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Alarming decrease in Christian population in Gozarto Region, Syria, amidst challenging circumstances
Publication Date: 16/8/2023
Source: Syriac Press
The Christian community in Gozarto (Jazira) Region, North and East Syria, has experienced a concerning decline due to the compounding effects of challenging socioeconomic conditions and prolonged conflict, which have forced many to emigrate.
Iran targets minorities one year after Mahsa Amini’s death, 69 Christians arrested
Publication Date: 11/8/2023
Source: Asia News
Iran arrested scores of Christians, mostly converts from Islam but also some Assyrian-Chaldeans baptised as children, over a seven-week period in June and July in 11 different cities of the country, this according to Article18, a human rights organisation that advocates on behalf of Iranian Christians and religious freedom.
‘Hijab enforcers’ and further arrests in Iran
Publication Date: 15/8/2023
Source: Open Doors
There is a fresh and aggressive crackdown on Christians in Iran, with increasing arrests and 'hijab enforcers'.
Syrian Bishops Plea for an End to EU Sanctions
Author: Thomas O'Reilly
Publication Date: 1/8/2023
Source: The European Conservative
Senior figures within the Catholic Church in Syria have called for the termination of EU and Western sanctions against Syria saying that the restrictions have had a disproportionate impact on the country’s Christian community while leaving the ruling Assad regime relatively unscathed.
Young people in Syria, Lebanon, to mark WYD at home
Publication Date: 24/7/2023
Source: Crux Now
With just under two weeks to go until World Youth Day celebrations begin in Lisbon, Portugal, young people from every corner of the globe are making final preparations ahead of their departure.
ACN gives Syrian and Lebanese youth a taste of World Youth Day
Author: Felipe d’Avillez
Publication Date: 24/7/2023
Source: Aid to the Church in Need
With financial and logistical difficulties making it almost impossible for most Lebanese and Syrian Christians to attend World Youth Day (WYD) in Lisbon, local initiatives are being planned to provide participants with a similar experience.
Iran: Former prisoner pardoned
Publication Date: 11/8/2023
Source: Middle East Concern
Iranian Christians are pleased that a two-year term of internal exile, which was part of sentences issued in 2017, has been dropped for Christian convert Zaman (Saheb) Fadaei.
In Iran, Christians Do Not Live an Easy Life
Publication Date: 23/8/2023
Source: FSSPX.News
Since the beginning of the summer of 2023, Iranian authorities have arrested several dozen Muslim converts to Christianity, as well as cradle Christians. The mullahs' crackdown on religious minorities intensifies as the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini approaches, an event that marked the beginning of an era of protest unprecedented in the country since the fall of the Shah in 1979.
