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  • 19 Feb 2013
    Pakistan challenged to protect Shi'a Hazara from deadly attacks

    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.

  • 13 Jan 2013
    Fear and hope for indigenous Christians in the Middle East and North Africa

    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.

  • 9 Jul 2012
    Human rights group calls for region for minorities in Pakistan

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

  • 5 Oct 2011
    What kind of 'minorities' are the Christians of the Middle East?

    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?

  • 7 Jul 2011
    Pakistani religious minorities unhappy about new official plans

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

  • 3 Mar 2011
    Bhatti killing causes shock and horror

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

  • 31 Jan 2011
    Nepal’s Christians will conduct their own 2011 census

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

  • 8 Jan 2008
    Concern over new attacks on churches in Iraq

    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.

  • 7 Jan 2008
    Christians in India's Orissa state campaign for protection

    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.

  • 2 Jan 2008
    Pakistan elections rescheduled amid fears of minorities

    Pakistan's elections, originally scheduled for 8 January, will now take place on 18 February, the authorities have announced amid widespread scepticism. Campaigners for Christian and other minorities fear for the future.