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Yklas Kabduakasov Released!

Yklas Kabduakasov Released!

Yklas Kabduakasov Released! Christian prisoner of faith Yklas Kabduakasov was released from prison on Oct. 2, 2017. The 56-year-old convert from Islam was arrested on Aug. 14, 2015 and sent to a labour camp for “inciting religious hatred.” He returns home to his wife,...

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Pastor Kholmatov’s Sentence Upheld – Aug. 2017

On Aug. 18, the Sogd Regional Court upheld the three-year prison sentence given to Pastor Bakhrom Kholmatov of Sunmin Sunbogym Church. Pastor Kholmatov was punished for “singing extremist songs in church and so inciting 'religious hatred’”. After his arrest, he was...

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KAZAKHSTAN: Effectiveness of Letter-Writing Ministry

KAZAKHSTAN: Effectiveness of Letter-Writing Ministry

Source: VOM USA Yklas Kabduakasov (left) and Yuri Pak Photos: VOM USA Following his release from a Kazakh prison on June 17th, Yuri Pak’s family shared how the many letters that were sent to him and fellow prisoner of faith, Yklas Kabduakasov changed the quality of...

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Pastor Hyeon Soo Lim Released!

Pastor Hyeon Soo Lim Released!

This is great news... North Korea frees Canadian church leader ‘on sick bail’ - Hyeun-soo Lim, the Korean Canadian church leader sentenced to life in prison with hard labour, has been freed today “on sick bail”, says a North Korean state news agency. Convicted in...

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Zhang Xiuhong Released

Zhang Xiuhong Released

Authorities released Zhang Xiuhong, Huoshi Church’s accountant and chairwoman of the board of deacons, after holding her in prison for more than two years on a falsified “illegal business operations” charge. Originally, she received a five-year sentence, but after she...

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Amin Released!

Amin Released!

Three weeks after being sentenced to 15 years in prison, Amin Afshar Naderi has been freed on bail. Immediately after receiving his sentence, Amin began a 21 day hunger strike. During that time, his health deteriorated. On July 25, he was granted bail.  Pray that Amin...

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New profile: Nguyen Van Dai, in Vietnam

Nguyen Van Dai, a Protestant Church leader and lawyer, was arrested at his home in Hanoi on the morning of December 6, 2015. According to his wife, he was on his way to meet representatives of the EU to discuss human rights issues in his home country of Vietnam. Dai...

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Rev. Hassan – Released!

Rev. Hassan Abduraheem | Sudan - RELEASED! We are praising God today for the release of Rev. Hassan Abduraheem Kodi Taour (pictured far right), and Abdulmonem Abdumawla from prison in Sudan. The two Sudanese nationals were arrested in December 2015 along with Petr...

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