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• Canada: Quebec rejects Sharia to preserve equality and rights
• UNCHR: Protecting Religion
• Lebanon: Elections will entrench Christian marginalisation
• Russia: Security deteriorating for Protestant churches
• Papua: Christian leader fears genocide
• Senegal: Christian workers on trial
• India: Hindu nationalists and Congress in contention
• Georgia: Tackling religious nationalism
• UK: Religious tolerance laws will stir strife
• Iraq: Seeking freedom and security
• Zimbabwe: The NGO Bill and the Church
• Vietnam: A report on the religious liberty reality
• 2004: Two Trends in Religious Liberty
• North Korea's balancing act
• Papua: Blind to genocide?
• Reforming North Korea
• Vietnam: Mennonites beaten and imprisoned
• Liberia: Provocateurs threaten religious harmony
• China: Debating religious liberty
• Belarus: Lukashenka's referendum farce
• Vietnam: Perpetuating Persecution
• Vietnam: The Deep Distress of the Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam
• Vietnam: Ordinance on Beliefs and Religions (draft translation)
• Cameroon: Foreign Islamists infiltrate to incite hate
• Malaysia: The great apostasy debate
• Hong Kong: Government steals Church influence
• India: Deconstructing Hindutva
• Kyrgyzstan: Authorities consider countering Christian mission
• Cote d'Ivoire: "We want all of Ivory Coast" (rebels)
• Eritrea: the intolerable suffering of Eritrean evangelicals
• Japan: Watching Shinto nationalism
  
• Iraq: can sovereignty guarantee security
  
• Iran: Iranian Police Arrest Christian Pastor (CD report)
  
• Nigeria: Christians die in Kano after Muslims die in Plateau.
  
• Indonesia - Ambon: Disturbing picture
  
• Vietnam: The Montagnard Demonstrations
  
• LRA terror and spiritual warfare
  
• Indonesia: a short story from Ambon
  
• Anti-Semitism in the EU, and the EU response to it.
  
• Cote d'Ivoire on fire: West African Church at risk
  
• Anti-Semitism escalating in Canada.
• Zanzibar: Church attacked as Islamist zeal and anger rises.
• Sri Lanka: 146 places of worship closed in last 4 months
• India: BJP - re-election, re-conversion, re-engaging, re-courting
• Nigeria: Investigating Wahhabi insurection and Saudi funds
• China (2): Freedom of "normal" religion
• China (1): Crackdown on house-churches
• India: Liberty, persecution, and conspiracy theories
• Pakistan - Islamisation, extremism and the Christians of Pakistan
• Sri Lanka situation critical
• Analysis of Religious Liberty and Persecution Trends 2003
• Canada: Applying Shariah Through Islamic Arbitration
• Papua Update: Disturbing Developments
• Mexico: Religious Liberty - Suffering and Hope
• The Islamisation of Papua: The Betrayal of a Christian People
• Turkmenistan: Religious Minorities Effectively Banned
• Egypt: Christians Imprisoned - Islamists Released
• India: Togadi Says Christianity Is a Virus
• Cote d'Ivoire: Facing the Prospect of a Whole New Era
• Pakistan: Threat to Silence the Christian Voice
• China: Promoting Atheism
• Indonesia: Central Sulawesi - Why the Terror?
• Laos: Eliminating Christianity
• International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church 9/16 November 2003
• Iraq: Christians and Mandaeans - Cousins in Faith, United in Suffering
• Eritrea: Religious Persecution Exposed
• China: Public Security - Tight Control with Positive Image
• Nigeria: Kano Under Shakarau - All Schoolgirls to Wear Hijab
• Belarus: Resuscitating the Soviet Machine
• Haiti: Boukman, Aristide, Voodoo, and the Church
• Eritrea: Christian Youths Tortured and Imprisoned
• Sri Lanka: Advocacy - For Freedom
• Sri Lanka: The Church's Darkest Hour
• China's Paradox
• Bangladesh: Systematic Persecution of Religious Minorities
• Iraq: The IGC and the Battle for Iraq
• Iraq: Will the Mandeans Survive Post-War Iraq?
• Sudan: Update on the Peace Process
• Northern Uganda Update: Kony and the Bishops
• Kenya: Muslim Tensions Rise and Churches Burn
• Do to an error on our site we are missing 42 articles between the dates of Oct 2002 and July 2003
  these articles can be found at
  http://www.evangelicalalliance.org.au/rlc/
  We appologize for any inconvinience this has caused
• Aceh: Sharia: The Islamisation of Aceh
• Cote d'Ivore: Tearing Apart
• Ivory Coast: Christians Facing Terror
• Israel: Illegal Religious Discrimination
• India: Tamil Nadu: Conversion Outlawed
• IDOP: The Church United in Prayer for the Persecuted Church
• Russia: "Enemies of the State"
• Belarus: Advocating for Religious Freedom
• Tracking Freedom in Hong Kong
• Sudan: Update on 'Peace'
• Indonesia Update: 1) Rev. Damanik 2) Security
• Watching Papua
• South Phillipines: Jehovah's Witnesses Kidnapped and Beheaded
• Indonesia: Sulawesi - Jihad, Injustice, and Advocacy
• Pakistan: Ayub Masih Acquitted
• Indonesia: Who Is Terrorising Sulawesi?
• Nigeria: Reconciliation or Polarisation
• China: Praying the Rhetoric Becomes a Reality
• North Korea: Reassessing Self-reliance
• Sudan: Must Peace Remain Elusive?
• Europe: Escalating Anti-Semitism
• Australia: Asylum Seekers In Detention Camps.
• Sudan: Translating a Document Into a Reality
• India: Hindu Nationalism Returns to Politics
• Afghanistan: New Government - Old Values?
• Africa's Challenges
• India: Christians Meet with the RSS
• Sri Lanka: Persecution Increases
• Persecution in Iran
• India: Hindu Nationalism Continues to Surge
• Russia: The Salvation Army
• Update on France
• Religious Liberty Commission Director Meets with Vietnam's Officials
• Pakistan Upholds Blasphemy Law
• China: Secret Documents Released
• Pakistan (Ayub Masih) & Indonesia (Peace Accord)
• Nigeria: A Culture of Violence
• Winter in Korea
• Millions Attend Muslim Festival
• Life in Canada
• Life in Cuba
• Good News From Israel
• The New Afghanistan
• China's House Churches
• Christians in the Mideast
• Pakistan: Church Massacre
• Korea: Persecution and Faith
• A Call for Disinformation
• United Kingdom: Prime Minister Listens Sympathetically to Moves to Uphold Religious Liberties Abroad, as Part of the Fight Against Terrorism
• Sudan Steps Up Persecution
• Laos: Eradicating Christianity
• Inside China: Exclusive Report
• India: Urgent Call for Worldwide Prayer for India
• Malaysia: Anti-Conversion Law Considered
• Tajikistan: Death Sentence for Church Bombers
• Sri Lanka: Attack on Christian Families and Churches
• Nigeria: Dozens Killed in Muslim/Christian Riots
• Indonesia: Churches Bombed, 60 Wounded
• China and the Olympics
• Will Ding Win?
• China's 'Theological Construction' Campaign Intensifies
• Indonesia: Dozens Slaughtered, Religious Violence Explodes in Poso
• Uzbekistan: Church Raided, Pastor Charged
• Church Leaders Arrested in Laos
• Persecution in Turkey
• Sudan: Ten Killed as Extremist Government Bombs Civilians
• More Churches Burnt Down in Nigeria
  
• India: Caste and Conversion
  
• Chinese Officials Send 12 Protestants to Labor Camp
  
• Politicians Demand Re-opening of Theological Seminary in Turkey
  

• Canada's (EFC) Religious Liberty Commission website
  
• Sri Lanka Religious Liberty website
  
• Latest "World Watch" Report on Year 2000 from Open Doors
  
• U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom - Annual Report
  
• U.S. State Department's Annual Report on Human Rights
  
• U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
  
• National Association of Evangelicals' (U.S.A.) Statement of Conscience