CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION IN THE NEWS
CHINA – Worsening Christian Persecution in China
Vision | August 13, 2020 Oppression and discrimination towards Christians has only worsened during the Covid-19 pandemic according to Release International. The charity, which supports
PAKISTAN – Pakistani Christian man faces blasphemy charge punishable by death over Facebook post
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | August 13, 2020 A Christian man charged with blasphemy for making a theological argument on Facebook that Muslims deemed
PAKISTAN – 14-Year-Old Pakistani Christian Abductee Still Seeking Justice
International Christian Concern | August 13, 2020 It is now almost a year since the abduction of 14-year-old Huma Yuonnus. She was taken at gunpoint
AFRICA – COVID-19 crisis in Africa increasing levels of Christian persecution, charity says
Crux | August 13, 2020 As the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic continues to hit Africa hard, a leading human rights group is warning that the persecution
TURKEY – “They Beat My Daughter to the Point of Being Unconscious”
International Christian Concern | August 12, 2020 Much of the Western Church is unaware of the gradual slip into radicalism taking place in Turkey. Most
EGYPT – Healing After Suicide: Pandemic Pushes Persecuted Christians to the Edge
International Christian Concern | Emma Reeves | August 12, 2020 Egypt’s Christians exist within a delicate environment, where one misstep could lead to a loss
CHINA – 4 Hearts in 10 Days: China’s ‘On Demand’ Organ Bank Raises Concerns of Forced Harvesting
The Epoch Times | Eva Fu | August 11, 2020 Chinese doctors had four hearts on hand for Sun Lingling, a 24-year-old Chinese national who
RELEASE – Christian Community Forcefully Placed under Muslim Rule in Nigeria’s Kaduna State
Save the Persecuted Christians | August 10, 2020 Save the Persecuted Christians’ Adara Chiefdom Report: People Threatened, Attacked and Killed Following Unlawful Dissolution WASHINGTON — Human rights advocates are
CHINA – Catholicism is again under attack by the CCP within China
The BL | Andrés Vacca | August 8, 2020 According to a report by China expert Steven Mosher, the Catholic Church has suffered increasing persecution by the
NIGERIA – Al Qaeda-linked group claims attack in northwestern Nigeria
Long War Journal | Caleb Weiss | August 8, 2020 Jamaat al-Ansar al-Muslimeen fi Bilad al-Sudan, better known as Ansaru, reported yesterday that its men
NIGERIA – Knights of Columbus to report on Christian persecution in Nigeria
Catholic News Agency | August 6, 2020 The Knights of Columbus announced a new initiative Thursday to report on Christian persecution in Nigeria, where at
CHINA – Chinese Christian Detained for Street Evangelism
International Christian Concern | August 6, 2020 On August 3, a Christian in China’s Hunan province was sentenced by the authorities to 10 days in
PAKISTAN – Pakistani Court Orders 14-Year-Old Christian Girl to Be Returned to Her Abductor
International Christian Concern | August 6, 2020 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the Lahore High Court has ordered Maria Shahbaz, a 14-year-old Christian
NIGERIA – 14 Baptist church members killed during suspected Fulani massacre in Nigeria
Christian Post | Blake Fussell | August 5, 2020 Fourteen members of a Baptist church in the Kogi state of Nigeria were reportedly killed during
NIGERIA – Scrap aid to Nigeria until Christians are safe
The Conservative Woman | Kathy Gyngell | August 4, 2020 BRITAIN’S foreign aid programme, as we’ve written before in these pages, is riddled with a
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,
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
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
RELEASE – Slaughter of Nigerian Christians Continues as Authorities Stay Silent or Complicit
Save the Persecuted Christian | August 3, 2020 International Committee on Nigeria Report: Cell Phone Could Tie Authorities to Direct Involvement in Fulani Militant Attacks
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
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