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Thursday, 20 November 2008

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BURMA: Army Kills Four and Force Hundreds to Flee

 11 November 2008

Two hundred and fifty Karen villagers have been forcibly displaced and three others have been killed along with a Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) soldier.
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IRAN: Son of Martyred Pastor Free on Bail, Awaiting Trial

 11 November 2008

Soodmand was released on bail 22 October after more than two months in a Mashhad prison, having originally been charged with "proselytising.
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AZERBAIJAN: Pastor Awaits Trial Hearing under House Arrest

 11 November 2008

Baptist pastor Hamid Shabanov - on trial since July for allegedly possessing an illegal gun - was transferred from prison to house arrest at a hearing in Zakatala on 5 November.
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COLOMBIA: Church Leaders under Fire

 5 November 2008

Christians in Colombia are anxious to learn the fate of pastor William Reyes, missing since 25 September, even as three other pastors have gone missing in the past month.
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INDIA: Faithful Mourn Death of Priest Attacked in Orissa

 5 November 2008

More than 3,000 people attended the funeral in Bhubaneswar, Orissa of a Catholic priest who died on Tuesday (28 October) from injuries sustained in anti-Christian violence that began in August.
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IRAN: Court Finds Way to Acquit Christians of 'Apostasy'

 5 November 2008

The defendants said the ruling was based on the court's false claim that they confessed to having never converted to Christianity.
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  • Population: 42,909,464
  • Government: Military Regime
  • Capital: Rangoon
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Burma has been ruled since 1962 by highly repressive, authoritarian military regimes. Since 1998 when the armed forces brutally suppressed massive prodemocracy demonstrations, a junta composed of senior military officers has ruled by decree, without a constitution or legislature. [more]

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