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Imprisoned Christian Beaten for Medical Request

Amir-Ali Minaei is outside.
Amir-Ali Minaei
Photo: Article 18

Amir-Ali Minaei has been held in Tehran's Evin Prison since April 2024. The Christian man is presently serving a 43-month term for "propaganda activities against the regime through establishing a house church."

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Christian Man Assaulted and Humiliated

People are gathering wood. There are trees all around them.
Photo: Wikimedia / Tahsin Shah (cc)

On February 27th, an impoverished Christian man named Wasif Masih was collecting wood along the road when he was confronted by a group of six Muslim landowners. The men verbally abused the believer, referring to him as "chuhra" – a term frequently used in Pakistan to insult Christians. The perpetrators then physically beat Wasif and detained him for four hours on a poultry farm.

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Unregistered Churches Face Increasing Oppression

A smiling man is speaking behind a pulpit. There is a cross on the wall behind him.
Photo: ChinaAid

Two recently received reports indicate the ongoing coordinated opposition that members of unregistered house churches are facing throughout China. Since the groups are considered illegal, the authorities have tried using fines and arrests, along with threats and intimidation tactics, in their attempts to shut down the organizations.