INDIA – Christian Persecution Fact Sheet Compiled by STPC
Open Doors USA World Watch List 2020 Rank: No. 10, 2020 World Watch List of Countries where it is most dangerous to be a Christian Score: 83/100 Region: Asia Persecution…
NIGERIA – After Two Years in Captivity, It’s Time to Bring Leah Sharibu Home!
Release | Save the Persecuted Christians | Feb. 19, 2020 Save the Persecuted Christians Keeps Close Watch on Plight of Kidnapped Nigerian Teen, Kept by Boko Haram for Not Renouncing…
RELEASE – Two Years of Impact—Save the Persecuted Christians Forges Ahead to Advocate for Hundreds of Millions Harmed for their Faith in Jesus
Release | Save the Persecuted Christians | February 11, 2020 ‘SaveUs’ Movement Continues to Build Momentum, Raise Awareness, Affect National Action and Hold Persecutors Accountable WASHINGTON, D.C.—Two years ago this…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Panel Attests to Genocide Against Faithful, Calls for Americans to Speak Boldly, Act
For Immediate Release | Save the Persecuted Christians | February 7, 2020 SRO Audience at National Prayer Breakfast Prays for Victims, Truth-Tellers WASHINGTON, D.C.—Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC),a growing grassroots…
WORLDWIDE – Christian Persecution – End the Silence; STPC Hosts a National Prayer Breakfast Panel (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pft5K19o2OA&feature=youtu.be A NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST SIDE EVENT “Why is the world silent while Christians are being slaughtered? Good people must join together and stop this…It’s not as if we are…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Delivers Letter to Call on Trump Administration to ‘Speak Boldly and Specifically About the Global Persecution of Christians’
Release | Save the Persecuted Christians February 6, 2020 88 Organizations and 500+ Individuals Sign Impassioned Letter WASHINGTON—Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC), a bipartisan, multi-faith coalition of nearly 200 civil society,…
ADVISORY – Save the Persecuted Christians Leaders Part of National Prayer Breakfast and Special Event Thursday
For Immediate Release | February 4, 2020 As Over 3,500 Converge in Washington, STPC Coalition Will Host a Side Event to End the Silence on the Global Persecution of Christians…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians: New Rules for Religious Groups Begin This Weekend in China
News Release | Save the Persecuted Christians | January 30, 2020 ‘Harsh’ Rules That Go into Effect Feb. 1 Will Require ‘All Religious Personnel to Support and Implement Total Submission…
INDIA – Church Joins National Protests Against India’s New Citizenship Law
National Catholic Register | Anto Akkara | January 29, 2020 NEW DELHI — The Catholic Church has joined in the widespread civic protests against new legislation that, according to critics,…
NIGERIA – Leah Sharibu’s family responds to reports that she gave birth to Boko Haram commander’s son
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | January 28, 2020 The family of abducted Nigerian Christian teenager Leah Sharibu has spoken out after reports published over the weekend suggested that their…
INDIA/USA – Modi Prepares to Welcome Trump to India
New York Times |Jeffrey Gettleman and Vindu Goel | Jan. 28, 2020 NEW DELHI — Mysterious figures in sunglasses have scoped out the Taj Mahal. The hunt is on for…
STATEMENT – Reports Surface That Kidnapped Nigerian Teen Leah Sharibu Has a Newborn Son
January 27, 2020 | Statement Save the Persecuted Christians: Family Begs to Have Leah Returned Alive WASHINGTON—Reports surfaced over the weekend that kidnapped Nigerian teen Leah Sharibu has a newborn…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Delivers Letter to President Imploring U.S. Special Envoy to Nigeria
News Release | January 27, 2020 Letter with 141 Signatures Outlines Urgent Need, Especially in Light of Execution of Christian Chairman in Nigeria WASHINGTON—Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC), a bipartisan, multi-faith…
NIGERIA – UPDATED: FG, South-West govs ‘agree’ on Amotekun
Punch Nigeria | Sodiq Oyeleke | Jan. 24, 2020 The Federal Government and South-West governors have agreed that Operation Amotekun should be structured to align with the community policing strategy…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Receives Word That Christian Association of Nigeria Chairman Lawan Andimi Has Been Executed
For Immediate Release | Jan. 21, 2020 STPC Circulating Letter to President Trump About Urgent Needs for Nigeria, Including U.S. Special Envoy to Nigeria and Lake Chad Region WASHINGTON—Save the…
NIGERIA – Nigerian pastor who praised God in ransom video beheaded after refusing to deny Christ
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | Jan. 21, 2020 the Rev. Lawan Andimi | YouTube/Melodyinter World/Screengrab A pastor who made headlines earlier this month for praising God in a ransom…
NIGERIA – Leah Sharibu alive, doing well in Boko Haram custody— Freed aid worker
News Express Nigeria | Gyang Bere, Jos | Jan. 20, 2020 Leah Sharibu, ISWAP captive from Dapchi A 26-year-old medical aid worker working with Alliance For International Medical Action, Jennifer…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram kills kidnapped CAN chairman
The Guardian | Timileyin Omilana | Jan. 21, 2020 Boko Haram insurgents have killed the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Lawan Andimi, in Michika local government area…
INDONESIA – Pope’s possible visit to Indonesia, East Timor and PNG
Catholic Weekly | Guest Contributor | Jan. 20, 2020 Pope Francis speaks during his general audience in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican 4 December, 2019. PHOTO: CNS/Paul Haring A…
TURKEY – Christian Couple Kidnapped in Turkey
Gatestone Institute | Uzay Bulut | Jan. 20, 2020 Since January 11, an elderly Assyrian Christian couple, Hurmuz Diril (71) and his wife Şimoni (65), have been missing from the…
NIGERIA – Two Young Christian Women Killed in Kaduna State, Nigeria
Morning Star News | Jan. 20, 2020 JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed two young Christian women in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria, on Friday (Jan. 17),…
EU/NIGERIA – EU accuses Buhari of overseeing Christian persecution, ethnic cleansing in Nigeria
National Pivot Nigeria | Joe Adams | January 20, 2020 The European parliament, legislative branch of the European Union, has accused the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari of overseeing the…
AFRICA/NIGERIA – “We are under siege” says the Archbishop of Kaduna where 4 seminarians were kidnapped
Agency Fides | Jan. 20, 2020 Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "No other Country will tolerate this type of insecurity without calling for mass protests. Definitely our country is under siege",…
NIGERIA – Another Christian killed by 10-year old ISWAP member
The Guardian | Timileyin Omilana | Jan. 19, 2020 Islamic State West African Province has released a video that shows a Christian man being executed by an Islamic State child…
WORLDWIDE – Christian persecution on rise: North Korea, Muslims to blame
Washington Times | Opinion | Cheryl K. Chumley | Jan. 18, 2020 ANALYSIS/OPINION: Once again, Open Doors, the nonprofit that tracks and reports religious persecution around the world, finds in…
RELEASE – 2020 Open Doors World Watch List Heightens Urgency of Persecuted Christians Worldwide
For Immediate Release | January 17, 2020 Save the Persecuted Christians Points to Nigeria’s Unchanged Ranking, Even Amid Especially Violent Year in African Nation WASHINGTON—Open Doors USA, a community of…
NIGERIA – ISWAP release five kidnapped aid workers
ABN TV | Jan. 16, 2020 Islamic State-aligned jihadists have released five local aid workers abducted last month in Borno State, security sources and one of those freed said Thursday.…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram Have More Checkpoints In North-East
IReportNews | Jan. 17, 2020 Following an increased number of checkpoints manned by Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East region of Nigeria, the United Nations has decried the development on…
IRAN – Christian activist in Tehran arrested for tweets criticizing Iran
Discrn | Jordyn Pair | Jan. 17, 2020 Mary Fatemeh Mohammadi | Twitter Iranian news reports that Christian human rights activist Mary Fatemeh Mohammadi, who was working in Tehran, was…
WORLDWIDE – Religions can be part of the solution for peace, not the problem, faith leaders say
Presbyterian Outlook | Religion News Service | January 17, 2020 VATICAN CITY (RNS) — When John Lennon wrote his hit song “Imagine,” eliminating religions and the divisions they entail was…
WORLDWIDE – Report: Radical Islam Still Driving Global Christian Persecution
Breitbart | Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. | Jan. 16, 2020 Islamic extremism is a primary driver of Christian persecution in eight out of the ten most dangerous places for Christians…
CHINA – Christians see ‘alarming’ trend worldwide as China builds ‘blueprint of persecution’
Fox News | Caleb Parke | Jan. 16, 2020 Shortly before President Trump signed phase one of the historic trade deal with China, a Chinese pastor described the fear and…
TURKEY – Family of Priest Abducted by ‘Unidentified Men’ in Turkey
Faithwire | Will Maule | Jan. 16, 2020 The parents of a Chaldean Catholic priest have disappeared in southeastern Turkey. According to Washington D.C.-based persecution watchdog, International Christian Concern, the…
WORLDWIDE / CHINA – ‘Rise of Surveillance State’ Against Christians the Focus of 2020 World Watch List
Faithwire | Tré Goins-Phillips | Jan. 15, 2020 For a moment, imagine knowing you are being watched; imagine passing through facial recognition technology or fingerprint scanning to enter your church.…
WORLDWIDE – The 50 Countries Where It’s Hardest to Follow Jesus
Christianity Today | Jayson Casper | Jan.15, 2020 Every day, 8 Christians worldwide are killed because of their faith. Every week, 182 churches or Christian buildings are attacked. And every…
INDIA – Thousands Protest Over Proposed Jesus Christ Statue In Karnataka
Eurasia News | EurAsian Times | Jan. 14, 2020 Hundreds of Hindu activists affiliated to the RSS protested on Monday to oppose a planned statue of Jesus Christ in Karnataka…
RELEASE – Deadly Bloodshed Continues for Nigerian Christians
For Immediate Release | January 14, 2020 As Ongoing Violence Is Documented, Save the Persecuted Christians Reiterates Urgent Call for U.S. Special Envoy in Nigeria/Lake Chad Region WASHINGTON—A French philosopher…
USA/VATICAN – Ambassador Gingrich’s Remarks to the Abrahamic Faiths Initiative
U.S. Embassy to the Holy See | January 14, 2020 Ambassador Gingrich’s Remarks to the Abrahamic Faiths Initiative Villa Richardson January 14, 2020 Your Eminence, Your Excellencies, distinguished guests, and…
NIGERIA – Bandits Kill 35, Abduct 58 Others, Demand N100m Ransom in Kaduna – 10 Villages attacked
AF-FEEDNEWS | John Shiklam in Kaduna | Jan. 13, 2020 About 35 people have been reportedly killed while 58 others were said to have been abducted following the invasion of…
TURKEY – Turkey’s No Longer Best-Kept Secret: Islamized Christians
Gatestone Institute | Vasileios Meichanetsidis | Jan. 12, 2020 A recent statement by a Turkish mayor belonging to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) was particularly…