Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Jul 25, 2019

  Aesthetician closes business after refusing Brazilian wax on transgender male

  A Brazilian wax provider in Canada has shut down her home-based business after being sued for turning away a trans-identified woman over concerns about safety. 

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  Jul 24, 2019

  North Korean defector says cousin's entire family executed for sharing Gospel

  A North Korean defector detailed what it’s like to live as a Christian in North Korea, telling President Donald Trump and the State Department's religious freedom ministerial about the execution of his cousin's entire family after they were caught sharing the Gospel. 

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  Jul 24, 2019

  LGBT rainbow flag flown at Pennsylvania city hall after mayor's initial opposition

  An LGBT rainbow flag was flown in front of city hall in Reading, Pennsylvania, on Monday after the town’s Democrat mayor received national criticism last week when he put plans to fly the flag on hold. 

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  Jul 24, 2019

  Interfaith council expels Bangladeshi activist who met Trump during State Dept. Ministerial

  The Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council in Bangladesh expelled one of its organizing secretaries after she told U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office that 37 million people have disappeared from the Asian nation. 

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  Jul 23, 2019

  NAE launches $1M campaign to help churches bless financially strapped pastors

  The National Association of Evangelicals has launched a $1 million campaign designed to inspire congregants to “bless” their pastors at a time when 90 percent of pastors nationwide are facing financial pressure that could lead them to eventually departing from ministry. 

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  Jul 22, 2019

  Cuba bars evangelicals from attending US religious freedom ministerial

  Four prominent Cuban evangelical leaders were barred by regime officials from traveling to the United States last week to participate in the State Department's historic Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom. 

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  Jul 22, 2019

  Fulani killings of Nigerian Christians meets standard for 'genocide,’ Jubilee Campaign says

  An international human rights NGO has submitted research and data to the International Criminal Court contending that the standard for genocide has now been reached when it comes to the massacres of Christian farming communities in Nigeria by Fulani militants. 

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  Jul 21, 2019

  'Eyes tied sealed': Kachin pastor details torture in Burmese prison

  A Christian pastor from northern Myanmar opened up about the horrors he faced when jailed and tortured for over a year and welcomed sanctions recently issued by the U.S. government against key military leaders responsible for abuses. 

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  Jul 19, 2019

  Pence announces sanctions on Iranian-backed leaders abusing minorities returning to Iraq

  Vice President Mike Pence announced new sanctions against Iranian-backed militia leaders accused of committing human rights abuses in the Ninevah Plains of Iraq, where Christians and other religious minorities are struggling to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of genocide. 

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  Jul 19, 2019

  Trump meets 27 survivors of persecution in Oval Office, learns about their plight

  President Donald Trump met with 27 survivors of religious persecution from all over the world at the White House Wednesday with some thanking him for his administration’s efforts to promote international religious freedom and others asking him to help their community.