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  1. 1World Watch List: Sudan, Open Doors UK, see http://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/worldwatch/sudan.php as at 12 November 2015 and Annual Report 2015, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 2015, pages 65-66
  2. 2World Watch List: Sudan, Open Doors UK, see http://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/worldwatch/sudan.php as at 12 November 2015
  3. 3Annual Report 2015, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 2015, page 66
  4. 4Annual Report 2015, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 2015, page 65
  5. 5Freedom of Religion and the Persecution of Christians: The Open Doors Report 2015, Open Doors, January 2015, page 11
  6. 6Freedom of Religion and the Persecution of Christians: The Open Doors Report 2015, Open Doors, January 2015, page 17
  7. 7World Watch List: Iran, Open Doors UK, see http://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/worldwatch/iran.php as at 12 November 2015
  8. 8Annual Report 2015, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 2015, page 47
  9. 9Annual Report 2015, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 2015, page 45
  10. 10The Daily Telegraph, 11 August 2015 and Annual Report 2015, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 2015, page 111
  11. 11World Watch List: Pakistan, Open Doors UK, see http://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/worldwatch/pakistan.php as at 12 November 2015
  12. 12Annual Report 2015, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 2015, page 111
  13. 13Annual Report 2015, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 2015, pages 109 and 111 and World Watch List: Pakistan, Open Doors UK, see http://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/worldwatch/pakistan.php as at 12 November 2015
  14. 14World Watch List: Pakistan, Open Doors UK, see http://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/worldwatch/pakistan.php as at 12 November 2015
  15. 15The Sunday Telegraph, 1 June 2008
  16. 16BBC News online, 9 December 2009, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8404212.stm as at 12 November 2015
  17. 17Liverpool Echo, 29 March 2010
  18. 18BBC News online, 17 May 2010, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/8687395.stm as at 12 November 2015
  19. 19Peter Tatchell Foundation, 17 May 2010, see http://www.petertatchellfoundation.org/religion/cps-drop-case-against-street-preacher as at 12 November 2015
  20. 20BBC News online, 27 September 2011, see http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-15072408 as at 12 November 2015
  21. 21The Mail on Sunday, 25 September 2011; BBC News online, 27 September 2011, see http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-15072408 as at 12 November 2011 and Daily Express, 28 September 2011
  22. 22Mail Online, 19 July 2014, see http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2698114/Thousands-Iraqi-Christians-pour-Mosul-ISIS-jihadis-deadline-convert-pay-face-death.html as at 12 November 2015 and Open Doors UK, 9 June 2015, see http://www.opendoorsuk.org/news/stories/iraq_150609.php as at 12 November 2015
  23. 23Freedom of Religion and the Persecution of Christians: The Open Doors Report 2015, Open Doors, January 2015, page 8 and BBC News online, 24 February 2015, see http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-31601451 as at 16 November 2015
  24. 24World Watch List: Iraq, Open Doors UK, see http://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/worldwatch/iraq.php as at 12 November 2015
  25. 25North Korea, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, see http://www.csw.org.uk/our_work_profile_northkorea.htm as at 12 November 2015 and World Watch List: North Korea, Open Doors UK, see http://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/worldwatch/north_korea.php as at 12 November 2015
  26. 26World Watch List: North Korea, Open Doors UK, see http://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/worldwatch/north_korea.php as at 12 November 2015
  27. 27Annual Report 2015, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 2015, pages 51-52 and World Watch List: North Korea, Open Doors UK, see http://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/worldwatch/north_korea.php as at 12 November 2015
  28. 28World Watch List: North Korea, Open Doors UK, see http://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/worldwatch/north_korea.php as at 12 November 2015; Annual Report 2015, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 2015, page 52 and correspondence received from the Center for the Study of Global Christianity
  29. 29Annual Report 2015, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 2015, page 52
  30. 30Annual Report 2015, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 2015, pages 36 and 52
  31. 31North Korea, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, see http://www.csw.org.uk/our_work_profile_northkorea.htm as at 12 November 2015 and Annual Report 2015, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 2015, pages 52-53
  32. 32Annual Report 2015, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 2015, page 33
  33. 33Annual Report 2015, United States Commission on international Religious Freedom, 2015, pages 33 and 35
  34. 34World Watch List: China, Open Doors UK, see http://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/worldwatch/china.php as at 12 November 2015 and Annual Report 2015, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 2015, page 35
  35. 35Annual Report 2015, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 2015, pages 34-35
  36. 36World Watch List: Saudi Arabia, Open Doors UK, see http://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/worldwatch/saudi_arabia.php as at 12 November 2015
  37. 37Middle East Concern, 5 February 2009, see http://www.meconcern.org/index.php/en/prayer-requests/48-two-incidents-in-riyadh-saudi-arabia as at 12 November 2015 and Middle East Concern, 14 April 2009, see http://www.meconcern.org/index.php/en/prayer-requests/32-update-on-saudi-blogger-arrested-in-january as at 12 November 2015
  38. 38World Watch List: Saudi Arabia, Open Doors UK, see http://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/worldwatch/saudi_arabia.php as at 12 November 2015
  39. 39World Watch List: Saudi Arabia, Open Doors UK, see http://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/worldwatch/saudi_arabia.php as at 12 November 2015 and Annual Report 2015, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 2015, page 57
  40. 40International Christian Concern, 18 September 2014, see http://www.persecution.org/2014/09/19/saudi-religious-police-release-28-christians/ as at 12 November 2015
  41. 41World Watch List: Somalia, Open Doors UK, see http://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/worldwatch/somalia.php as at 12 November 2015
  42. 42World Watch List: Somalia, Open Doors UK, see http://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/worldwatch/somalia.php as at 12 November 2015
  43. 43BBC News online, 3 April 2015, see http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-32169080 as at 12 November 2015
  44. 44Unholy War, Channel 4: Dispatches, 17 September 2007 and Safe Haven, see http://www.safe-haven.org.uk/victims-stories/nissar/ as at 16 November 2015
  45. 45Unholy War, Channel 4: Dispatches, 17 September 2007
  46. 46Undercover Mosque: The Return, Channel 4: Dispatches, 1 September 2008
  47. 47The Mail on Sunday, 8 February 2009
  48. 48Telegraph online, 5 January 2014, see http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10525676/Dog-bites-gang-attacks-and-beatings-in-church-all-in-the-life-a-21st-Century-vicar.html as at 12 November 2015
  49. 49Personal Safety Plan for Church People, Ecclesiastical Insurance, see http://www.ecclesiastical.com/ChurchMatters/Images/Personal%20safety%20plan.pdf and Personal safety, Ecclesiastical Insurance, see http://www.ecclesiastical.com/churchmatters/churchguidance/churchhealthandsafety/personal-safety/index.aspx as at 12 November 2015
  50. 50Arson advice for churches, Ecclesiastical Insurance, see http://www.ecclesiastical.com/churchmatters/churchguidance/fireguidance/arson/index.aspx as at 12 November 2015, and Risk Management Advice, Ecclesiastical Insurance, see http://www.ecclesiastical.com/fororganisations/riskmanagement/risk-management-advice/places-of-worship/index.aspx as at 13 November 2015
  51. 51Annual Report 2015, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 2015, page 102 and Freedom of Religion and the Persecution of Christians: The Open Doors Report 2015, Open Doors, January 2015, page 15
  52. 52World Watch List: Nigeria, Open Doors UK, see http://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/worldwatch/nigeria.php as at 12 November 2015 and Freedom of Religion and the Persecution of Christians: The Open Doors Report 2015, Open Doors, January 2015, page 6
  53. 53Christian Solidarity Worldwide, 30 September 2013, see http://www.csw.org.uk/2013/09/30/press/1581/article.htm as at 12 November 2015; Open Doors UK, 14 April 2015, see http://www.opendoorsuk.org/news/stories/nigeria_150413_1.php as at 12 November 2015 and The Guardian, 28 July 2015
  54. 54Hate and Targeted Violence Against Christians in India, Report 2014, Evangelical Fellowship of India and Alliance Defending Freedom India, pages 7 and 10 and World Watch List: India, Open Doors UK, see http://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/worldwatch/india.php as at 12 November 2015
  55. 55Annual Report 2015, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, 2015, page 150
  56. 56Hate and Targeted Violence Against Christians in India, Report 2014, Evangelical Fellowship of India and Alliance Defending Freedom India, page 13 and The Washington Post online, 27 May 2015, see https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/indias-christians-concerned-about-growing-attacks-on-religious-minorities/2015/05/27/708c54c0-04a3-11e5-93f4-f24d4af7f97d_story.html as at 12 November 2015
  57. 57Hate and Targeted Violence Against Christians in India, Report 2014, Evangelical Fellowship of India and Alliance Defending Freedom India, page 31
  58. 58World Watch List: Egypt, Open Doors UK, see http://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/worldwatch/egypt.php as at 12 November 2015
  59. 59World Watch List: Egypt, Open Doors UK, see http://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/worldwatch/egypt.php as at 12 November 2015 and 2014 November Magazine, Open Doors UK, page 16
  60. 60Report into allegations concerning Birmingham schools arising from the ‘Trojan Horse’ letter, Peter Clarke, House of Commons, July 2014, HC 576, pages 14, 36, 43, 52; Investigation Report: Trojan Horse letter, Ian Kershaw, July 2014, page 27 and The Daily Telegraph, 30 July 2015
  61. 61Religion or belief in the workplace and service delivery: Findings from a call for evidence, NatCen Social Research and the Equality and Human Rights Commission, March 2015, page 81 and ECHR consultation, 12 March 2015, see http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/largest-ever-consultation-reveals-widespread-confusion-over-laws-protecting-religion-or-belief as at 12 November 2015
  62. 62The Sunday Times, 25 January 2015
  63. 63The Sunday Times, 5 April 2015
  64. 64The Daily Telegraph, 3 December 2014 and Telegraph online, 2 December 2014, see http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/kenya/11267049/Gunmen-kill-dozens-of-workers-in-attack-on-Kenya-quarry.html as at 12 November 2015
  65. 65Telegraph online, 29 June 2014, see http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/10934291/Boko-Haram-kill-Christian-worshippers-and-burn-churches-in-latest-Nigeria-attack.html as at 12 November 2015
  66. 66Open Doors UK, 16 July 2014, see http://www.opendoorsuk.org/news/stories/nigeria_140716.php as at 12 November 2015
  67. 67Freedom of Religion and the Persecution of Christians: The Open Doors Report 2015, Open Doors, January 2015, page 15
  68. 68The Guardian, 24 September 2013
  69. 69The Guardian, 23 September 2013
  70. 70BBC News online, 15 February 2015, see http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-31481797 as at 12 November 2015
  71. 71The Guardian, 28 July 2015
  72. 72Speech, Prime Minister on ISIL at UN General Assembly, 29 September 2015, see https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/prime-minister-on-isil-at-un-general-assembly as at 12 November 2015
  73. 73Freedom of Religion and the Persecution of Christians: The Open Doors Report 2015, Open Doors, January 2015, page 24. Thomas Schirrmacher, from the International Society for Human Rights, says that while there is no good research on it at all, their best guess at the moment is to start at about 7,000 to 8,000 Christians killed for their beliefs worldwide, see BBC magazine online, 12 November 2013, see http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24864587 as at 12 November 2015; Frans Veerman, Director of the World Watch List agreed that the estimate of between 7,000 and 8,000 Christian martyrs was about right, World Watch Monitor, 13 November 2013, see https://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/2013/10/2815601/ as at 12 November 2015 and Christof Saure, of the International Institute for Religious Freedom, puts the figure at 8,000 to 9,000 a year in Christian Today, 25 June 2014, see http://www.christiantoday.com/article/70.million.christians.martyred.faith.since.jesus.walked.earth/38403.htm as at 12 November 2015.
  74. 74The Spectator, 5 October 2013 and The Independent on Sunday, 27 July 2014
  75. 75The Daily Telegraph, 11 August 2015
  76. 76The Guardian, 28 July 2015