TURKEY – Turkey: Assyrian Christians request prayer
MEC | February 6, 2020 Assyrian Christians in Turkey request prayer for an elderly couple missing from their village since 11 January. Hurmuz and Shimoni Diril, parents of Remzi Diril,…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram responsible for 59,311 orphans, 59,213 widows: Nigerian governor
CP | Samuel Smith | February 5, 2020 The governor of the Boko Haram-infected Borno state in northeast Nigeria has reportedly revealed that the extremist group is responsible for making…
BANGLADESH – Rohingya Christians dealing with aftermath of attack
Mission Network News | Kevin Zeller | February 4, 2020 Rohingya Christians have been moved to safety following an attack in a Bangladesh refugee camp. Greg Musselman of Voice of the…
NIGERIA – Nigerian archbishop: Seminarian’s killing shows government’s security failure
Angelus | February 4, 2020 Following the death of an 18-year-old seminarian in Nigeria at the hands of his kidnappers, the Archbishop of Lagos urged government officials to make changes…
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…
TURKEY – Their story will soon drown: A Christian family of Middle East survivors
Washington Examiner | Nuri Kino | February 2, 2020 As far as I know, Sabri Masoud, of Hasankeyf in southeastern Turkey, is the only living Christian born in one of…
NIGERIA – Suicide Bomber Caught in Living Faith Church Sabo, Kaduna State
Feed News | February 2, 2020 At about 8am today In the Living Faith Church in Sabo,Kaduna State, suicide bomber was caught trying to make his way into his the…
NIGERIA – Nigeria: ACN announces death of kidnapped seminarian
Vatican News | February 2, 2020 Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) announces the death of the last of four seminarians kidnapped on January 8th in Nigeria’s Kaduna State.…
USA – Trump administration expands travel ban to include Nigeria and 5 other countries
CBS News | Camilo Montoya-Galvez | January 31, 2020 The Trump administration on Friday unveiled a new set of immigration restrictions on six African and Asian countries, expanding the so-called…
CHINA – ‘This Situation Is so Critical’: A Chinese Pastor’s Message to Christians From Ground Zero of the Coronavirus
CBN News | Emily Jones | January 31, 2020 he voice of a Chinese pastor living in the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus outbreak is being heard around the world…
IRAQ – Iraq’s Christians, Muslims, and Yezidis unite to remember Holocaust
New Europe | Tamar Svanidze | January 31, 2020 Various religious denominations from Iraq came together to mark the 75th anniversary of the Holocaust and the more than 6 million…
NIGERIA – As Horrific Persecution against Nigeria’s Christians Continues, IRD Joins in Urging for Special Envoy
Juicy Ecumenism | Faith McDonnell | January 30, 2020 Persecution of Christians in Nigeria is not a new thing. Attacks on churches, imposition of Sharia, killings of individuals – even…
NIGERIA – Fulani community leaders arrested, taken to Abuja over Plateau killings
Daily Post | Amos Tauna | January 30, 2020 Fulani and community leaders from Mangu, Bokkos, Barkin Ladi and Riyom local government areas of Plateau State have been arrested by…
UGANDA – Hungary Helps Scheme Launches EUR 16 m Aid Programme in Uganda
Hungary Today | January 30, 2020 Speaking to MTI by phone, Balázs Orbán said he had completed a three-day official visit to the eastern African country on Wednesday. The aid…
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 The Catholic Church has joined in the widespread civic protests against new legislation that, according to critics, strikes at the…
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,…
IRAQ – 4 aid workers with French charity Christians of the Middle East disappear in Baghdad
Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett | January 29, 2020 Four members of the French nongovernmental organization Christians of the Middle East, a charity that seeks to "help Christian communities…
PAKISTAN- Lahore ATC acquits 42 people in Youhanabad lynching cases
DAWN | Rana Bilal | January 29, 2020 An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore on Wednesday acquitted and ordered the release of 42 people who were accused in cases pertaining…
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…
POLAND – 75 years to the day after they were freed from living hell, 200 Auschwitz survivors return
Daily Mail | Corazon Miller For Mailonline and Afp | January 27, 2020 Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp prayed and wept as they marked the 75th anniversary of its…
NIGERIA- Herdsmen shoot at Governor Ortom
News Express | 27 January 2020 Benue Governor Samuel Ortom said herdsmen shot at him while he was in his farm located along Makurdi – Naka road in Makurdi, Benue state…
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…
MALI – 24 Soldiers Killed In Attack On Army Camp
Newsbreak | Oluwafemi Ashaolu | January 27, 2020 The death toll in Sunday’s attack on Sokolo Army camp in Mali has risen to 24. Al-Qaeda affiliate, Nusrat al-Islam, a group…
NIGERIA – My daughter’s ordeal will not stop me from going to Church to serve God, says Sharibu
National Pivot | Joe Adams | January 27, 2020 Nathan Sharibu, father of the abducted teenage Christian girl, Leah, said he had received the news of his daughter’s reported motherhood…
NIGERIA – We want our daughter alive, with or without baby –Leah Sharibu’s family
Punch | Gbenro Adeoye, Friday Olokor and Hindi Livinus | January 26, 2020 The family of Christian teenage schoolgirl abducted by Boko Haram terrorists in 2018, Leah Sharibu, has described reports…
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…
KENYA – US military releases new details of Kenyan base attack that left 3 dead
The Hill | Ellen Mitchell | January 23, 2020 The U.S. military on Thursday released new details of the Jan. 5 attack on a Kenyan airbase used by U.S. troops following a…
WORLDWIDE – The ‘double vulnerability’ of persecuted Christian women
Christian Today | January 22, 2020 Last year, the Bishop of Truro published a monumental review into the persecution of Christians. The findings were stark: anti-Christian persecution is spreading and increasing in severity…
EUROPE – Anti-Christian violence, attacks on churches in Europe at all-time high in 2019: report
CP | Brandon Showalter | January 22, 2020 Attacks against Christians in Europe reached record highs in 2019, as hostility and vandalism against churches, Christian schools and monuments sweep the…
NIGERIA – Christian Association of Nigeria demands answers after Boko Haram kills pastor
CP | Samuel Smith | January 22, 2020 The Christian Association of Nigeria is demanding answers from the Nigerian government as the interdenominational body calls for three days of prayer…
NIGERIA – Muslim Fulani herdsmen kill 2 Christian teenage girls as persecution escalates
CP | Leah MarieAnn Klett | January 22, 2020 Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed two young Christian women in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria, just weeks after members of the same terrorist…
NIGERIA – Buhari: Terrorists will pay a heavy price for killing CAN chairman
The Nigeria Lawyer | Unini Chioma | January 21, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killing of Lawan Andimi, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Michika…
NIGERIA – Nigerian pastor who praised God in ransom video beheaded after refusing to deny Christ
CP | Samuel Smith | January 21, 2020 A pastor who made headlines earlier this month for praising God in a ransom video has been executed by Boko Haram militants…
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…
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