CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION IN THE NEWS
TURKEY – Tragedy for Family of Missing Couple
International Christian Concern | March 21, 2020 Two months after the mysterious disappearance of the elderly parents of a Chaldean Catholic priest in Turkey, tragic news for
BRUNEI – American Evangelist Preaches Gospel on Streets of Brunei, Muslim Country Governed by Sharia Law
Christian News | Heather Clark | March 21, 2020 An American evangelist recently preached the gospel of Jesus Christ on the streets of the Muslim
WORLDWIDE – How Coronavirus Plague Could Affect Millions of Persecuted Christians Around the World
Charisma News | March 18, 2020 Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC), which advocates on behalf of hundreds of millions of Christians facing heavy persecution worldwide,
UK – UK accepts ‘real risk’ of persecution for ‘ordinary’ Iranian Christians
Article Eighteen | March 18, 2020 The UK’s new guidelines for asylum cases involving Iranian Christian converts acknowledge there is a “real risk” of persecution
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Calls for the Appointment of a U.S. Presidential Special Envoy to Nigeria and the Lake Chad Region
Save the Persecuted Christians | March 18, 2020 Coalition Partner, International Committee on Nigeria, Launches #SilentSlaughter Campaign WASHINGTON—Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC) joined the International
NIGERIA – Nigerian Christian teen escapes captors weeks after abduction, forced conversion to Islam
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | March 17, 2020 A Nigerian Christian girl who was abducted in January and forced to convert to Islam has
USCIRF – USCIRF Releases New Factsheet on the Impact of Coronavirus on Religious Freedom
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | uscirf.gov March 16, 2020 Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new
KENYA – 2 Christians killed, 1 abducted by al-Shabaab in Kenya
Christian Post | Anugrah Kumar | March 15, 2020 In yet another assault on Christians in north-eastern Kenya, suspected militants from the Somalia-based al-Qaeda-linked group al-Shabaab killed
NIGERIA – Nigerian priest urges Western leaders to do more for country’s Christians
Crux | Christopher White | March 13,2020 Western nations have an obligation to defend Nigerian Christians being slaughtered by Boko Haram since many are being
KENYA – Two Christians Killed in Al-Shabaab Attack
International Christian Concern | March 13, 2020 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on Wednesday, March 11, two Christians were killed and another was
CHINA – Pope Warns Chinese Christians to Avoid ‘Proselytism’ to Please Xi Jinping
Breitbart | Elizabeth Yore | March 12, 2020 Each month, the Vatican releases a slickly produced Papal Prayer Intention video. In the March “Pope’s Video,”
NIGERIA – Activists press Trump administration to aid embattled Nigerian Christians
Washington Times | Madison Hirneisen | March 11, 2020 International activists are sounding the alarm over what they say is the pervasive and violent persecution
NIGERIA – Buhari watches as 12,000 Christians killed, 2,000 churches lost: Special Report
Nkiruka Nistoran | March 10, 2020 Upwards of 12,000 Christians have been killed under since President Muhammadu Buhari took office in Nigeria on May 29, 2015
IRAN – Iran extends Christian convert’s sentence 2 years for ‘evangelical Zionist Christianity’
Post | Samuel Smith | March 10, 2020 A 65-year-old Iranian Christian convert who was sentenced to three years in prison for “insulting Islamic sacred
IRAN – ‘Every time the bell rang, we thought it was him’ – daughter of pastor executed 30 years ago
Article18 | Mary Mohammadi | March 9, 2020 The following is an English translation of an interview conducted by Christian convert Fatemeh (Mary) Mohammadi with Arian Soodmand,
INDIA – Hindu extremists beat Christian leader, run him over with motorcycles while mocking Jesus
Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett | March 9, 2020 Hindu extremists in India brutally beat a Christian leader before running their motorcycles over him
INDIA – Religious goons torture lone Pastor, Maharashtra
Persecution Relief Correspondent | March 7, 2020 A young Pastor was severely tortured and threatened for over 3 hours by religious goons. Ashok(name changed on request of victim for security reasons) is
SYRIA – ‘Let Nothing Disturb You’ — Syrian Priest and Former ISIS Hostage Finds Hope
NCR | Solne Tadi | March 6, 2020 Father Jacques Mourad spent five months in the jails of Islamic State militants, in constant danger of death.
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians: Mary Fatemeh Mohammadi is a Courageous Woman of Faith
Save the Persecuted Christians | Mar. 6, 2020 Iranian Dissident Imprisoned Again for Protesting the Regime Should be Remembered on International Women’s Day WASHINGTON—Mary Fatemeh
INDIA – Attacked hospital accused of conversion in India
UCA News | March 5, 2020 Police have arrested an employee of a Catholic hospital and slapped conversion charges on a Catholic nun for allegedly
TURKEY – Some concerned Turkish president is weaponizing Syrian refugees
Crux | Dale Gavlak | March 5, 2020 Turkey and Greece are trading blame following the deaths of Syrian refugees trying to flee to Europe,