“O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen on your walls; they will pray day and night, continually. Take no rest, all you who pray to the Lord.” —Isaiah 62:6
At A Glance: 360 people – primarily women and children – have been rescued from Boko Haram extremists in Borno State, Nigeria. The captives were freed from a remote mountain hideout after being held for months.
At a Glance: Is Christianity illegal in China? The answer is complex. This post explains the reality of Christianity in China. Christianity is legal but must operate under government-approved churches The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) closely monitors religious activity…
Southern Syria, specifically villages and towns along the border strip in Al-Quneitra countryside and the western countryside of Daraa, has witnessed a significant and unprecedented escalation by Israeli forces over the past week.
Idlib province: Residents and displaced people from Kafranbel city staged an angry, mass protest stand in the Jabal Al-Zawiyah area in southern Idlib countryside, expressing their discontent and categorical rejection of the caretaker government’s recent decisions to allow the…
Latakia province: SOHR sources have reported that Latakia Health Directorate has issued a decision to close the dispensary in Ain Shaqaq district in Jableh countryside. The move has sparked widespread anger among residents and staff, given the centre’s vital role in providing…
Pentru prima dată, Comitetul constată, într-un caz de libertate religioasă, încălcări atât ale prevederilor privind nediscriminarea, cât și ale drepturilor minorităților. The post Martorii lui Iehova: Comitetul ONU pentru Drepturile Omului emite o decizie de referință împotriva…
Following Nepal’s nearly 200-year ban on Christianity, the faith has experienced steady growth since 1951 as the number of churches, Christian schools, and hospitals has gradually expanded. Despite this growth, Christians only make up about 1.76% of Nepal’s population, while…
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A young woman hailing from Nawa city in western Daraa was killed and his father was injured, when an Israeli drone attacked them while travelling on their motorcycle in Mashgharah village in Al-Beqaa in western Lebanon.
Al-Suwaidaa province: SOHR activists have reported hearing successive loud explosions in Al-Suwaidaa province at dawn, which triggered a state of public panic. The explosions were caused by intercepting missiles or drones believed to be Iranian, while heading to the occupied…
At A Glance: “They took everything, but they couldn’t take my faith.” Discover the inspiring story of Lydia, a Christian mother in Nigeria standing strong despite intense persecution and unimaginable losses.
Since the beginning of the latest military escalation by Israeli forces in Lebanese territory on March 3, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented the death of 184 Syrian citizens, including women and children, in Israeli strikes on different areas across Lebanon.
A theft yesterday at a Russian Orthodox church in Tehran has shed light again on the types of churches permitted to operate in Iran today, and those that are not. The Church of St Nicholas is the only Russian Orthodox church still functioning in Iran today, when once there were…
SOHR activists have reported that paper leaflets were distributed in several mosques across different areas in Daraa, Idlib and Aleppo provinces. The leaflets contain extremist content and rhetoric linked to ISIS, reflecting renewed attempts to revive propaganda and incitement…
With the current military escalation between the USA and Israel on one hand, and Iran on the other, Syria’s skies have been turned into a battle field. These developments have badly impacted the living and security situations in a country that has not been healed from a…
At a cemetery in southern Lebanon, Ghada Hussein clutched images of her son, a Hezbollah fighter killed in an Israeli strike and buried in a temporary grave because the family cannot return to her border village.
SOHR activists have documented an incursion by an Israeli patrol of several military vehicles carrying soldiers, including a vehicle equipped with a machine gun, into the western countryside of Daraa. The patrol set out from Al-Jazerah barracks towards residential…
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has raised alarm over credible reports of grave human rights violations affecting women and girls in Nigeria, including killings, abductions, sexual violence, forced conversion, forced marriage, and enforced…
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Las acusaciones de los fiscales contra Rudnev merecen ser examinadas en detalle, y él debería poder presentar su versión ante el público. The post ¿Un caso construido sobre arena? Konstantin Rudnev habla tras la revocación de su arresto domiciliario first appeared on Bitter…
The Ebola outbreak in DRC has spread to a new health zone in the northeastern province of Ituri, health authorities said on Wednesday (10 June), highlighting the challenges of containing the virus more than three weeks after the epidemic was declared.
Al-Quneitra province: SOHR activists have reported that an Israeli patrol of three military vehicles advanced into the southern countryside of Al-Quneitra. The patrol headed towards the road between Sayda Al-Golan and Al-Maqraz village.
Rescuers searched the rubble of a collapsed building in the southern Philippine city of General Santos on Tuesday after a powerful earthquake killed at least 37 people and injured hundreds across the country.
Al-Raqqah province: SOHR activists have reported that Turkish forces evacuated their military base in the western countryside of Tel Abyad, before they entirely burnt it down. The base had been established in 2019, following “Peace Spring” operation.
Following the publication of photos from the 2026 Tabaski celebrations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Islamic State’s Central Africa Province (ISCAP), which includes the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), released numerous images, including children.
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"Will you make the sacred Strait of Hormuz unsafe? We will turn the entire region into hell for you from across Iran,” IRGC Aerospace Force Chief Brig.-Gen. Majid Mousavi said.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the way music is created. Tools such as Suno allow users to generate melodies, arrangements, and recordings from simple text prompts. While some view AI with suspicion, believers should recognize that technology itself is morally…
By Enas Alashray, Elwely Elwelly and Phil Stewart DUBAI/WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they had carried out attacks against a U.S. base in Jordan and 21 other targets in the Gulf on Wednesday in retaliation for American strikes around the…
Israeli airstrikes on the historic city of Tyre in southern Lebanon and surrounding areas killed 11 people Tuesday amid an Israeli military warning for the entire city to evacuate. Israel's army said its forces killed a gunman who had managed to infiltrate Israeli territory…
Iran attacked American bases in Jordan and Bahrain on Wednesday, warning its Gulf neighbours that they had a "responsibility" to stop the United States and Israel from using their territory to strike the Islamic republic.
A Hindu nationalist mob brutally attacked a worship service on Sunday, May 31, in the remote Sadrapal village of Sukma district in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, injuring at least 25 worshippers, including the pastor’s pregnant wife.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo's latest Ebola outbreak has claimed more than 100 lives, with health authorities warning that armed conflict and attacks on aid workers are hindering efforts to contain the disease.
The United Nations has expressed concern over reports that women in western Afghanistan have been arrested and detained for allegedly failing to comply with Taliban dress requirements.
The prosecutors’ accusations against Rudnev deserves to be examined in detail—and he should be allowed to present his version to the public. The post A Case Built on Sand? Konstantin Rudnev Speaks Out After House Arrest Is Revoked first appeared on Bitter Winter.
Finally, the human rights issue is connected with trade by two parliamentary resolutions. The post Uyghur Rights: Dutch Parliament Hits Beijing Where It Hurts first appeared on Bitter Winter.
KABUL, June 8 (Reuters) - The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has expressed concern over the arrest and detention of women in a western province for allegedly failing to comply with "dress requirements" and urged Taliban authorities to treat all people equally.
A powerful earthquake struck off the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Monday (8 June), killing at least 15 people and triggering tsunami warnings across the region.
June 8 (Reuters) - The Strait of Hormuz will be open but under new conditions to be set by Iran and Oman, including a transit fee, Iran's ambassador to Moscow was quoted as saying on Monday. The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has largely cut oil flows via the strait, which before the…
Hama province: Unidentified gunmen riding a motorbike on the “public road” opened fire directly on several Alawite civilians inside their workplace in Al-Shuhaib Town in eastern Hama countryside, where two people were killed and two others were severely injured, and they were…