Iran: Death for Nadarkhani?
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UPDATE: Death Sentence Conditionally Annulled
On Sunday, July 3, 2011, Iran's Supreme Court overturned the death sentence that
a lower court had imposed on Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani.
“The Supreme Court has annulled the death sentence and sent the case back to
the court in Rasht, asking the accused to repent,” said Youcef’s attorney,
Mohammad Ali Dadkhah.
The court’s decision lifts Nadarkhani’s death sentence under...
Eritrean Christians fleeing
persecution often face appalling conditions in Egypt, according to a report on
the Christian Today website. The report cites The Barnabas Fund as saying that Egypt
is the most common destination for Christians escaping from Eritrea, one of the
most hostile countries in the world for believers. The Eritrean government sees
Christians and evangelicals as a threat to national security because of their
allegiance to God...