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Littman: Stand up to the voices of hate and intolerance

For happily the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live below its protection, should demean themselves as good citizens...May the kids of the Stock of Abraham, who dwell in this land, continue to merit and like the good will of the other Inhabitants; while every one shall sit below his possess vine and ...

5 Sep 2010, 9:03 am | click here to view more

Lord Montagu on the court case which ended the legal persecution of homosexuals

Lord Montagu of Beaulieu is not convinced by those people who tell him that time is a great healer.

5 Sep 2010, 12:40 am | click here to view more

09/04/2010 06:52 VIETNAM Basic communities and social activities help the renewal of the Vietnamese Church

» by Trung Tin A Vietnamese delegation attends the Congress of Lay Catholics in Asia in Seoul. Between persecution and martyrdom, the faithful keep the Church’s presence alive. Pastoral tasks are coupled with social action in favour of the needy, the sick, orphans and AIDS kids.

4 Sep 2010, 9:26 am | click here to view more

Fidel Castro takes blame for 1960s gay persecution

Source: Reuters * Persecution arose from Cuba's history of discrimination * Castro was distracted by U.S. threats, missile crisis * Goes to national aquarium with U.S. writer HAVANA, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Fidel ...

31 Aug 2010, 6:49 pm | click here to view more

Christian Living Resources, Bible Study Tools, Jesus Christ

Daily briefs of the top Christian news and persecution stories impacting believers around the world. More than half of Canadians believe in an afterlife of heaven, but they're not so keen on the idea of hell, a new survey shows.

3 Sep 2010, 8:57 pm | click here to view more

San Jose man fears persecution in Philippines, tries to avoid deportation

Benito 'Benny' Honorio is now sitting in a Yuba County jail while his attorney races against the clock to win a court hearing from the federal Board of Immigration Appeals.

3 Sep 2010, 5:55 pm | click here to view more

International: Castro takes blame for Cuba's anti-gay persecution

Fidel Castro has admitted he is responsible for the persecution of homosexuals in Cuba following the 1959 revolution.

2 Sep 2010, 4:58 am | click here to view more

Fidel Castro takes 'responsibility' for persecution of Cuban gays

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro called years of official persecution of homosexuals below his Communist regime an "injustice." In an interview published this week in a Mexican newspaper, he said he takes responsibility for the repression. "If someone is responsible, it is me," Castro told Carmen Lira, editor of the left-leaning daily La Jornada. Here's the second part of the Castro's ...

2 Sep 2010, 10:23 pm | click here to view more

Whistleblowers face persecution in Meghalaya

Even before the euphoria over the Whistleblower Bill could settle down, an incident of victimisation and persecution of whistleblowera has arrive to light. This time from Meghalaya.

1 Sep 2010, 6:45 pm | click here to view more

Persecution News in Brief: Recent Incidents in India

Police in Sivaho Dhamtari on Aug. 29 arrested three Christians after Hindu extremists filed a complaint against them of luring people to convert to Christianity by offering them money and “untrue wish.”

1 Sep 2010, 2:17 am | click here to view more