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…
WORLDWIDE – US, at least 17 countries to launch first-ever International Religious Freedom Alliance
The Christian Post | Samuel Smith | January 31, 2020 Government officials from the United States and several countries will convene in Washington, D.C., next week on the eve of…
REPORT – Persecuted and forgotten? Ancient Christian communities in north-east Syria after the US evacuation
The Tablet | Nov. 7, 2019 Donald Trump’s decision to order the evacuation of remaining US forces from north-east Syria might have sealed the fate of its age-old Christian communities…
WORLDWIDE – Report: Persecution of Christians worse in Asia; Mideast might not recover
Catholic Philly | Bronwen Dachs for CNS | Oct. 28,2019 Egyptian Muslims cry as ambulances transport the bodies of victims killed after a Dec. 11, 2016, explosion inside the Coptic…
IRAQ / SYRIA – Report: Persecution in Iraq Down After Loss of 90% of Nation’s Christians
Breitbart | Frances Martel | Oct. 24, 2019 Christian persecution in Iraq and Syria has decreased dramatically in the aftermath of the fall of the Islamic State, a report published…
PAKISTAN – 13 Years Christian Girl Forcibly Converted To Islam And Deceptively Wedded
Christian Times PK | Feb. 23, 2019 GRV, Wichra Bangla (Pakistan Christian times) A Christian family’s 13 years old daughter Sadaf Masih was abducted on 6th Feb – 2019 by some…
PAKISTAN – Christian Student in Pakistan Nearly Killed in Stabbing by Muslim Classmates
International Christian Concern | Feb. 21, 2019 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Christian student from Karachi, Pakistan was nearly killed after being stabbed in an attack by…
PAKISTAN – Intense Persecution of Pakistani Christians Continued into the Second Half of 2018
International Christian Concern | Feb. 21, 2019 Incidents of Christian persecution in Pakistan continued into the second half of 2018, painting a grim picture for the small minority community regarding…
PAKISTAN – Imam Who Converted to Christianity: My Own Family Now Want to Kill Me
Breitbart | Jan. 20, 2019 A former imam from Pakistan who migrated to Germany and converted to Christianity now claims that he faces death threats in his native country from many…
PAKISTAN – Swabi councillors want Christians to be appointed as ‘sweepers’ in hospitals instead of Muslims
Samaa | Jan. 19, 2019 The Swabi district council in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa wants the sweepers hired in the district’s hospitals to be Christian only. The members of the district council…
PAKISTAN – Pakistani Christians Fear New Security Mandate May Lead to Church Closures
International Christian Concern | Jan. 8, 2019 On January 2, the government of the Punjab province in Pakistan mandated that churches comply with set security standards by March 31 or…
PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi to Celebrate Christmas in Hiding in Pakistan
International Christian Concern | Dec. 24, 2018 Despite being acquitted in October, Asia Bibi is set to celebrate her first Christmas off death row in hiding and under guard in…
PAKISTAN – Police Increase Security for Pakistani Christians in Preparation for Christmas
International Christian Concern | Dec. 23, 2018 Police in Pakistan are beefing up security for Christians as the minority community prepares to celebrate Christmas. Christians across Pakistan face a sense…
PAKISTAN – Pakistan Forces Out World Vision and 17 Other Charities
International Christian Concern | Dec. 22, 2018 After 13 years of operations, World Vision has been kicked out of Pakistan along with 17 other charities. With this move, Pakistan has…
PAKISTAN – Pakistan’s Christians Face Uneasy Christmas Holiday
International Christian Concern | Dec. 21, 2018 Pakistan’s Christians are facing an uneasy Christmas holiday this year. Many fear their community will be targeted and attacked by the country’s extremists…
PAKISTAN – Christian Brothers Sentenced to Death Under Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws
International Christian Concern | Dec. 18, 2018 Two Christian brothers, Qaisar and Amoon Ayub, were sentenced to death by a court in Pakistan for allegedly posting blasphemous material on a…
PAKISTAN – Pope Pays Tribute to Legacy of Slain Pakistani Christian Leader
International Christian Concern | Dec. 3, 2018 Pope Francis paid tribute to the legacy of Shahbaz Bhatti on November 30 while speaking to members of the Shahbaz Bhatti Mission Association.…
PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi and Family Remain in Danger in Pakistan
International Christian Concern | Dec. 1, 2018 It has been over a month since Asia Bibi has been acquitted of blasphemy charges after being on death row for nearly a…
PAKISTAN – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Offends Christians Claiming “Jesus Has No Mention in Human History”
International Christian Concern | Nov. 28, 2018 Imran Khan, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, has offended both Christians and Muslims by claiming that there is no historical record of Jesus…
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA – 270 Slaughtered by ‘Irrelevant’ ISIS in Recent Days
Clarion Project | Nov. 25, 2018 Proving to the world it is anything but irrelevant, ISIS in recent days reportedly mounted attacks in Chad, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Syria, Pakistan, Libya and…
PAKISTAN – Pakistan Arrests Islamist Leader of Asia Bibi Protests
International Christian Concern | Nov. 24, 2018 Authorities in Pakistan have arrested the leader of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan Party, Khadim Hussain Rizvi. Rizvi was responsible for organizing the violent and…
PAKISTAN – Senator Demands U.S. Cut Off Aid to Pakistan Until Asia Bibi is Free
International Christian Concern | Nov. 21, 2018 Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has demanded that the U.S. Government cut off all aid to Pakistan until Asia Bibi, a Christian woman recently…
PAKISTAN – Police Warn Christians in Pakistan of Potential Terrorist Attack
International Christian Concern | Nov. 20, 2018 Police in Pakistan have warned Christians that terrorists are planning an attack on their community following the Asia Bibi acquittal. According to Agenzia…
PAKISTAN – Pakistani Christians Fear Backlash Over Asia Bibi Acquittal
International Christian Concern | Nov. 14, 2018 Pakistani Christians are reportedly living in fear that their community will face severe backlash following the acquittal of Asia Bibi. On October 31,…
PAKISTAN – Pakistan Christians Wary as Asylum Offers Flood in for Asia Bibi
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 14, 2018 Several countries have offered asylum to the Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi, after she was acquitted by the country’s highest court last month of a…
PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi Not Offered Asylum by U.K. Over fears of Unrest and Attack
International Christian Concern | Nov. 12, 2018 The United Kingdom has “not offered” Asia Bibi, a Christian woman acquitted of committing blasphemy in Pakistan, asylum because of fears that the…
PAKISTAN – Overturned Blasphemy Conviction of Christian Woman Blindsides Imran Khan’s Pakistani Government
The Washington Times | Nov. 12, 2018 It was already an eventful first 100 days for Prime Minister Imran Khan, the onetime cricket star who broke the mold of Pakistani politics…
PAKISTAN – ‘Untouchable’ Caste Identity Haunts Pakistani Christians like Asia Bibi
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 1, 2018 Asia Bibi was on death row for blasphemy, after offering drinking water which she, as a Christian, was considered to have made “unclean” by…
PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi Remains in a Pakistani Prison Converted into a Safe House
International Christian Concern | Nov. 6, 2018 On October 31, Pakistan’s Supreme Court acquitted Asia Bibi, a Christian woman formally on death row for committing blasphemy. This announcement was met…
NORTH KOREA – Rampant Sexual Violence of Women in North Korea
International Christian Concern | November 4, 2018 In North Korea, sexual violence has become so widespread and common that it being accepted by society as an ordinary part of life.…
PAKISTAN – Pakistan: Lawyer for Christian Woman Acquitted of Blasphemy Charges Flees to Europe in Fear of His Life
Jihad Watch | November 3, 2018 Why is Saif Mulook’s life in danger? Because he dared to defend a Christian woman from blasphemy charges. The Muslims who were demonstrating in…
PAKISTAN – Pakistan Paralyzed following Asia Bibi’s Victory in Supreme Court
World Watch Monitor | November 2, 2018 The victory of Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi in the Supreme Court has sparked nationwide protests, led by supporters of the Islamist political party Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan…
PAKISTAN – Islamists Protest for Second Day in Pakistan Following Asia Bibi’s Acquittal
International Christian Concern | Nov. 1, 2018 Mobs of Islamists in Pakistan continued to protest for a second day following the Supreme Court’s decision to acquit Asia Bibi, a Christian…
PAKISTAN – Pakistani Teenager Severely Tortured After Confronting Islamic Radicals
International Christian Concern | Oct. 31, 2018 The persecution of Christians living in Pakistan is severe. With oppression and persecution from radical Islamic groups, fueled by the support of political…
PAKISTAN – Muslims Block Roads, Call for Supreme Court Justices to Be Killed Over Asia Bibi Acquittal
The Christian Post | Oct. 31, 2018 (SCREENSHOT: YOUTUBE/AFP NEWS AGENCY)Angered Muslims in Pakistan protest the release of Christian mother Asia Bibi after she spent eight years on death row…
PAKISTAN – IRD Rejoices Over Asia Bibi Acquittal, Concerned for Pakistani Christians
Juicy Ecumenism | Oct, 31. 2018 Washington, DC—The Institute on Religion and Democracy is rejoicing over news of Pakistan’s Supreme Court overturning the death penalty conviction of Aasiya Noreen, commonly…
PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi: Pakistan Acquits Christian Woman on Death Row
BBC | Oct. 31, 2018 Asia Bibi was convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a row with her neighbours. She always maintained her innocence,…
INDONESIA – Indonesia: New Religious Education Bill requires Registration of Sunday Schools
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 30, 2018 Christians in Indonesia are opposing a new religious education bill that will require them to obtain government approval for holding Sunday schools or…
PAKISTAN – Pakistani Christian gets Life for Blasphemy despite Learning Difficulties
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 26, 2018 Mentally impaired Yaqoob Bashir Masih was only 20 years old when he was accused of committing blasphemy in June 2015. He has been…
PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi’s Life in Extreme Danger Even If Released From Death Row: ‘They’d Feel Proud of Killing Her’
The Christian Post | Oct. 25, 2018 (PHOTO: ADREES LATIF/REUTERS)The daughters of Asia Bibi posed with an image of their mother outside their residence in Sheikhupura, located in Pakistan’s Punjab…