INDONESIA – Coronavirus increases asylum seeker’s anxieties as wait for resettlement goes on
Article 18 | April 9, 2020 Arash Sadigh went to the UN offices in Makassar, Indonesia for more than 250 days in a row last year to plead for his…
VIRTUAL EVENT – Save the Persecuted Christians Leads Global Virtual Passion Prayer on Good Friday
Save the Persecuted Christians | April 8, 2020 Continuous 24-Hour Prayer Vigil Brings Together People Around the World to Pray For and With Persecuted Christians WASHINGTON—Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC),…
WORLDWIDE – Grassroots group to host Good Friday prayer marathon for persecuted Christians
Crux News | Inés San Martín | April 7, 2020 A grassroots coalition is staging join a 24-hour Good Friday prayer marathon for persecuted Christians, to be held online, with…
INDIA – Christian Beaten into Coma by Tribal Animists in Odisha State, India
Morning Star News | April 7, 2020 A young mother and her two children were staring at her husband as he lay unconscious after a mob of 60 villagers in…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram and Its Current Situation in Nigeria
Modern Diplomacy | Farzad Ramezani Bonesh, Chidiebere Favour Nwobodo | April 7, 2020 Although boko haram and ISIS have been confusingly used interchangeably due to their seemingly common characteristic, which…
NIGERIA – At least 50 Nigerian Christians killed by Fulani attacks in March, NGO reports
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | April 7, 2020 A Nigerian civil society organization is reporting that no less than 50 Christians were killed in March and 10 in the…
WORLDWIDE – Christians called to remember persecuted church during coronavirus lockdown
Christian Today | April 7, 2020 The lockdown in much of the Western world due to coronavirus is a "timely reminder" of the plight of Christians imprisoned for their faith…
WORLDWIDE – Persecuted Christians at greater risk during coronavirus outbreak: ‘From bad to worse’
Fox News | Caleb Parke | April 6, 2020 The living conditions for Christians and other religious minorities around the world are worsening due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a watchdog group that…
NIGERIA – Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers kill several in northern Cameroon
France 24 | April 6, 2020 Seven people were killed when two suicide bombers, suspected to be members of Nigeria's Boko Haram jihadist group, attacked a village in northern Cameroon…
INDIA – Christians in India’s Karnataka State Endure Spike in Persecution
International Christian Concern | April 5, 2020 Since the beginning of 2020, there has been a dramatic escalation in Christian persecution in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Reports of…
NIGERIA – Fulani Herdsmen in Nigeria Kill More than 60 Christians in Five Weeks, Sources say
Morning Star News | April 5, 2020 Weeks after human rights group Christian Solidarity International warned of impending genocide in Nigeria, Muslim Fulani herdsmen since March 1 have killed more…
NEPAL – Police in Nepal Falsely Charge Pastors with Violating Coronavirus Lockdown, Sources Say
Morning Star News | April 3, 2020 Police arrested two pastors in Nepal on Saturday (March 28), falsely charging them with holding worship services amid the Himalayan country’s lockdown to…
NIGERIA – Muslim militants burn elderly alive in Nigeria as terrorized villagers wait for help
Zenger | Lawrence Zongo | April 3 , 2020 Armed hordes of Muslim militants rampaged through villages in central Nigeria this week, killing unarmed farmers and burning people alive in their houses. In…
PAKISTAN – Pakistani Christian Leaders Report Another Incident of Aid Being Denied to Christians
International Christian Concern | April 3, 2020 Christian leaders in Pakistan are reporting another incident in which Christians were denied government food aid amid the COVID-19 crisis. This marks the…
ISRAEL – Israel to help Christians share ‘holy fire’ amid outbreak
Stripes | Josef Federman | April 3, 2020 Israel is working with foreign governments and Orthodox Christian leaders in the Holy Land to make sure that one of their most…
INDIA – Christians arrested for ‘forcible conversion’ while providing aid to the poor
Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett | April 2, 2020 Christians in southern India’s Tamil Nadu state were arrested on false charges of “forcible conversion” while providing food and other…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Leads Virtual Passion Prayer on Good Friday
Save the Persecuted Christians | Apr. 2, 2020 Continuous 24-Hour Prayer Vigil Brings Together People Around the World to Pray For and With Persecuted Christians WASHINGTON—Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC),…
CHINA – China’s people of faith: Canaries in Xi Jinping’s coal mine
The Jerusalem Post | Leila Gilbert | MARCH 30, 2020 Call it COVID-19. Or novel coronavirus. Or the now-politically incorrect term “Chinese flu.” But thanks to the virus’s unrivaled global threat,…
IRAN – Iran continues to terrorize Iraqi Catholics
S4C News | Meuwissen Sebastien | March 30, 2020 Baghdad and Mosul are overrun by Shiite paramilitary groups who receive funding and weapons from Iran. These groups helped defeat ISIS,…
INDIA – Police Detain Christians Providing Aid to the Poor in Tamil Nadu, India
Morning Star News | March 30, 2020 Police in southern India’s Tamil Nadu state rushed to a slum where Christians were providing food and other aid earlier this month and…
PAKISTAN – Coronavirus: Karachi NGO denies food to poor Hindus and Christians
Asian News | Shafique Khokhar | March 30, 2020 A Karachi NGO has denied food aid to poor Hindus and Christians, who like Muslims are suffering from coronavirus. In Pakistan,…
FRANCE – French Christian charity workers kidnapped in Iraq are freed
BBC | March 27, 2020 Four workers from a French Christian charity who were kidnapped in Iraq in January have been freed, President Emmanuel Macron's office said. The three French…
NIGERIA – Gunmen kill three siblings, two women in Plateau
J Town | March 26, 2020 Gunmen, suspected to be herdmen, killed five people in two separate attacks in Kwal district, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State, on Tuesday…
NEPAL – Police in Nepal Arrest Pastor for Touting Healing Prayer amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Morning Star News | March 26, 2020 Police in Nepal arrested a Christian pastor this week, accusing him of giving false information about COVID-19 by saying Christian prayer could bring…
CHINA – Cardinal Zen: ‘Terrible’ Vatican-China Deal Sending Catholics ‘to Catacombs’
National Catholic Register | Edward Pentin | March 26, 2020 The Holy See must reconsider pastoral guidelines it issued last year encouraging Chinese clergy to join the country’s official state-run…
IRAN – Iran’s Imprisoned Christians Face Yet Another Danger: COVID-19
Religion Unplugged | Lela Gilbert | March 26, 2020 “The new coronavirus kills one person every 10 minutes in Iran,” according to Kianush Jahanpur, Iran’s health ministry spokesman tweeted. “Based on…
CHINA – China’s Theology and Persecution
International Christian Concern | Linda Burkle | March 25, 2020 2019 was a year marked by heightened surveillance and persecution of Christians in China. According to China Aid, Christians living…
NIGERIA – Professor in Prison for Running Christian Orphanage in Sharia Run State of Nigeria
International Christian Concern | March 25, 2020 Prof. Solomon Tarfa and his wife Mercy, founded an orphanage called Du Merci in 1996 in Kano State, Nigeria. The home has helped…
BURMA – Civilian Christians Killed amid Military Fighting in Western Burma
Morning Star News | March 25, 2020 Burmese army jet fighters killed 21 civilians from the predominantly Christian, ethnic Chin group in airstrikes this month in western Burma (Myanmar), sources…
INDIA – Pastor says life becoming ‘far more difficult’ for Christians amid escalating persecution
Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett | March 25, 2020 A pastor in India has opened up about the deteriorating state of religious freedom in the country, revealing things are…
CHINA – In coronavirus fight, China hasn’t stopped persecuting Christians: watchdog
Fox News | Caleb Parke | March 25, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic that began in China and spread worldwide hasn't stopped the Chinese Communist Party from persecuting religious minorities, according to Christian watchdog groups. The Voice of…
NIGERIA – Nigerian girl, 17, escapes month in locked room after abduction and forcible conversion to Islam
World Watch Monitor | Julia Bicknell | March 25, 2020 Sadiya Amos, aged 17, went missing from north central Kaduna in northern Nigeria on the night of 5th January. On…
SYRIA – Turkey Cuts Water Supply for NE Syria
International Christian Concern | March 24, 2020 Turkish sponsored armed groups have cut the water supply this weekend which provides water to 460,000 people living in Syria’s Hasakah province. The…
NIGERIA – Wife of Nigerian bishop, church secretary freed after being kidnapped by gunmen
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | March 24, 2020 The wife an Anglican bishop and a church secretary have regained their freedom just over a week after they were kidnapped…
IRAN – Iran Releases a Third of Christian Prisoners Due to Coronavirus Concerns
Christianity Today | Jayson Casper | March 23, 2020 Forced by the new coronavirus, Iran took the tiniest of steps to placate global advocacy for religious freedom. A temporary release of about…
INDIA – Hindu leader threatens Christians with new wave of persecution
Christian Post | Anugrah Kumar | March 23, 2020 The chief of a Hindu nationalist group has launched a nationwide campaign against “forcible” conversions to Christianity. In a media interview,…
NIGERIA – Muslims massacre Christians in Nigeria—but ‘Village Vigilantes’ strike back
Zenger | Lawrence Zongo | March 23, 2020 The five men with machetes were cornered in the dark amid a stand of bushes near the village where they had come…
INDIA – Christians Suffer Police Brutality, Illegal Arrests in Uttar Pradesh, India
Morning Star News | March 22, 2020 Forcing them to pose like Christ on the cross, police last week beat Christians in custody on baseless charges in northern India’s Uttar…
PAKISTAN – Agony of Pakistani Christian girls’ family after her kidnapping by Muslim man
Pakistan Christian Posy | Napoleon Qayyum | March 22, 2020 Warris Masih who is the resident of Gulshan-e-Noor SharifPura Cantt Lahore and is the father of 7 (2 Died). One…
TURKEY – Tragedy for Family of Missing Couple
International Christian Concern | March 21, 2020 Two months after the mysterious disappearance of the elderly parents of a Chaldean Catholic priest in Turkey, tragic news for the family came this week…
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