NIGERIA – Boko Haram Deadline for Leah Sharibu a Week Away
International Christian Concern | Oct. 8, 2018 Leah Sharibu and two aid workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross are a week away from being killed by Boko…
Pakistan – Defend Dying Christians in Pakistan
American Center for Justice and Law | Oct. 5, 2018 Pakistan is one of the most pernicious persecutors of Christians ever. Pakistani Christians are tortured, raped, and burned alive. Some…
TURKEY – Brunson Appeals to Turkey’s Highest Court
Biblical Truth Media Excellence Free Speech | Oct. 5, 2018 Pastor Andrew Brunson’s attorney, Ismail Cem Halavurt, this week filed an appeal with Turkey’s highest constitutional court. Pastor Brunson, a North Carolina…
NIGERIA – Leah Sharibu’s Mother Pleads with Nigerian President as Kidnappers Threaten to Kill Daughter
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 4, 2018 The mother of the Christian girl detained by Boko Haram for over seven months has called on Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari to secure…
INDONESIA – Indonesia: Three Churches Closed in Permits Dispute
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 3, 2018 Members of one of the closed churches hold a sign that says: “Our Assemblies of God church has been sealed by the government.”…
IRAQ – Turkish Airstrikes Target Iraqi Assyrian Villages — Call for War Crimes Investigation
Assyrian International News Agency | Oct. 3, 2018 The Turkish military launched airstrikes targeting Iraqi Christian villages in northern Iraq, a rights group warned. Local sources have told International Christian…
IRAQ – IS Sex Slave Recalls having to Watch Torture of Other Women
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 3, 2018 One of the Christian women who was captured, trafficked and used as a sex slave by ISIS has told The European Post she was forced to watch public…
INDIA – Christian Teen Imprisoned on Baseless Rape Charges
International Christian Concern | Oct. 3, 2018 A 16-year-old Christian and three others in eastern India have been in jail for more than a month on a baseless rape charge,…
IRAQ – Iraq Inches Toward Governance as Baghdad Christians Consider Fleeing
International Christian Concern | Oct. 3, 2018 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on October 2, 2018, Iraq’s interim government took a positive step toward breaking months of deadlock…
TURKEY – Lawyer of U.S. Pastor says to Appeal to Top Turkish Court for his Release
Reuters | Oct. 2, 2018 The case of Andrew Brunson, whose next regular court hearing is on Oct. 12, has become the most divisive issue in a worsening diplomatic row…
IRAN – Iranian Christians sentenced, Verdict says ‘Claiming Jesus is Lord is Attack Against Islam’
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 2, 2018 Two Iranian Christians have been given prison sentences for “spreading propaganda against the regime”, reports Middle East Concern. Saheb Fadaei and Fatimeh Bakhteri, who…
CHINA – Churches Across China Harassed by Authorities
International Christian Concern | Oct. 2, 2018 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that several churches across China were raided and had their crosses removed by authorities over the past…
CHINA – China: Christian schoolchildren forced to tick ‘no religion’ box
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 2, 2018 More than 300 Christian children in two high schools in Zhejiang province, which has been referred to as the “Jerusalem of the East” for its…
SUDAN- Sudan Releases Shipment of Bibles held in port for Six Years
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 2, 2018 The Sudanese government has cleared a shipment of Bibles believed to have been held in Port Sudan for six years. The Arabic-language Bibles…
NIGERIA – Nigeria: 4 Children, Grandmother Among 17 Christians Slaughtered by Radicals in Mass Raid
The Christian Post | Oct. 2, 2018 (PHOTO: REUTERS/AKINTUNDE AKINLEYE)A woman attends a community dialogue meeting as she sits in front of a burnt building belonging to Christ Holy Church…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram Barnawi Faction Kills Another Commander
International Christian Concern | Oct. 1, 2018 Boko Haram’s second faction, under the leadership of al-Barnawi, has killed a second commander in roughly a month. They reportedly killed Mamman Nur,…
PAKISTAN – Pakistani Christian Family Flees After Home Set on Fire, told They’ll be Killed if They Return
World Watch Monitor | Sept. 28, 2018 The only Christian family in their area were beaten and saw their house set on fire last week in a city in Pakistan’s…
BAGHDAD – Social Media Star, a Former ‘Miss Baghdad,’ Shot Dead
CNN | Sept. 28, 2018 Iraqi social media star and model Tara Fares has been shot dead in Baghdad, security officials confirmed to CNN. The death of Fares and other…
TURKEY – Turkey Threatens ‘Operations’ Against Opponents in US
Clarion Project | Sept. 27, 2018 While Pollyanna stories in the mainstream media tout Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to the U.S. for the U.N. General Assembly as “an opportunity to…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram in nine gun trucks attack community, repelled by soldiers – Official
Premium Times | Sept. 27, 2018 The Nigerian Army inflicted heavy casualty on Boko Haram when they attacked Garshigar community of Mobar Local Government Area in Borno on Wednesday, an…
PAKISTAN – The Only Christian Family in Pakistani Village Attacked for Faith
International Christian Concern | Sept. 27, 2018 A poor Christian family is running from pillar to post for justice after members of a local land mafia, allegedly patronized by the…
NICARAGUA – Nicaraguan Bishop Laments Death of Teen During Anti-Government Protests
Catholic News Agency | Sept. 27, 2018 Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Sep 27, 2018 / 02:13 pm (ACI Prensa).- Bishop Rolando José Álvarez Lagos of Matagalpa has called for an end to…
RWANDA – Rwandan Government Enforces Widespread Church Crackdown
International Christian Concern | Sept. 26, 2018 This year, authorities in Rwanda have closed down at least 7,000 churches, more than 700 of which were in the capital city of…
PAKISTAN – Pakistani Woman Thrown from Roof for Unwavering Faith
International Christian Concern | Sept. 25, 2018 A Pakistani Christian woman was thrown off a roof last month for refusing to embrace the religion of Islam. Binish Paul, 18, fell…
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO – 27 Church Members Among Dead in DRC After Islamist Assault
World Watch Monitor | Sept. 25, 2018 In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, dozens are feared killed as armed men believed to be Islamist militants from the ADF group…
NIGERIA – Leah 6 Months After Being Kidnapped
Lumen Life | Sept. 24, 2018 Friends, I have encouraging news to share! There is reason to believe that Leah Sharibu, the 15-year-old Christian Nigerian girl kidnapped by the Boko…
TURKEY – Turkish-US officials ‘cautiously optimistic’ of Brunson’s release
World Watch Monitor | Sept. 24, 2018 Andrew Brunson, pictured during his release from prison into house arrest on 25 July, was first arrested almost two years ago. Both Turkish and…
TURKEY- Daughter: U.S. Pastor Imprisoned in Turkey for Terrorism by ‘Christianization’
Breit Bart | Sept. 24, 2018 The pastor’s daughter Jacqueline Furnari declared, “A year and a half after his initial detention [in October 2016], Turkey finally charged him when they handed…
CHINA – Pastors in China Prepare to Lose Their Lives for Preaching the Gospel, Defying Communist Crackdown
The Christian Post | Sept. 22, 2018 (SCREENSHOT: YOUTUBE/ITV NEWS)Police officers monitor a church service in China in this footage posted on March 22, 2018. In the face of an…
KENYA – Local Muslims Stone Three Christians to Death During Protest
International Christian Concern | Sept. 22, 2018 On September 22, 2018, a family in western Kenya laid one of their kin to rest after he and two other men were…
NIGERIA – 20+ Nigerian Christians drown in river attempting to escape Fulani attackers
World Watch Monitor | Sept. 21, 2018 A pastor was one of at least 27 people who lost their lives following fresh attacks carried out by Fulani militants on five…
NIGER – Abduction of Italian priest shocks Niger
World Watch Monitor | Sept. 20, 2018 Fr. Pier Luigi Maccalli (Photo: Eglise Catholique au Niger) In Niger, the abduction of an Italian priest in the southwest of the country…
NIGERIA – Nigeria: Christian Boys Murdered, Bodies Slashed by Machetes; 250 Massacred in 2 Months
The Christian Post | Sept. 20, 2018 Two Christian boys were murdered last week by Fulani radicals in Plateau State in Nigeria, with the violence having claimed over 250 lives…
EGYPT – Egypt: Christian violence sparks increases in security in Minya
Global Dispatch | Sept. 20, 2018 (International Christian Concern) – Violence against Christians in Minya, Upper Egypt, has led security forces to extend their presence for several days. Church officials, supported…
INDIA – Christians in India Cling to Christ Despite Hindu Extremist Violence
Beliefnet | Sept. 19, 2018 In all the worst ways, Rome has risen again for Christianity. Christian persecution is becoming commonplace across the world. In areas like the Middle East,…
PAKISTAN – Religiously Motivated Acid Attack Killed Pakistani Christian
International Christian Concern | Sept. 19, 2018 International Christian Concern (ICC) learned that Faraz Badar, a 26-year old Christian resident of Gujranwala, died in a Lahore hospital on September 15,…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram kills midwife, threatens to kill other hostages, including Leah Sharibu, unless demands met
World Watch Monitor | Sept. 18, 2018 Left to right: Alice Loksha Ngaddah, Hauwa Mohammed Liman and Saifura Hussaini Ahmed Khorsa (Photo: Salkida.com) Boko Haram has killed an aid worker…
BURMA – ‘Being Burmese means being Buddhist’ – pastor explains discrimination faced by Christians in Myanmar
World Watch Monitor | Sept. 17, 2018 VIDEO The discrimination a Christian can meet on a daily basis in Myanmar is explained by Tun from the Chin ethnic minority. He…
CHINA – Amid Intense Persecution, A New Declaration by Chinese Church Leaders
Juicy Ecumenism | Sept. 17, 2018 In the midst of a campaign by the Chinese Communist Government to “Sinicize” religion and demand unswerving loyalty to the Communist Party, Chinese Christian…
AFRICA – Central African Republic: Dozens feared dead after massacre in Bria
World Watch Monitor | Sept. 17, 2018 IPDs waiting for food in CAR’s north-western town of Bozoum. Oct 2017. (Photo: World Watch Monitor) In Central African Republic, dozens of people…