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  • August 16, 2013

    Concern is increasing over the plight of Egypt's Christians and other minorities, as church burnings, hate speech and killings continue.

  • February 19, 2013

    Pakistan's authorities have been asked to do more to protect the persecuted Shi’a Hazara, following a devastating attack in Quetta that killed scores.

  • January 13, 2013

    Christians and other small communities in the Middle East and North Africa face an uncertain and sometimes dangerous situation in which fear is understandable, acknowledges Dr Harry Hagopian. But there is still good reason to resist being overly gripped by insularity and despair, to question the agenda of hierarchs, and to try to respond positively to the grassroots change that will continue to sweep the region over the coming year and beyond.

  • July 9, 2012

    A Christian human rights group in Pakistan has controversially called for an exclusive region for religious minorities who have faced decline and discrimination.

  • October 5, 2011

    The term 'minorities', when applied to Christian and other communities in the Middle East, opens up a range of contradictory emotions and responses, says Dr Harry Hagopian. But perhaps there could be a greater alliance of purposes among those who do and do not use this term, distinguishing a definition that allows for a range of legal and political remedies for those involved, while distancing it from its more disparaging, negative, intimidating and unhelpful resonances?

  • July 7, 2011

    Christians and other leaders in Pakistan have spoken out against the government's move to relegate issues regarding religious minorities.

  • March 3, 2011

    Church leaders and spokespeople have condemned the killing of Pakistan's Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti

  • January 31, 2011

    As Nepal prepares to conduct its ten yearly census, the country's growing Christian community plans to count its own members this year.

  • January 8, 2008

    Church and civic leaders in Iraq are expressing concern after reports that a number of churches were bombed on Sunday 6 January 2007, following Eid and Christmas, and at a time when Orthodox Christians were celebrating New Year’s Eve.

  • January 7, 2008

    Christian groups and churches in Indian's eastern state of Orissa are demanding urgent protection, saying they have been hounded by Hindu extremists, with reports of nine people being killed in attacks since Christmas.