— Times of India: “Fearing Taliban, Pak Hindus take Thar Express to India”
— “In the past four years, some 5,000 Hindus may have crossed over from Pakistan, never to return. It has not been easy abandoning their homes, sometimes even their families, but they say they had no choice: they had to flee the Taliban. “

Mexico: “Preacher says God wanted him to hijack Mexican jet”

(Mexico) “Preacher says God wanted him to hijack Mexican jet”
— AP: “Jose Flores, a 44-year-old Bolivian preacher who lives in Mexico, had gotten the word from God that he had to warn Mexicans of an impending disaster — an earthquake “like none there has ever been,” he told reporters after being hustled off the plane by police without anyone being injured.”
— FOX News: “Religious Fanatic Accused of Hijacking Mexican Jet”

Sudan – Facebook Cause: “We All together to Support the Sudanese Journalist Lubna”

Facebook: “We All together to Support the Sudanese Journalist Lubna”

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— Related reports
— Sudan: Woman Fined for Wearing Pants; Female Protesters Arrested and Injured
— Sudanese woman in trouser case banned from travel
— Sudan: Police beat women opposing Sudan dress code trial
— Sudanese Feminist Hero Forced into Hiding — Phyllis Chesler report on Lubna al-Hussein
— Sudan: Journalist Lubna Hussein prepares to test Sudan’s Islamic law in court
— Sudanese Woman Journalist Invites Press to Her Flogging to Demonstrate Oppression of Women

Communist China: Journalist Defector Tells of Abuse and Corruption in China

Communist China: Journalist Defector Tells of Abuse and Corruption in China
— Epoch Times reports: “Says that many are renouncing the Chinese Communist Party because of it”
— “Qiu Mingwei, a former journalist of the People’s Daily who recently fled China, says that more and more Chinese Communist Party members are becoming disappointed in the organization and renouncing it online, using either their real names or an alias.”
— “Qiu, 34, worked as the Deputy Chief of the ‘People’s Forum,’ a subsidiary of the People’s Daily, the main mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the mainland.”
— “In June he traveled to Hong Kong to attend the International Federation of Journalists’ conference. During his stay he was photographed participating in Hong Kong’s July 1 march, an annual rally supporting democracy and human rights. Soon after his return to China he went back to Hong Kong on July 30, this time fleeing political persecution for his involvement in the rally. He currently lives in Indonesia and is seeking political asylum.”

Somali Islamists Chop Off Thieves’ Hands as Sharia Law Takes Hold

Somali Islamists Chop Off Thieves’ Hands as Sharia Law Takes Hold
— VOA reports: “Radical Somali Islamist group al-Shabab chopped off the right hands of two thieves Wednesday in Mogadishu as part of its implementation of Sharia law in areas under its control. The act is an indication of the power the group has cemented over areas of the capital city.”