PAKISTAN – Pakistani Girl Escapes from ‘House of Hell’
Saint Charles | August 28, 2020 A 14-year-old Christian girl has escaped from the man a High Court in Pakistan ruled to be her husband and has gone to the…
PAKISTAN – Pakistani Christian girl beaten by family employers for refusing to convert to Islam
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | August 27, 2020 An 18-year-old Christian servant in Pakistan was beaten for refusing her employers' demands to convert to Islam, according to her family…
PAKISTAN – Pakistani Christian Teen Flees into Hiding After Court Returns Her to Custody of Abductor
International Christian Concern | August 27, 2020 International Christian Concern (ICC) learned that Maira Shahbaz, a 14-year-old Christian girl who was abducted and forcefully married to a Muslim man, has…
HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s Wild Card: Spirit-Filled Christians
Stream | Faith McDonnell | August 27, 2020 Some commentators find it remarkable that the Hong Kong protests have had such strong Christian influence. They observe that only 11-12 percent…
NIGERIA – Radical Muslims Wage War for Control of Nigeria, Christians Suffering ‘Massive Attacks’
Christian Broadcast News | George Thomas | August 26, 2020 Nigeria is facing a serious threat from Islamic terrorist groups. Militant Muslims are waging an insurgency to overthrow the government…
KENYA – Finding Hope in Christ, Abandoned Children Have New Life
International Christian Concern | August 26, 2020 Nine months after seeing their mother walk out on them for converting to Christianity, seven children in the village of Dera, Kilifi county…
INDIA – 12 years on, Dalit and Adivasi Christians of Kandhamal await justice
Forward Press | Goldy George | August 26, 2020 In 2008, Kandhamal, Odisha witnessed unprecedented hostility in which 56,000 people were left homeless, and 308 churches were destroyed, at least…
INDIA – Pastor in Northern India Severely Beaten by Mob of Extremists
International Christian Concern | August 26, 2020 On August 21, Pastor Prasanna Kumar, whose name has been changed for security reasons, was attacked and brutally beaten by radical Hindu nationalists…
AFRICA – Coronavirus compounds and exacerbates persecution already experienced by Christians oppressed for their faith
Keep the Faith | August 25, 2020 The coronavirus has turned the screw dramatically on Christians who are already oppressed for their faith, warns charity Open Doors UK & Ireland. For thousands, having lost their jobs and being last in…
CHINA – Panelists warn China’s repression could spread
Baptist Standard | August 25, 2020 The Chinese government’s repression of Uyghur Muslims is a foretaste of the world’s future if there is not a change, human rights advocates warned…
NIGERIA – Pastor, 16-Year-Old Girl Among Latest 11 Christians Murdered in Nigeria
Christian Broadcast News | August 24, 2020 A 16-year-old girl, a father of nine children, and a church pastor were among 11 Christians killed by Muslim Fulani extremists last week…
EGYPT – Egyptian Mayor Forces Displacement of Christian Family
International Christian Concern | August 24, 2020 Egyptian officials have forced a Coptic Christian family living in Hawarat village (Fayoum Province) to vacate their properties and leave the village, according…
NIGERIA – Pastor, 10 others slaughtered by radical Muslim Fulani Herders in Nigeria
Christian Post | Anugrah Kumar | August 22, 2020 In yet another series of attacks on Christians in Nigeria, armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen this week killed 11 people, including a…
TURKEY – Turkey turns second historic Istanbul church into mosque
Catholic News Agency | August 21, 2020 A month after the former cathedral Hagia Sophia was converted from a museum into a mosque, another Istanbul church-museum, renowned for its exquisite…
NIGERIA – NBA withdraws El-Rufai’s invitation as guest speaker
Elombah News | August 20, 2020 The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has withdrawn the invitation issued to the governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, following protests from some lawyers.…
MALAYSIA – The Bible Ban in Malaysia
International Christian Concern | August 19, 2020 In Malaysia, the Bahasa language, which is spoken by the majority, does not have a Bible readily available. The authorities in Malaysia have…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram members attack Borno community and abduct over 100 persons
Linda Ikeji's Blog | August 19, 2020 Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect have attacked Kukawa, a town in Borno State, and reportedly abducted over 100 persons. According to sources in the…
INDIA – Christians as target during the lockdown
Frontline | Zaya Salam | August 18 2020 At least two reports by Christian organisations in India say that life has been precarious for the members of the minority community during…
MIDDLE EAST – Trump Condemns “Disgraceful” Treatment of Mideast Christians
Middle East Forum | Raymond Ibrahim | August 18, 2020 According to President Donald Trump, Christians in the Middle East are being treated in a manner that is "beyond disgraceful";…
IRAN – Iranian pastor, wife lose appeal of prison sentences for house church participation
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | August 18, 2020 The parents of an Iranian Christian who met with President Donald Trump last year in the Oval Office have lost their…
INDIA – Hindu extremists in India attack praying pastor, family with sharp weapons
Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett | August 18, 2020 While praying, a Christian pastor and his family were brutally attacked by radical Hindu extremists wielding sharp weapons amid an uptick…
INDIA – The Ongoing and Intensifying Persecution of Christians in India
Christian Headlines | John Stonestreet & Roberto Rivera | August 17, 2020 In late July, the body of Pastor Balvinder Bagicha Bhatti was found on the side of the road…
NIGERIA – “We Have No Other Protection but Him.”
International Christian Concern | August 17, 2020 Many structures in Nigeria are made with simple clay bricks, including many of the country’s homes and churches. In Kangbro and Marish villages,…
NIGERIA – The Ignored Genocide of Christians in Nigeria
Gatestone Institute| Raymond Ibrahim | August 16, 2020 The mass slaughter of Christians in Nigeria, which some international observers have classified as genocide, is reaching unprecedented levels. According to an August 4 report, at…
CHINA – Worsening Christian Persecution in China
Vision | August 13, 2020 Oppression and discrimination towards Christians has only worsened during the Covid-19 pandemic according to Release International. The charity, which supports persecuted Christians, says many had…
PAKISTAN – Pakistani Christian man faces blasphemy charge punishable by death over Facebook post
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | August 13, 2020 A Christian man charged with blasphemy for making a theological argument on Facebook that Muslims deemed insulting toward the Islamic prophet…
PAKISTAN – 14-Year-Old Pakistani Christian Abductee Still Seeking Justice
International Christian Concern | August 13, 2020 It is now almost a year since the abduction of 14-year-old Huma Yuonnus. She was taken at gunpoint from her home by a…
AFRICA – COVID-19 crisis in Africa increasing levels of Christian persecution, charity says
Crux | August 13, 2020 As the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic continues to hit Africa hard, a leading human rights group is warning that the persecution of Christians is getting worse…
TURKEY – “They Beat My Daughter to the Point of Being Unconscious”
International Christian Concern | August 12, 2020 Much of the Western Church is unaware of the gradual slip into radicalism taking place in Turkey. Most recently, the historic Hagia Sophia…
EGYPT – Healing After Suicide: Pandemic Pushes Persecuted Christians to the Edge
International Christian Concern | Emma Reeves | August 12, 2020 Egypt’s Christians exist within a delicate environment, where one misstep could lead to a loss of life or livelihood. Hypervigilance…
CHINA – 4 Hearts in 10 Days: China’s ‘On Demand’ Organ Bank Raises Concerns of Forced Harvesting
The Epoch Times | Eva Fu | August 11, 2020 Chinese doctors had four hearts on hand for Sun Lingling, a 24-year-old Chinese national who for nine months was on…
RELEASE – Christian Community Forcefully Placed under Muslim Rule in Nigeria’s Kaduna State
Save the Persecuted Christians | August 10, 2020 Save the Persecuted Christians’ Adara Chiefdom Report: People Threatened, Attacked and Killed Following Unlawful Dissolution WASHINGTON — Human rights advocates are calling for investigations and aid…
CHINA – Catholicism is again under attack by the CCP within China
The BL | Andrés Vacca | August 8, 2020 According to a report by China expert Steven Mosher, the Catholic Church has suffered increasing persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since…
NIGERIA – Al Qaeda-linked group claims attack in northwestern Nigeria
Long War Journal | Caleb Weiss | August 8, 2020 Jamaat al-Ansar al-Muslimeen fi Bilad al-Sudan, better known as Ansaru, reported yesterday that its men were behind a recent attack…
NIGERIA – Knights of Columbus to report on Christian persecution in Nigeria
Catholic News Agency | August 6, 2020 The Knights of Columbus announced a new initiative Thursday to report on Christian persecution in Nigeria, where at least 60,000 Christians have been…
CHINA – Chinese Christian Detained for Street Evangelism
International Christian Concern | August 6, 2020 On August 3, a Christian in China’s Hunan province was sentenced by the authorities to 10 days in administrative detention for “illegal evangelism.”…
PAKISTAN – Pakistani Court Orders 14-Year-Old Christian Girl to Be Returned to Her Abductor
International Christian Concern | August 6, 2020 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the Lahore High Court has ordered Maria Shahbaz, a 14-year-old Christian girl who was abducted and…
NIGERIA – 14 Baptist church members killed during suspected Fulani massacre in Nigeria
Christian Post | Blake Fussell | August 5, 2020 Fourteen members of a Baptist church in the Kogi state of Nigeria were reportedly killed during a raid by suspected Fulani…
NIGERIA – Scrap aid to Nigeria until Christians are safe
The Conservative Woman | Kathy Gyngell | August 4, 2020 BRITAIN’S foreign aid programme, as we’ve written before in these pages, is riddled with a lack of accountability; its ineffectiveness…