CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION IN THE NEWS
NIGERIA – Seven children and baby among 17 Nigerian Christians murdered by Fulani militants in remote village
Barnabas Fund | May 20, 2020 Fulani militants murdered 17 Nigerian Christians, including a 70-year-old, seven children and a six-month-old baby, in Gonan Rogo village,
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Launches New Initiative, ‘Return 2 Worship’
Save the Persecuted Christians | May 19, 2020 Group Encouraging Americans to Pray at Their Church on Sunday, Even if Doors Are Locked; Christians Must
INDIA – BREAKING: Christian American Pastor Bryan Nerren is Finally Free to Return Home to the United States
ACLJ | Jordan Sekulow | May 19, 2020 After more than seven months of being wrongfully detained in India, Christian Pastor Bryan Nerren – a
UN – UN at ‘pivotal moment’ in bringing Islamic State fighters to justice for enslavement of Yazidis
Telegraph | James Rothwell | May 19, 2020 UN investigators say they have made “significant progress” in helping Iraq collect evidence for a future trial
IRAN – Anglican Church member given third prison sentence at retrial
Article18 | May 18, 2020 An Iranian Anglican Church member has been reconvicted of membership of a “Zionist Evangelical Christian” group “hostile to the regime”
VATICAN – New edition of Jesuit journal proves Vatican’s ‘all in’ on Chinese courtship
Crux | John L. Allen Jr. | May 17, 2020 China, in a sense, has become the third rail of geopolitics, in the sense that
NIGERIA – Boko Haram could exploit COVID-19 pandemic to launch attacks, UN warns Nigeria
The Cable | May 15, 2020 The United Nations has warned that Boko Haram insurgents could exploit the COVID-19 pandemic to carry out attacks in
IRAN – Iranian Christians sent to jail, unable to afford bail
Article18 | May 15, 2020 Ramin Hassanpour, his wife Kathrin Sajadpour, Moslem Rahimi and one other have been sent to Lakan Prison. Four Iranian converts
NIGERIA – Fulani Militants Kill Thirty in Nigeria
International Christian Concern | May 14, 2020 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Fulani militants conducted a major attack, beginning late in the evening
NORTH KOREA – North Korea ‘church’ doesn’t look like any other but it exists: watchdog
Fox News | Caleb Parke | May 14, 2020 Being a Christian in North Korea means using secretive, spylike tactics to read the Bible, facing threats of the death
PAKISTAN – Reconstitution of National Commission for Minorities
News Lens | Kashif Nawab | May 14, 2020 The Federal Cabinet of Pakistan has reconstituted a National Commission for Religious Minorities in May 2020.
ENGLAND – Pagan Idols Set Up in English Martyrs Church
Church Militant| Jules Gomes| May 14, 2020 A Catholic church in England is facing backlash for displaying Hindu, Buddhist and African idols in front of the altar for
NIGERIA – Over 20 killed in spate of new Fulani massacres on Nigerian Christians
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | May 14, 2020 At least 23 people were killed in a spate of attacks carried about by suspected Fulani
INDIA – Christians, non-Hindus in India denied gov’t aid during pandemic, groups say
The Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett | May 13, 2020 As many Christians and other non-Hindus in India are being denied government-issued food rations
NIGERIA – You Can Join Prayer Vigil for Captive Christian Leah Sharibu on Her 17th Birthday
CBN News | Steve Warren | May 13, 2020 The International Committee on Nigeria (ICON), a coalition partner of Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC), will host a special online
ADVISORY – Advocacy Group, Concerned Christians Host Prayer Vigil for Leah Sharibu on Her 17th Birthday
*** VIRTUAL EVENT ADVISORY *** Save the Persecuted Christians | For Immediate Release | May 13, 2020 CONTACT:Hamilton Strategies, Media@HamiltonStrategies.com May 14 Prayer at 4
CHINA – Chinese officials restrict aged bishop’s funeral
UCA News | Mayh 12, 2020 Officials of the communist government in China imposed restrictions on the funeral of 98-year-old Bishop Joseph Zhu Baoyu of
PAKISTAN – Debate over the National Commission for Minorities
Agenzia Fides | May 12, 2020 “The National Commission on Human Rights, the National Commission on the Status of Women and the Commission on the
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Delivers Open Letter to President Trump About Ensuring Fairness of World Bank Aid to India Christians
Save the Persecuted Christians | May 11, 2020 In Communication to President, Secretary of State and World Bank Leader, Advocates Stress That Christians in India
INDIA – Christian Families Summoned, Beaten and Threatened with Death in Chhattisgarh, India
Morning Star News | May 11, 2020 Animists in central India last week told five Christian families they would lose their harvest lands unless they