Day: December 22, 2015

World Watch Monitor reports that Iranian evangelical pastor Farshid Fathi has been released early from prison, just six months after he failed to appeal a sentence to an extra year in jail and 74 lashes for allegedly possessing two litres of alcohol in his prison cell. He was serving a six-year prison sentence – extended…

The killing of minorities by so-called Islamic State should be recognised as genocide, more than 60 parliamentarians have said in a letter to the Prime Minister, written by Rob Flello MP and Lord Alton. They urge David Cameron to use his influence to reach an agreement with the UN that the term genocide be used….