CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION IN THE NEWS
CHINA – China’s Approved Churches Still Face Persecution
International Christian Concern | September 23, 2020 The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) promised churches affiliated with the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (CPCA) that if they
CHINA – China’s Christian children in the crosshairs
Christian Post | Rod Anderson | September 23, 2020 A court in China’s southern Fujian province has summoned a house church preacher and his wife for
INDIA – Hindu extremists kill church planter, dump body in woods
Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett | September 23, 2020 A church planter in India’s Maharashtra state was brutally killed by Hindu extremists after suffering
MEDIA ADVISORY – Save the Persecuted Christians Urges Countries to Call Attention to Christian Persecution at 75th UNGA
For Immediate Release | Save the Persecuted Christians | Sept. 22, 2020 We Pray that World Leaders Will Speak Out Specifically Against Genocidal Violence Against
ERITREA – Eritrean government releases on bail 69 Christians imprisoned for their faith
Barnabas Fund | September 22, 2020 A Barnabas contact has confirmed the Eritrean government has, at the time of writing, released 69 Christian prisoners, many
INDIA – Police Force Indian Pastor to Stop Worshipping at Home
Faithwire | Andrea Morris | September 22, 2020 Police in northern India told a pastor to stop worshipping inside his home and forced him to
NIGERIA – Twin Sisters Kidnapped, Pastor and Three Other Christians Killed in Nigeria
Morning Star News | September 22, 2020 A church elder was shot as his daughters were kidnapped in northwest Nigeria on Friday (Sept. 18), days
PAKISTAN – Nadeem Joseph’s family awaits justice
Sabaat | Kashif Nawab | September 21, 2020 Nadeem Joseph died after being shot injured along with some family members in June this year in an
INDIA – Mother of four killed in India while protecting daughter from attack
TAB Media | September 20, 2020 A Christian mother of four was killed in July for refusing to let her daughter be raped by Hindu
NIGERIA – Christian Leaders and Congressmen Call for Action in Nigerian Christian Genocide
Decision Magazine | Jerry Pierce | September 17, 2020 As Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen continue murders and kidnappings, groups press for U.S. special envoy
WORLDWIDE – Christian persecution at all-time high, say experts at Alexandria conference
Catholic Herald | Zoey Maraist | September 16, 2020 Shakeel Raphael projected an image of his brother Nadeem Samson on the screen, prison bars superimposed
NIGERIA – 7,000 sign petition asking EU, UK to bar el-Rufai
Punch | Eniola Akinkuotu | September 16, 2020 Amid reports that the United States Government has placed a visa restriction on Kaduna State Governor, Nasir
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Urges President Trump to Address Christian Persecution at 75th UNGA
Save the Persecuted Christians | September 16, 2020 We Pray the President Will Speak Specifically to Genocidal Violence Against 327 Million Christians Worldwide WASHINGTON — Save the
ETHIOPIA – Militant Islamists Slaughter More than 500 Christians in Ethiopia
Breitbart | Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. | September 14, 2020 Muslim extremists have carried out a door-to-door anti-Christian murder campaign this summer, killing over 500
QATAR – Qatari Education Curriculum Promotes Religious Persecution
International Christian Concern | September 14, 2020 A new report produced by the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education studied 238 Qatari textbooks
INDIA – India bans 6 Christian groups from accepting foreign funds in ‘shakedown’ by Hindu nationalist party
Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett | September 11, 2020 Amid another crackdown on foreign aid, India has canceled six Christian organizations’ licenses to receive
CHINA – Imprisoned Chinese Christian Activist Denied Medical Parole
International Christian Concern | September 11, 2020 A prominent Chinese house church leader and rights activist who has been behind bars since 2016, is still
PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi Calls on Pakistan’s Prime Minister to Protect Persecuted Christians
International Christian Concern | September 11, 2020 In a recent interview with Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Asia Bibi called on Pakistan’s Prime
NIGERIA – Boko Haram violence affecting children’s mental health in Borno
The Sun | Timothy Olanrewaju | Septembere 10, 2020 International medical volunteer organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has said that the decades long Boko Haram
PAKISTAN – Abduction, rape, blackmail: A Pakistani teenager’s fight for justice
The Catholic Universe | September 10, 2020 In Pakistan, a 14-year-old girl and her family were forced into hiding after she escaped her abductor who
ETHIOPIA – Hundreds of Ethiopian Christians Killed in Coordinated Attacks by Extremists since June
Christian Headlines | Milton Quintanilla | September 10, 2020 In Ethiopia, throughout the summer, Muslim extremists have carried out an onslaught of anti-Christian attacks that have