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Global Christian Relief database tracks more than a dozen categories, including killings, arrests, abductions, and forced marriages.
Persecution is a hard thing to represent in hard numbers, and not all persecution is violent. But for a start, a religious persecution watchdog group has launched a database to document violent incidents against people based on the religion they practice.
Global Christian Relief, a watchdog of Christian persecution based in Santa Ana, California, launched the Global Christian Relief Violent Incidents Database (VID), which they say is the first events-based global religious freedom dataset.
“Accessible to anyone, the database tracks more than a dozen categories of violenceincluding killings, arrests, abductions and forced marriages; and users can search by country, religion and perpetrator,” a press release says. “In addition to providing a level of verification like never before, the database will serve as a resource for journalists, advocacy groups, government officials, and anyone concerned with data on violent religious persecution.”
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Persecution is a hard thing to represent in hard numbers, and not all persecution is violent. But for a start, a religious persecution watchdog group has launched a database to document violent incidents against people based on the religion they practice.
Global Christian Relief, a watchdog of Christian persecution based in Santa Ana, California, launched the Global Christian Relief Violent Incidents Database (VID), which they say is the first events-based global religious freedom dataset.
“Accessible to anyone, the database tracks more than a dozen categories of violenceincluding killings, arrests, abductions and forced marriages; and users can search by country, religion and perpetrator,” a press release says. “In addition to providing a level of verification like never before, the database will serve as a resource for journalists, advocacy groups, government officials, and anyone concerned with data on violent religious persecution.”
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Group launches site to track violence against religion
Global Christian Relief database tracks more than a dozen categories of violence including killings, arrests, abductions and forced marriages.
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