LEBANON – Lebanese priest: ‘We need your prayers’ after Beirut explosions
Catholic News Agency | August 4, 2020 A Lebanese Catholic priest has asked believers around the world to pray for the people of his country, after two explosions in Beirut…
NIGERIA – ICON Launches New Report Proving Nigerian Genocide
Missions Box | August 3, 2020 The International Committee on Nigeria (ICON), a nonprofit working to secure a future for all Nigerians, launched a new Data Tome (“report”) today proving…
INDIA – Persecution in India is ‘intensifying’ – Christian group
Christianity Today | August 3, 2020 The persecution of Christians in India intensified to "alarming" levels in the first half of 2020, a human rights group reports. Hate crimes against…
NORTH KOREA – There Shall Be No God But Kim Jong Un
National Interest | James W. Carr, Frederick A. Davie | August 2, 2020 For years, Deacon Jang Moon Seok ministered to North Koreans living in Changbai, China until he was kidnapped by North…
CHINA – U.S. Ambassador for Religious Liberty Warns Vatican: China Is ‘at War with Faith’
Breitbart | Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D | July 31, 2020 Sam Brownback, U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, said China’s hacking of Vatican computers should warn Church leaders the nation’s…
RELEASE – Reports Confirm Undeniable Genocide against Christians, Says International Committee on Nigeria
Save the Persecuted Christians | July 31, 2020 STPC’s Frank Gaffney: ‘Nigeria Is Imploding. We Have a Chance to Keep It from Going Completely Bad’ WASHINGTON — A decades-long genocidal campaign against…
CHINA – Feinstein Says China Is ‘Growing Into a Respectable Nation’ As it Continues Persecuting Christians, Muslims
Faithwire | Tré Goins-Phillips | July 30, 2020 Despite China’s ever-expanding persecution of Christians and Muslims, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said Thursday the Communist country is “growing into a respectable…
CHINA – There are no longer a safe place for Chinese Christians
Christianity Today | Lina Kim | July 30, 2020 Chinese believers stated there is no longer a safe place for Chinese Christians as religious persecution continues and increases. A member…
INDIA – PRESS RELEASE OF PERSECUTION RELIEF HALF YEARLY REPORT 2020
Persecution Relief | July 29, 2020 ‘CHRISTIAN MINOR LYNCHED, WOMEN & MEN MURDERED, EXCOMMUNICATION IS AT ALL TIME HIGH, CHURCH BUILDINGS BURNED, PRIESTS ATTACKED, THE LIST GOES ON; ITS HIGH…
INDIA – Anti-Christian violence on the rise in India
UCA | July 29, 2020 Two women were raped and killed among six Christians murdered for their faith in India in the first half of this year, according to a…
CHINA – No safe place to be a Christian in China, report says
Baptist Standard | July 28, 2020 China persecutes Christians to gain leverage in future diplomatic relations with the United States, a Christian seeking U.S. asylum claimed in a video released…
NIGERIA – Pastor, 5-Year-Old Boy among 10 Christians Killed in Herdsmen Attacks in Nigeria
Morning Star News | July 28, 2020 Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Friday (July 24) killed a church pastor, a 5-year-old boy and eight other Christians in attacks in north-central Nigeria,…
NIGERIA – ‘Beyond reprehensible’: Christian aid workers executed in Nigeria
Catholic News Agency | July 28, 2020 The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom released a statement on Tuesday condemning the execution of five aid workers kidnapped by an…
YEMEN – Persecuted Yemeni Christians Request Prayer
International Christian Concern | July 28, 2020 Christians living in Yemen request prayer as they experience persecution amidst ongoing war, food shortages, and COVID-19. These challenges have created a…
CHINA – Group says China hackers infiltrated Vatican ahead of expected talks
The Hill | Tal Axelrod | July 28, 2020 A cybersecurity firm has concluded that Chinese hackers penetrated the Vatican’s computer networks in recent months during the lead-up to negotiations…
NIGERIA – Borno: 10 Soldiers Killed In Fresh Boko Haram Ambush
Sahara Reports | July 27, 2020 At least 10 Nigerian soldiers have been killed and several others missing after an ambush by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State. The attack…
CHINA – NGOs, activists press Barr to declare Chinese Communist Party a ‘transnational criminal organization’
Fox News | Hollie McKay | July 27, 2020 Hundreds of U.S. and international religious and human rights groups and activists are calling for the U.S. Department of Justice to declare the Chinese Communist…
CHINA – Police Demolish Christian Homes in China
International Christian Concern | July 26, 2020 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on July 22, local authorities descended on Xingguang Church in China’s Xiamen city in Fujian province…
RELEASE – Open Letter Urges Attorney General To Label Chinese Communist Party as a Transnational Criminal Organization
Save the Persecuted Christians | July 23, 2020 CCP Violations Far Exceed ‘Criminal Activity’ Threshold, say Save the Persecuted Christians, Other Human Rights Watchdogs WASHINGTON — A broad coalition of human rights advocates…
CHINA – Report: Religious Suppression in China
International Christian Concern | July 23, 2020 This report seeks to provide an overview of religious persecution against Chinese Christians in recent years. With this report, we hope to piece…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram militants kill five hostages kidnapped in Nigeria’s northeast, UN says
CNN | Bukola Adebayo | July 23, 2020 Boko Haram militants have killed five hostages, including four aid workers, who were abducted last month in northeastern Nigeria, a UN spokeswoman…
NIGERIA – 2,732 people killed in Nigeria between April and June – Report
Premium Times | Kunle Sanni | July 23, 2020 An estimated 2,732 people were killed in 33 states and the FCT in three months, a new report by a Lagos…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram kills 5 aid workers in Nigeria
Xinhua | July 22, 2020 Boko Haram terrorists on Wednesday released a video showing the killing of five humanitarian workers who were recently abducted in Nigeria's restive Borno state. The…
INDIA – Christians who refused to worship false gods beaten by tribal animists
Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett | July 22, 2020 Tribal animists in India brutally beat three Christian families before driving them from the village over the believers' refusal to…
INDIA – Covid-crisis spike in anti-Christian violence, discrimination in India reports regional watchdog
Barnabas Fund | July 21, 2020 In the first half of 2020 the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) recorded 135 cases of targeted violence and discrimination against Christians, including three murders, according…
CHINA – Churches shuttered, turned into cultural centers promoting socialist values
Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett | July 21, 2020 As part of China’s ongoing crackdown on Christianity, Communist authorities have converted a number of state-approved Three-Self churches into cultural…
NIGERIA – JUST IN:19 Persons Killed In Another Fresh Attack In Kaura LG
Leadership | Israel Kafanchan | July 20, 2020 19 Persons have been reportedly killed while 31 people sustained various degrees of injuries on Sunday night in another fresh Herders Attack…
CHINA – Chinese Government Orders Low-Income Families to Abandon Their Christian Faith or Lose Financial Aid
CBN | Andrea Morris | July 19, 2020 In the Chinese government's continuing persecution of Christians, poor families are now being told to renounce their faith or lose welfare benefits.…
ERITREA – Thirty Christians arrested at wedding ceremony in Eritrea
Barnabus Fund | July 17, 2020 Eritrean authorities arrested 30 Christians as they attended a wedding ceremony in the capital, Asmara, in the last week of June. Local sources reported…
INDIA – Recent Killings Have Indian Christians Fearful of a Deadly New Trend
International Christian Concern | July 17, 2020 In just over a month, four Christians, including a woman, a teenager, and a pastor, were killed in India because of their faith.…
NIGERIA – The Crisis of Christian Persecution in Nigeria
Family Research Council | Lela Gilbert | July 15, 2020 Since the dawn of the twenty-first century, and with horrifying acceleration in recent years, verified reports of murders, rapes, mutilations,…
NIGERIA – 1,202 Nigerian Christians killed in first 6 months of 2020: NGO report
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | July 15, 2020 A Nigerian civil society group estimates that 1,202 Christians have been killed in Nigeria in the first six months of 2020…
NIGERIA – Peace-building organizations aid Christians targeted by Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria
Rome Reports | July 14, 2020 For over a decade, towns in North-Central Nigeria have been at the receiving end of a battery of violent attacks carried out by Islamist…
INDIA – Church laments murder of Protestant pastor in India
UCA News | Saji Thomas, Kochi | July 14, 2020 Church leaders in India have condemned the murder of a Protestant minister, the third in less than a month in…
INDIA – Young Indian Missionary Killed by Member of Maoist Group
International Christian Concern | July 14, 2020 According to Asia News, Munshi Dev Tado, a young Indian missionary, was brutally murdered by a Maoist group in the Gadchiroli district of…
NORTH KOREA – South Korea successfully delivers digital bibles into North Korea
Christian Daily | Lina Kim | July 13,2020 Amid North and South Korea's relationship, South Korea successfully delivered digital bibles into North Korea. Knowing there will be consequences, a South…
CHINA – China bans Senators Cruz, Rubio and 2 other U.S. officials in dispute over religious persecution
CBS News | July 13, 2020 China on Monday said it will ban entry to U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, Representative Chris Smith and Ambassador for Religious Freedom…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram Terrorists Kill Over 30 Soldiers In Fresh Attacks On Borno Communities
Sahara Reports | July 12, 2020 More than 30 soldiers have been killed and hundreds others injured during separate attacks by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State, a military source…
NIGERIA – Sanctions must be placed on Nigeria after horrific Christian persecution, lobby group says
Express | Shanker Singham | July 12, 2020 The days of DfID shovelling £15 billion of aid out of the door each year, with little thought about which corrupt and…
PAKISTAN – Pakistan’s Christians: Starved and Exposed
International Christian Concern | William Stark | July 10, 2020 In late March, a mosque in Lahore, Pakistan broadcast over its loudspeaker that it would be distributing government food aid…