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(CHANGING HEADLINE, ADDING NEW DETAILS ABOUT CHURCHES)BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- International human rights group Amnesty International (AI) said Tuesday, July 7, that time is running out for the Chinese government to fulfil "its promise of promoting human rights" ahead of the Beijing Olympics next year.

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS (BosNewsLife)-- The chairman of the Netherlands-based Central Committee for Ex-Muslims confirmed late Monday, August 6, that he has been put under special police protection after being attacked over the weekend.

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christian inmates in a jail in Pakistan were without Bible classes Monday, August 6, after authorities banned them, a Christian prison group said.

GENEVA/CAIRO (BosNewsLife)-- Human rights group Amnesty International (AI) urged Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Monday, August 6, to ensure that independent observers are permitted access to the trial of 40 members of the Muslim Brotherhood group who are accussed of involvement in terrorism.

BUDAPEST/MOSCOW (BosNewsLife)-- A Russian Baptist pastor spent another Sunday, August 5, without his family after he was deported from Turkmenistan for his church activities, fellow Christians and human rights watchers said.

ISTANBUL, TURKEY (BosNewsLife/Compass)-- A Korean Christian aid worker murdered by his Taliban captors on Monday, July 30, had sacrificed his time and job to help those less fortunate than himself, eventually losing his life while serving the needy in Afghanistan.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in the Philippines on Saturday, August 4, mourned the death of a Protestant pastor who was killed in one of two explosions that ripped through a bus terminal in southern Koronadal City. The blast Friday, August 3, also wounded up to 10 passengers, police and media reports said.

BUDAPEST/ASTANA (BosNewsLife)-- Baptist Christians in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan faced an uncertain weekend Saturday, August 4, amid reports that authorities barred a mother and her young child from entering their home because of their involvement in a Baptist church.

RANGOON/MAE LA (BosNewsLife)-- There was hope Friday, August 3, for hundreds of Burmese refugees, many of them Christians, as the United States continued a "mass resettlement" effort, a major human rights group said.

RANGOON/LONDON (BosNewsLife)-- As predominantly Christian ethnic minorities in Burma faced another potential day of persecution by the Burmese military Thursday, August 2, as Christian rights activists were anticipating more humanitarian aid for the country from the United Kingdom.