NIGERIA – Is Genocide Happening In Nigeria As The World Turns A Blind Eye?
Forbes | Ewelina U. Ochab | June 15, 2020 In recent six years, the world has witnessed two clear cases of genocidal atrocities. The first occurred in Syria and Iraq,…
SUDAN – Sudan finds mass grave dating from Bashir’s rule
Middle East Eye | June 15, 2020 Bodies thought to be conscripts killed in 1998 who attempted to flee military and avoid being sent to fight the SPLA Sudan's public…
NORTH KOREA – Christianity crackdown: Kim Jong-un sister brands Bibles and leaflet distributors ‘scum’
Express | Stephen Brown | June 15, 2020 As part of a campaign, which has been going on since 2004, defectors have been dropping leaflets opposing the current regime into…
INDIA – Church in India Set on Fire by Suspected Radical Hindu Nationalist
International Christian Concern | June 15, 2020 On June 12, 2020, an independent church in the state of Tamil Nadu, southern India, was set on fire on Friday night by…
NIGERIA – NIGERIA: UNFOLDING GENOCIDE? New APPG report launched
APPG| June 15, 2020 The All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief has launched a new report in Westminster today entitled Nigeria – Unfolding Genocide? The report launch…
PAKISTAN – Traces of Christian predecessor found on the highest mountain of Kavardo village, Skardu
News Lens Pakistan | June 14, 2020 The ‘Kavardo Cross’ as if descended from the skies, dropped directly on the face of heaven on Earth, Skardu, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan. On…
NIGERIA – In new video, Boko Haram executes abducted soldier, policeman
Premium Times | Abdulkareem Haruna | June 12, 2020 A breakaway faction of Boko Haram has released a video showing the execution of a soldier and a police officer. In the video,…
PAKISTAN – Christian family shot in Muslim neighborhood in Pakistan
Herald | June 12, 2020 On June 7, police in the city of Peshawar in the Khybar Pakhtunkhawa province arrested the sons of a man accused of shooting two members…
INDIA – India denies visas to US panel on religious freedom
Aljazeera | June 11, 2020 India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said the government firmly repudiated the surveys of the USCIRF, which had little knowledge of the rights of Indian citizens, describing…
INDIA – Christian Boy, 16, Stabbed and Stoned to Death for His Faith in Eastern India
Christian Headlines | June 11, 2020 Incited by Hindu extremists, followers of traditional tribal religion in eastern India last week stabbed and stoned a 16-year-old Christian boy to death for…
CHINA – China removes over 250 church crosses in first 4 months of 2020: report
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | June 11, 2020 Workers removed a cross from the top of a church in the Lu’an-administered Shu County in a video posted to YouTube…
CHINA – Vatican Must Help Free Chinese Christians Its Deal with the Devil Helped Repress
Breitbart | Elizabeth Yore | June 11, 2020 The Vatican’s negotiations with China have not just done little to empower Catholics in the country, but actively imperiled Catholic clergy. The…
STATEMENT – Annual International Religious Freedom Report Released Highlighting Worldwide Persecution
Save the Persecuted Christians | June 10, 2020 Save the Persecuted Christians to Compare 2019 IRF Report with 2020 U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Report; Encourages State Department to…
NIGERIA – Nigeria refutes Christian ‘genocide’ claims; charity says gov’t ‘spinning propaganda’
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | June 10, 2020 Advocacy groups are refuting a statement released Sunday by the Nigerian presidency contending that international rights groups who say there is ongoing “genocide”…
Burkina Faso – Gunmen Kill 58 in Attacks Aimed at Christians in Burkina Faso
Christian Headlines | Scott Slayton | June 9, 2020 Gunmen killed 58 people, mostly Christians, in three separate attacks in the West African nation of Burkina Faso late last month. TRT…
CHINA – Catholic Woman Denied Government Aid Because of Faith
International Christian Concern | June 9, 2020 A Catholic widow from Fuzhou city, Jiangxi province in her 60s, has been continuously threatened by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since last…
INDIA – Christian teen cut into pieces by radicals in India 3 years after conversion
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | June 9, 2020 A Christian convert teenager in the Odisha state of India was killed last Thursday by a group of religious fanatics in…
EGYPT – Christian horror as church torn down – priest and worshippers attacked by ‘extremists’
Express | BRIAN MCGLEENON | June 9, 2020 Egyptian authorities demolished a Christian church building and the mosque that was built next to it in the town of Koum Al-Farag. The church had…
NORTH KOREA – North Korea Threatens to Abolish Liaison Office Over Defectors’ Balloons
International Christian Concern | June 8, 2020 North Korea’s de facto leader of the Propaganda and Agitation Department, Kim Yo-Jong, better known as its leader Kim Jong-Un’s younger sister, threatened…
INDIA – COVID-19 restrictions: public health or persecution?
Mission Network News | Katey Hearth | June 8, 2020 COVID-19 cases surge in South Asia with no slowdown in sight. On Friday, India recorded its highest death toll since the…
INDIA – A Seventh Grade Christian Student Kidnapped and Lynched by Modi’s Hindu Nationalists in Odisa, India
FIACONA | June 8, 2020 The Federation of Indian American Christian Organizations (FIACONA) has come to know that a 14-year-old Christian boy, Samaru Madkami, was murdered by a group of…
SYRIA – ISIS Attacks Increase in NE Syria
International Christian Concern | June 8, 2020 According to research published by the Washington Institute, the Syrian province of Deir al-Zour has experienced 638 ISIS attacks since March 2019. This…
NIGERIA – 3-year-old among those killed in brutal attack on Christian village
CVHN | Libby Giesbrecht | June7, 2020 Ten people, including a three-year-old girl, are dead following a brutal attack on a Christian village in Nigeria. An early-morning attack in Nigeria's…
CHINA- Believers Forced to Choose Between Faith or Survival
Bitter Winter | Tang Zhe | June 6, 2020 Even though China’s economy has been severely affected by the coronavirus, and many residents suffer financial difficulties, the CCP threatens to…
AFRICA – Identifying the Drivers of Conflict in the Sahel
Religious Freedom Institute | Scott Morgan | June 5, 2020 When asking about the root cause of the insurgencies plaguing the Sahel region of West Africa, and specifically Mali and…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram abducts soldier, three aid workers in Borno – Official
Premium Times | Abdulkareem Haruna | June 5, 2020 At least three humanitarian workers and a Nigerian soldier were on Tuesday abducted by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in the northern part of…
NIGERIA – Fulani Militants Kill Nine in Christian Village in Nigeria
International Christian Concern | June 5, 2020 International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Fulani militants again attacked the Adara natives in Kajuru LGA, Kaduna State, Nigeria. The attack on…
CHINA – China makes preaching patriotism compulsory to reopen churches
UCA News | June 5, 2020 Catholics are upset about a directive from China's communist government asking priests to "preach on patriotism" as a condition for reopening liturgical services, suspended…
MALI – 27 killed, some burned alive in jihadi attacks on predominantly Christian villages in Mali
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | June 4, 2020 Suspected Islamic radicals killed at least 27 people, some of whom were burned alive, in a series of attacks that spanned…
PAKISTAN – ICC Provides COVID-19 Aid to Persecuted Families in Pakistan
International Christian Concern | June 4, 2020 Like many countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan placed its population on lockdown to curb the spread of the virus. The lockdown…
KENYA – Denied by Family for Standing with Christ
International Christian Concern | Nathan Johnson | June 4, 2020 After converting to Christianity, Yasin Bakari, a father of two living in coastal Kenya, fears that he will be killed.…
NIGERIA – New Report Suggests Barbaric Violence Against Christians is Rapidly Escalating in Nigeria, Leading to Grim Outcome
ACLJ | Cece Heil | June 4, 2020 The death toll for innocent Christians is rapidly increasing, nearly doubling in two months, as Islamic radicals ramp up their bloody campaign…
CHINA – TRUMP FIGHTS RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION
Church Militant| Bradley Eli, M.Div., Ma.Th. | June 4, 2020 President Donald Trump is protecting religious freedom by reasserting the United States as a global watchdog with teeth. Trump's Executive Order on Advancing International Religious…
RELEASE – June 4 Marks Tragic Day at Tiananmen Square
Save the Persecuted Christians | June 3, 2020 Save the Persecuted Christians Reflects on 31st Anniversary of Massacre, as Advocates Mourn Atrocities Still Being Committed in China Today and Coalition…
CHINA – Police Secretly Installed CCTV to Monitor Guangzhou House Church
International Christian Concern | June 3, 2020 On May 26, when pastor Ma Chao from the Guangfu house church in Guangzhou, Guangdong province was heading to his church to attend…
IRAN – Four Iranian Christian Converts Jailed
International Christian Concern | June 3, 2020 This past Thursday, four Iranian Christian converts were summoned to begin their five-year jail sentences. Hossein Kadivar, Khalil Dehghanpour, Kamal Naamanian and Mohammed…
INDIA – Pastor Brutally Beaten by Hindu Radicals in Northern India
International Christian Concern | June 2, 2020 On Thursday, May 28, Pastor Dinesh Kumar was brutally beaten by radical Hindu nationalists in the Mau district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Pastor…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Welcomes President Trump’s Executive Order Promoting International Religious Freedom
Save the Persecuted Christians | June 2, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Throughout his presidency, Donald Trump has made a priority of protecting freedom of religion, at home and abroad. Today, he operationalized that commitment…
USA – Trump Signs an Executive Order to Promote International Religious Freedom
NTD | Emel Akan | June 2, 2020 President Trump signed June 2 an executive order to prioritize religious freedom in U.S. foreign policy and assistance programs. “Religious freedom for all people worldwide…
USA – Trump supports ‘Global Coptic Day,’ stresses importance of religious freedom
Christian Post | Michael Gryboski | June 1, 2020 President Donald Trump issued an official message in support of the second annual Global Coptic Day, expressing his support for the…
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