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Eritrean Authorities Rearrested Christians

In Eritrea, 15 Christians have been rearrested and many others detained in the past months. Reports show that the Christians are men and women aged from their late 20s to their 60s, members of different churches, and that all have previously been imprisoned for their faith—some for up to 16 years. These Christians were released from prison last summer but were rearrested following the discovery of a list of Christian contacts. The wave of releases of Christian prisoners in the last year has not turned out to be the start of an ongoing change in policy, as had been hoped. The Eritrean authorities banned all churches in 2002 except the Eritrean Orthodox, Lutheran, and Catholic churches.

—ChurchInChains.ie

Taliban Searching Phones for the Bible

Taliban are going door-to-door in Afghanistan searching for Christians and inspecting phones for Bible apps. In a statement, the leader of the underground church ministering to Christians in Afghanistan said, “The Taliban has a hit list of known Christians they are targeting to pursue and kill. People are fleeing into the mountains looking for asylum. They are fully reliant on God, who is the only One who can and will protect them.” The statement noted that, among many other horrible atrocities, “The Taliban are going door-to-door taking women and children.” Another reliable source reported that “The Taliban demand people’s phones, and if they find a downloaded Bible on your device they will kill you immediately.”

—ChristianPost.com

Charitable Pro-Life Groups Potentially Threatened by Trudeau’s Government

Campaign Life Coalition is asking all Canadians to demand that Justin Trudeau’s government not remove charitable status from pregnancy centers. His election platform specifically targeted pro-life groups because they “provide dishonest counseling to women about their rights and about the options available.” It claims this puts “the health and safety of young people and vulnerable women at risk.” CLC’s “Voter Voice Campaign” says if this is enforced, many Crisis Pregnancy Centres and Pro-Life Educational Organizations will be at risk of closure. They will be taxed out of existence. This would be an enormous blow to the thousands of women supported before and after childbirth. Canadians can take action using the CLC action tool. “It seems that the Trudeau government is determined to impose pro-abortion belief all across our country’s charitable sector,” reads a portion of the tool’s pre-written message. “He must not be allowed to force his beliefs onto this nation’s charities.”

—LifeSiteNews.com

Gender Restroom Policies Causing Problems

A 9th-grade girl was allegedly sexually assaulted in a Loudoun County, Virginia high school bathroom. Parents are looking for answers after a male student wearing a skirt allegedly sexually assaulted the victim in the girl’s bathroom. Furthermore, during a heated exchange at a school board meeting, this student’s father was arrested for obstruction of justice and disorderly conduct. Loudoun County Public Schools had formalized a policy regarding restroom use that was easily exploitable by a potential sexual assailant. Furthermore, after the county completed an investigation of the matter compliant with its obligations under Title IX, the assailant was allowed to attend a different school. But this was not enough. Because of this indifference and negligence, it has happened to another girl at another school at the hands of the very same assailant.

—WJLA.com

Bulgaria Has Conflict over Gender

The Bulgarian court has ruled that in their constitution, the word “gender” can only refer to biological sex. Therefore, the ratification of the human rights treaty (known as the Istanbul Convention) would be anti-constitutional. Controversy arose around the Istanbul Convention, a treaty against domestic violence, and its use of the term “gender” as a social construct as opposed to the biological “sex.” Socially conservative voices said they feared that ratification of the treaty would be an adoption of this “gender ideology.” The court also ruled that the legal status of transgender people should be further resolved through changes in legislation. Institutions cannot be obliged to accept the self-determination of citizens to sex that is different from their biological one.

—CNE.news

New School Gender Inclusion Policies Cause Large Concern Across the U.S.

A speaker at a Florida county school board meeting was removed for using vulgar language as he was reading aloud from a highly sexualized book available at the high school’s own library. (The author of this vulgar book claims it is intended to help families with youths who question their gender.) He was interrupted by the chair, “Sir,” she said as members of the audience urged him to continue, “You’re out of order… I understand that book is in the classroom, and the language he just read is inappropriate for this forum… I understand the contradiction here. This is the first time I’ve heard of this, and the board has heard of this. We will look into it, and I do hope the book is removed.” Following the meeting, school officials acted. Four copies of the book were in three of the county’s 22 high schools. The book is no longer on library shelves and is under review.

—FoxNews.com

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