INDIA – COVID-19 restrictions: public health or persecution?
Mission Network News | Katey Hearth | June 8, 2020 COVID-19 cases surge in South Asia with no slowdown in sight. On Friday, India recorded its highest death toll since the…
INDIA – A Seventh Grade Christian Student Kidnapped and Lynched by Modi’s Hindu Nationalists in Odisa, India
FIACONA | June 8, 2020 The Federation of Indian American Christian Organizations (FIACONA) has come to know that a 14-year-old Christian boy, Samaru Madkami, was murdered by a group of…
SYRIA – ISIS Attacks Increase in NE Syria
International Christian Concern | June 8, 2020 According to research published by the Washington Institute, the Syrian province of Deir al-Zour has experienced 638 ISIS attacks since March 2019. This…
NIGERIA – 3-year-old among those killed in brutal attack on Christian village
CVHN | Libby Giesbrecht | June7, 2020 Ten people, including a three-year-old girl, are dead following a brutal attack on a Christian village in Nigeria. An early-morning attack in Nigeria's…
CHINA- Believers Forced to Choose Between Faith or Survival
Bitter Winter | Tang Zhe | June 6, 2020 Even though China’s economy has been severely affected by the coronavirus, and many residents suffer financial difficulties, the CCP threatens to…
AFRICA – Identifying the Drivers of Conflict in the Sahel
Religious Freedom Institute | Scott Morgan | June 5, 2020 When asking about the root cause of the insurgencies plaguing the Sahel region of West Africa, and specifically Mali and…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram abducts soldier, three aid workers in Borno – Official
Premium Times | Abdulkareem Haruna | June 5, 2020 At least three humanitarian workers and a Nigerian soldier were on Tuesday abducted by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in the northern part of…
NIGERIA – Fulani Militants Kill Nine in Christian Village in Nigeria
International Christian Concern | June 5, 2020 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Fulani militants again attacked the Adara natives in Kajuru LGA, Kaduna State, Nigeria. The attack on…
CHINA – China makes preaching patriotism compulsory to reopen churches
UCA News | June 5, 2020 Catholics are upset about a directive from China's communist government asking priests to "preach on patriotism" as a condition for reopening liturgical services, suspended…
MALI – 27 killed, some burned alive in jihadi attacks on predominantly Christian villages in Mali
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | June 4, 2020 Suspected Islamic radicals killed at least 27 people, some of whom were burned alive, in a series of attacks that spanned…
PAKISTAN – ICC Provides COVID-19 Aid to Persecuted Families in Pakistan
International Christian Concern | June 4, 2020 Like many countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan placed its population on lockdown to curb the spread of the virus. The lockdown…
KENYA – Denied by Family for Standing with Christ
International Christian Concern | Nathan Johnson | June 4, 2020 After converting to Christianity, Yasin Bakari, a father of two living in coastal Kenya, fears that he will be killed.…
NIGERIA – New Report Suggests Barbaric Violence Against Christians is Rapidly Escalating in Nigeria, Leading to Grim Outcome
ACLJ | Cece Heil | June 4, 2020 The death toll for innocent Christians is rapidly increasing, nearly doubling in two months, as Islamic radicals ramp up their bloody campaign…
CHINA – TRUMP FIGHTS RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION
Church Militant| Bradley Eli, M.Div., Ma.Th. | June 4, 2020 President Donald Trump is protecting religious freedom by reasserting the United States as a global watchdog with teeth. Trump's Executive Order on Advancing International Religious…
CHINA – Police Secretly Installed CCTV to Monitor Guangzhou House Church
International Christian Concern | June 3, 2020 On May 26, when pastor Ma Chao from the Guangfu house church in Guangzhou, Guangdong province was heading to his church to attend…
IRAN – Four Iranian Christian Converts Jailed
International Christian Concern | June 3, 2020 This past Thursday, four Iranian Christian converts were summoned to begin their five-year jail sentences. Hossein Kadivar, Khalil Dehghanpour, Kamal Naamanian and Mohammed…
INDIA – Pastor Brutally Beaten by Hindu Radicals in Northern India
International Christian Concern | June 2, 2020 On Thursday, May 28, Pastor Dinesh Kumar was brutally beaten by radical Hindu nationalists in the Mau district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Pastor…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Welcomes President Trump’s Executive Order Promoting International Religious Freedom
Save the Persecuted Christians | June 2, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Throughout his presidency, Donald Trump has made a priority of protecting freedom of religion, at home and abroad. Today, he operationalized that commitment…
USA – Trump Signs an Executive Order to Promote International Religious Freedom
NTD | Emel Akan | June 2, 2020 President Trump signed June 2 an executive order to prioritize religious freedom in U.S. foreign policy and assistance programs. “Religious freedom for all people worldwide…
USA – Trump supports ‘Global Coptic Day,’ stresses importance of religious freedom
Christian Post | Michael Gryboski | June 1, 2020 President Donald Trump issued an official message in support of the second annual Global Coptic Day, expressing his support for the…
CHINA – Christian Persecution Watchdog Group Concerned About China’s Increased Control Over Hong Kong
Beliefnet | June 1, 2020 Christians in Hong Kong face constant threats in preaching a gospel of freedom in China, an authoritative Communist regime. News that China has enacted new…
NIGERIA – Persecution Continues in Nigeria
International Christian Concern | June 1, 2020 In the first few months of 2020, Nigeria’s government has done very little to protect the religious minorities that live in the country.…
WORLDWIDE – Christians being denied food aid during COVID-19 pandemic
Christian Post | Anugrah Kumar | June 1, 2020 As the world goes through food security and financial crises due to the coronavirus pandemic, disadvantaged Christian communities in Asia, especially…
INDIA – India persecution: Christian families attacked in their homes while they slept
Premier Christian | June 1, 2020 Three Indian Christians families have been brutally attacked by Hindu nationalists as they slept. According to reports, a group of 15 attackers entered the…
Burkina Faso – Attacks on Burkina Faso market and humanitarian convoy leave 35 dead as violence escalates
ABC Net | May 31, 2020 At least 35 people have reportedly been killed after separate attacks on a cattle market and a humanitarian convoy in Burkina Faso during a…
NIGERIA – Christian Association of Nigeria demands release of kidnapped Bishop Joseph Masin
Christian Post | Anugrah Kumar | May 31, 2020 The Christian Association of Nigeria is calling on the country’s government to secure the release of its chairman of the Nasarawa…
CHINA – China’s Religious Persecution Wrecks People’s Lives
Bitter Winter | Deng Changlin | May 31, 2020 The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights reported that in 2014–2018, at least 500,000 members of The Church of…
CHINA – 48 State-Run Churches Shut Down in One County in Two Weeks
Bitter Winter| Tang Zhe | May 31, 2020 Since the coronavirus lockdown measures were eased, local governments throughout the southeastern province of Jiangxi started intensifying efforts to suppress places of…
MIDDLE EAST – Report: Pandemic and Persecution in the Middle East
International Christian Concern | May 29,2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has initiated global lockdowns, slowing down societies but not religious persecution. In the Middle East, where persecution was once defined by…
NIGERIA – How Military Rescued 105 Women, 136 Children From Boko Haram Captivity
Nigerian Tribune |May 28, 2020 The Nigerian military on Thursday, May 28, gave details of how it was able to rescue 241 women and children found in captivity when it…
CHINA – Christian watchdog group finds China’s increased control over Hong Kong ‘concerning’
Christian Post | Michael Gryboski | May 28, 2020 The head of a human rights group that monitors Christian persecution worldwide has expressed concern over news that the People’s Republic…
NIGERIA – 20 Christians killed, others injured or missing in Fulani attacks that displaced 20,000
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | May 28, 2020 Armed Fulani herdsmen attacks on farming villages in the Kaduna state of Nigeria have continued as reports suggest that at least…
MIDDLE EAST – Middle Eastern Christians: cautiously hopeful in the face of adversity
Mercatornet | William Huang | May 27, 2020 After months of restrictions and a war of words between bishops, pastors and governments, church services have finally returned to parts of…
VATICAN – Ex-Muslims Unmask Abu Dhabi ‘Deception’
Church Militant | Jules Gomes | May 27, 2020 A network of Muslim converts, who face the death penalty for apostasy from Islam, are denouncing the Abu Dhabi declaration as a "deception"…
CHINA – The real virus to the Chinese Communist Party: religious freedom
The Hill | Rep. Michael Waltz | May 27, 2020 The lockdowns and death in China began long before the first case of COVID-19 was ever reported. Though Xinjiang province…
LAOS – Pastor’s Daughter in Laos Trapped with Dilemma
International Christian Concern | May 27, 2020 Communist nations in South East Asian countries are persecuting Christians because they consider Christianity a threat to their countries. Laos, for instance, has…
NIGERIA – Senators Ernst and Grassley Ask Trump to Deploy Special Envoy to Nigeria to End Christian Genocide
CBN | Steve Warren | May 26, 2020 Two Republican senators are asking President Trump to protect Christians facing ongoing brutal persecution from Islamic groups in Nigeria. Iowa senators Joni…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram razes 90 houses, Church, clinic, shops in Borno communities
Vanguard | Ndahi Marama | May 26, 2020 No fewer than 90 residential houses, a Church, clinic, nine shops and other properties worth millions of naira were razed in Debiro,…
NIGERIA – COMECE urges defence of Christians in Nigeria
The Tablet | Jonathan Luxmoore | May 25, 2020 The commission representing the European Union's Catholic bishops, COMECE, has demanded international measures to protect Christians in Nigeria from growing Islamist…
CHINA – Wuhan pastor interrogated after Zoom evangelism event: ‘I will only live for Christ’
Christian Post | Anugrah Kumar | May 25, 2020 A local pastor in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the origin of the novel coronavirus, was taken away by police for…
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