Iraqi Christian refugees protest against UNHCR resettlement delays
World Watch Monitor Dozens of Iraqi Christians in Lebanon protested in central Beirut this week, demanding the UN to grant them quicker resettlement abroad. Between 150 and 200 demonstrators gathered outside a UN building, carrying placards that read: “the future of our children is wasted” and “our only demand is to [go] to countries that […]
StrangeSights: A funereal drive through; ‘bacon bouquets’; and hair-dressing with a blowtorch
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
China expels South Korean missionaries
World Watch Monitor Thirty-two South Korean missionaries were expelled from China’s border region with North Korea last month, reports The Guardian. The 32 were based in China’s north-eastern Yanji region and many of them had worked there for more than a decade, South Korean media have reported. South Korea’s foreign ministry says it has advised Christian groups […]
PROFILE: CLAIRE ROGERS’ PASSION FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE AMONG THE WORLD’S POOREST
Three months into her new job as chief executive of World Vision Australia, Claire Rogers talks to DAVID ADAMS about her passion for helping to bring about lasting change among some of the world’s poorest communities…
Imprisoned Iranian convert ‘seriously ill’ after hunger strike
World Watch Monitor An Iranian convert to Christianity imprisoned since August has reportedly fallen seriously ill after going on a hunger strike. Amin Afshar Naderi went on hunger strike with his fellow detainee Hadi Asgari, who is also said to have suffered recent ill health and been refused medical treatment. They are the two remaining […]
Postcards special: Voices of the persecuted church
Five quotes from Christians living in persecution, taken from the World Watch List 2017…