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Two Evangelists Released from Prison    Published in 2009
NAIROBI, Kenya, October 28 (CDN) — The latest in a series of false charges against two Ethiopian evangelists was put to rest on Friday (Oct. 23), and they were released. A court in Debiretabor, Ethiopia acquitted the two evangelists of insulting the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC) ....
Jailed Evangelists in Ethiopia Win Appeal but Remain in Prison    Published in 2009
NAIROBI, Kenya, October 8 (CDN) — Two Christians in Ethiopia who had been sentenced to six months of prison on false charges of offering money to people to convert have successfully appealed their sentence, only to be kept in prison on a new charge. After a lower court in ....
Prison Terms Upheld for Two Christians in Ethiopia    Published in 2009
NAIROBI, Kenya, September 25 (CDN) — An Ethiopian court on Monday (Sept. 21) threw out an appeal by two evangelists said to be falsely accused of offering money and gifts to people to convert to Christianity, thus upholding their six-month prison sentences.Temesgen Alemayehu and Tigist ....
Convert Languishing in Jail in Ethiopia for Handing Out Bibles    Published in 2009
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, September 15 (CDN) — A convert from Islam who has led a push for Muslim-Christian understanding in Ethiopia has been in jail for nearly four months since his arrest for “malicious” distribution of Bibles. Christian sources in Ethiopia said that, contrary to ....
Corpse of Ethiopian Christian Convert’s Infant Dug Up    Published in 2009
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 27 (CDN) — A young Christian convert in Ethiopia mourning the sudden death of her baby boy was shocked to learn his body had been dug up and placed at the doorstep of a church leader earlier this month.  Members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC) ....
 
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