Persecution of Minority Christian Women ‘Hidden, Complex, and Interwoven with “Everyday” Discrimination’

World Watch Monitor | Nov. 26, 2018 Five new reports – about Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, Colombia and the Central African Republic – unmask the multiple domestic, societal and state dynamics…

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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.…

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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…

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PALESTINE – Palestinian Authority, Hamas Using Torture to Silence Critics, Human Rights Watch Says

The Christian Post | Oct. 24, 2018 A leading human rights watchdog has called out the Palestinian authorities for establishing police states in which peaceful protestors are regularly arrested and…

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EGYPT – Coptic Woman who Lost Half her Face in Church Bombing Arrives in Germany for Operation Share

World Watch Monitor | Oct. 24, 2018 The Coptic Christian woman who lost the right side of her face in a bomb attack on her church in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, in 2016 is…

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MARAWI – One Year after Marawi’s Liberation from IS, thousands of Christians still Displaced

World Watch Monitor | Oct. 19, 2018 A year ago this month, the president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, declared victory over Islamic State-linked militants in a battle for the…

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NIGERIA – ‘Does the World Know? Do They Care?’ 15-Y-O Christian Girl Leah Sharibu Days Away From Execution

The Christian Post - Oct. 9, 2018 (SCREENSHOT: YOUTUBE/INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CONCERN)A photo of Christian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu's family in Nigeria in this September 2018 video. The parents of Christian schoolgirl…

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BURMA – Rohingya Muslim militants massacred 99 Hindu men, women and children who refused to convert to Islam

Creeping Sharia | Persecution of other religious groups | 052718 The Rohingya military group Arsa carried out deadly massacres and abductions of the Hindu community in Myanmar’s Rakhine state last…

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