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Mark Fino preaching at Living Stone Church, Tokyo. Tom Eskildsen is sitting in the first row.

Mark Fino: No Asylum in Japan for Evangelist Threatened in Bangladesh

The persecuted Bangladeshi Christian preacher and blogger was denied refugee recognition—as it happens to many in Japan. by Tom Eskildsen The immigration authorities of Japan rejected the asylum application of Mark Fino, a Christian evangelist, blogger, and convert from Islam, who left his home country of Bangladesh due to death threats from Muslim extremists and…

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European Courts of Human Rights: An Afghan asylum-seeker converted to Christianity should not be deported

Switzerland would breach the Convention by returning to Afghanistan an Afghan convert to Christianity (ECHR Press Release) On December 11, 2019, in the case of A.A. v. Switzerland (application no. 32218/17) the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there would be a violation of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights…

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Book Review: Why Rohingya Deserve Refugee Status

Fortify Rights and Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, “They Tried to Kill Us All”: Atrocity Crimes Against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State, Myanmar, Washington DC: Fortify Rights and Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2017. Available for free download. Hundreds of thousands…

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DEUTSCHLAND / CHINA: Appell an Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel

Eilappell an Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel Fr. Zhao, Mitglied der Kirche des Allmächtigen Gottes, würde verhaftet werden und “verschwinden” wenn sie zurück nach China deportiert wird Sehr geehrte Frau Bundeskanzlerin Merkel, Wir sind NGOs, die sich auf dem Gebiet der Religionsfreiheit engagieren und schreiben Ihnen, wegen der prekären Lage der chinesischen Flüchtlingsfrau Zhao, die zur Zeit…

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