IRAN – Nine Christian converts from Rasht get five years each
Middle East Concern | Oct. 18, 2019 Iranian Christians request prayer for nine men of the “Church of Iran” denomination who have each received a five-year prison sentence due to…
ALGERIA – ‘Sad Day’ in Algeria as Officials Seal Buildings of Country’s Largest Churches
Morningstar News | Algeria Correspondent | Oct. 17, 2019 Sealing of Tafath church in Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria, Oct. 16, 2019. (Morning Star News) TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – Authorities in…
CHINA – Chinese authorities raided church, forcibly removed members, moments before demolition
Fox News | Caleb Parke | Oct. 17, 2019 Authorities in China forcibly removed Christians and arrested several faith leaders gathered at a state-recognized church that suddenly was deemed "illegal" by the…
NIGERIA – 500 shackled children freed from third Islamic boarding school in north Nigeria
The Telegraph - U.K. | Adrian Blomfield, Africa Correspondent | Oct. 17, 2019 Police have freed hundreds of manacled boys from a madrassa in northern Nigeria for the third time…
USA – Is the State Church Coming?
Crisis Magazine | Oct. 16, 2019 Last week, presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke said outright that if he is elected president, he will work to eliminate the tax-exempt status for churches…
KENYA – Catholic priest kidnapped, murdered and buried in shallow grave in Embu
Standard Digital | Cyrus Ombati | Oct. 16, 2019 A Catholic priest was kidnapped, brutally murdered and buried in a shallow grave in Embu County. The body of Father Michael…
SUDAN – Criminal charges against church leaders confirmed
CSW | Oct. 15, 2019 The Sudanese Church of Christ Executive Committee CSW has learned that criminal charges against eight leaders of the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) were confirmed…
RELEASE – Christians in India Continue to Face Grave Danger
***NEWS RELEASE*** | For Immediate Release | October 14, 2019 Save the Persecuted Christians:As Attacks on India’s Christians Ramp Up, Believers in Jesus Christ Are More at Risk Each Day…
GERMANY- 2 dead in Germany shooting near synagogue: Live updates
CNN | Oct. 9, 2019 Two people were killed today following a shooting rampage near a synagogue in the eastern German town of Halle. Here's what else we know about…
CHINA – China to restrict visas for Americans linked to certain groups: report
FoxNews|Brie Stimson | Oct. 9, 2019 The Chinese government plans to restrict visas for some Americans, specifically those employed by the U.S. intelligence community and certain human rights groups, according…
TURKEY/SYRIA – Turkish planes bomb Syria, causing panic among Christians, others
Crux | Dale Gavlak | Oct. 9, 2019 A Turkish milItary convoy is pictured in Kilis near the Turkish-Syrian border Oct. 9, 2019. Turkish warplanes have begun attacking northeastern Syria,…
USA – USCIRF’s New Freedom of Religion or Belief Victims List Will Give Names to Nameless, Hold Persecutors Accountable
For Immediate Release | Oct. 9, 2019 Save the Persecuted Christians:USCIRF’s New Freedom of Religion or Belief Victims List Will Give Names to Nameless, Hold Persecutors Accountable WASHINGTON—The United States…
USA – Trump calls on all nations to end religious persecution
The Eagle Observer | by Harold Pease, Ph.D|Oct. 9, 2019 "Our nation was founded on the idea that our rights do not come from government but from God," said Donald…
USA – USCIRF Launches the Freedom of Religion or Belief Victims List
USCIRF | Oct. 8, 2019 WASHINGTON, DC –United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Chair Tony Perkins and Vice Chair Gayle Manchin today announced the launch of the Freedom…
INDIA – Term mob lynching comes from Bible, says Mohan Bhagwat
India Today | Oct. 8, 2019 Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday patted the back of the Narendra Modi government and said that the government has the…
TURKEY/SYRIA – Trump shifts tone on Turkey in effort to halt Syria invasion
AP NEWS | Oct. 8, 2019 WASHINGTON (AP) — In a span of 24 hours, President Donald Trump moved from threatening to obliterate Turkey’s economy if it invades Syria to…
NIGERIA – Six Christian schoolgirls, others abducted by Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria
Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett | Oct. 08, 2019 Muslim Fulani herdsmen have kidnapped six teenage girls and two staff members at gunpoint from a Christian-run high school in…
USA/CHINA – US puts visa restrictions on Chinese officials over abuses of Muslims in Xinjiang
CNBC | Jacob Pramuk | Oct. 8, 2019 The Trump administration put visa restrictions on Chinese officials Tuesday amid ongoing abuses of Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang region. Secretary of…
NIGERIA – “WORLD TAKE NOTE!”: Genocide of Christians in Nigeria – Raymond Ibrahim
Gatestone Institute | Raymond Ibrahim | Oct. 7, 2019 Muhammadu Buhari Muhammadu Buhari, the Muslim president of Nigeria—who reached that position in part thanks to Barack H. Obama—continues to fuel…
NIGERIA – “WORLD TAKE NOTE!”: Genocide of Christians in Nigeria
Raymond Ibrahim | Oct. 7, 2019 Muhammadu Buhari, the Muslim president of Nigeria—who reached that position in part thanks to Barack H. Obama—continues to fuel the “genocide” of Christians in…
RWANDA – US evangelist arrested in Rwanda over ‘illegal’ meeting
The Cititzen | Oct. 7, 2019 IN SUMMARY Gregg Schoof, a Baptist, has been operating in Rwanda since 2003, mainly through his church and a radio station, Amazing Grace FM,…
IRAQ – Iraqi Christians Raise Up Images of Christ Amid Deadly Anti-Government Protests
CBN News | Emily Jones | Oct. 7, 2019 JERUSALEM, Israel - At least 104 people have been killed and more than 6,000 wounded in the six bloody days of…
USA / HONG KONG – A Statement of Solidarity to Hong Kong’s Christians – Juicy Ecumenism
Juicy Ecumenism | Faith McDonnell | Oct. 3, 2019 (And to all those in Hong Kong who long for freedom — By your Christian brothers and sisters in the United…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram Insurgents Execute Two Christian Aid Workers in Nigeria
CBN News | Steve Warren |Oct. 2, 2019 The Islamic extremist group Boko Haram has released a video showing the execution of two Christian aid workers and the group also…
CHINA – On China’s National Day, USCIRF Urges U.S. Government to Take Action on Religious Freedom
USCIRF | Oct. 1, 2019 On China’s National Day, USCIRF Urges U.S. Government to Take Action on Religious Freedom WASHINGTON, DC – Today marks the 70th anniversary of the People’s…
VIDEOS: UNGA74 Panel on Christian Persecution
“Rebuilding Lives, Rebuilding Communities: Ensuring a Future for Persecuted Christians” See the STPC Press Release published following the high-level panel on the global crisis of anti-Christian violence. [Also posted below.]https://vimeo.com/363622012…
RELEASE – Coalition Delivers Religious Freedom Petition to President Trump, His Cabinet and Congress
***NEWS RELEASE*** | For Immediate Release |October 1, 2019 Over 1,000 Signers Urge Them Not to Meet with Squire Patton Boggs or Other Firms Representing Regimes that Persecute People of…
INDIA – Hindu radicals livestream attack on Christians to ‘make area free of Christianity’
Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett |Sept. 30, 2019 Indian authorities jailed church leaders and their families after Hindu extremists disrupted a worship service, beat individuals, and livestreamed the events…
NIGERIA – Victims of north Nigerian institution share stories of terror
Reuters | Alexis Akwagyiram |Sept. 29, 2019 KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - When Jibril had tried to escape as a boy from an institution in Nigeria that called itself a place…
NIGERIA – Victim tells of living in ‘torture house hellfire’
BBC | Sept. 29, 2019 Media captionIsa Ibrahim says he tried to escape the day before the police raid A survivor of the Nigerian "torture house" raided by police has…
INDIA – 8 Christians arrested in Hindu mob’s brutal crackdown on house churches: report
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | September 28, 2019 A massive crackdown on house churches by radical Hindu groups has led to the jailing of at least eight Christians on…
U.N. – World is ‘ignoring’ persecution of Christians, says Hungarian official
Catholic San Francisco | Beth Griffin, Catholic News Service | Sept. 28, 2019 Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, speaks at the United Nations Sept. 27, 2019, during a…
RELEASE – Hungary, Brazil Foreign Ministers Host Breakthrough U.N. Panel Decrying Persecution of Christians, Need to Act
Videos and Transcripts of the Speakers For Immediate Release |September 27, 2019 Save The Persecuted Christians Urges Costs for the Persecutors WASHINGTON, D.C. —One of the most extraordinary programs ever…
NIGERIA / U.K. – U.K. opens investigation into killings of farmers in Benue
Elombah News | Sept. 27, 2019 United Kingdom has opened an investigation into the killing of farmers by suspected herdsmen in Benue State and other parts of the country. Also…
INDIA – Over 1,000 incidents of Christian persecution in India reported since 2014; 219 in 2019
Christian Post | Samuel Smith|Sept. 27, 2019 A group of Christians meet together near their rebuilt church in Kandhamal. | John Fredricks WASHINGTON — Over 1,400 incidents of persecution against…
NIGERIA/U.K. – UK opens investigation into killings of farmers in Benue
United Kingdom has opened an investigation into the killing of farmers by suspected herdsmen in Benue State and other parts of the country. Also to be investigated are the murder…
IRAN – Educational challenge for children of converts
Middle East Concern | Sept. 25, 2019 Friends of Yousef Nadarkhani – a pastor previously sentenced to death for apostasy and presently in Evin prison due to his Christian faith…
ALGERIA – Another church building forcibly closed
Middle East Concern | Sept. 25, 2019 Algerian Christians request prayer as the campaign to close churches continues. On 24 September, the police director of Boghni announced that a church…
CHINA – Six Uighur Christians imprisoned in Xinjiang
Church in Chains | Sept. 25, 2019 In early September, it was reported that six Uighur Christians had recently been imprisoned in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. The six…
USA – Trump Shines Spotlight on Christians Being Killed, 1st President to Host UN Religious Freedom Meeting
CBN News |Ben Kennedy | Sept. 24, 2019 Donald Trump has become the first US President to ever host a meeting at the United Nations on religious freedom. "As President,…