AFRICA – As Christianity grows in Africa, anti-Christian persecution rises
Crux | Crux Staff | Dec. 11, 2019 YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon - According to a new Pew Research Center report, there are already more Christians in Africa than any other continent.…
HUNGARY – Five Things I Learned about Hungary’s Commitment to Fighting Christian Persecution Worldwide
Providence Magazine | Faith McDonnell | Dec. 10, 2019 In 26 years of advocacy for the global persecuted church, this is a new one for me. The government of a…
INDIA – 2 more Christian martyrs in India
Christian Post | Michael Brown, CP Op-Ed Contributor | Dec. 07, 2019 You might never know their names. But you need to hear their stories. Two more pastors have been…
HUNGARY – Governments urged to shed fear of working with churches on persecution
Catholic News Service |Catholic Philly | Anto Akkara | Dec. 5, 2019 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses the inaugural session of the second International Conference on Christian Persecution in…
UNITED NATIONS – Christian survivors of religious persecution around the world share ‘heartbreaking testimonies’ at UN
Fox News | Lauren Green | Dec. 2, 2019 The United Nations held an event on religious persecution recently, specifically focusing on Christians — now the most persecuted religion in the world. The…
HUNGARY – Hungary isn’t afraid to call ‘Christian persecution’ what it is
Spectator |Marlo Safi | Dec. 2, 2019 Following Donald Trump’s election, there was hope that the US would aid Christian communities overseas, especially in Iraq where the population of Christians…
WORLDWIDE – Recognizing The Phenomenon Of The Persecution Of Christians Globally
Forbes | Ewelina U. Ochab | Nov. 30, 2019 Acts of violence based on religion or belief are on the increase globally. This includes atrocities that amount to genocide and…
HUNGARY – Assyrian Patriarchs Address Christian Persecution Conference in Hungary
Assyrian Patriarchs Address Christian Persecution Conference in Hungary AINA | Bar Daisan | Nov. 28, 2019 Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch Ignatius Aphrem II. ( Syriac Patriarchate)…
UNITED KINGDOM – Baroness Cox says, Britain must stop ignoring Christian prosecution in Nigeria
Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust | Baroness Cox | Nov. 25, 2019 Baroness Caroline Cox, U.K., is a longtime human rights advocate. It has been five years since Nigeria’s Islamist Fulani…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Leaders to Attend Christian Persecution Conference in Hungary
Nov. 26-28 Event in Budapest Will Bring Together Top International Leaders to Address Global Scourge of Christian Persecution and Genocide For Immediate Release | Nov. 20, 2019 WASHINGTON—Just before Thanksgiving,…
ALGERIA – USCIRF Alarmed Over Systematic Church Closures in Algeria
USCIRF | Oct. 30, 2019 WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is deeply concerned by the Algerian government’s forcible closure of at least 12 Evangelical…
SYRIA / NIGERIA – Hold Some of the Champagne on Al-Baghdadi
Center for Security Policy | Frank Gaffney | Oct. 28, 2019 This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. America achieved an important victory over the Islamic State yesterday…
NIGERIA – ‘Convert or Be Killed!’ Expectant Mother Pays Ultimate Price in Jihadist Massacre
CBN NEWS | Kelsey Campbell | Oct. 24, 2019 The massacre lasted for five hours. Esther listened from the makeshift outhouse as she hid behind the door. "Convert or…
IRAQ / SYRIA – Report: Persecution in Iraq Down After Loss of 90% of Nation’s Christians
Breitbart | Frances Martel | Oct. 24, 2019 Christian persecution in Iraq and Syria has decreased dramatically in the aftermath of the fall of the Islamic State, a report published…
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…
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…
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…
NORTH KOREA – Over 75% Christians In North Korea Die In Persecution
BP News | September 30, 2019 It is widely understood that there is virtually no such thing as religious freedom in North Korea. No less than 75 percent of North…
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…
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…
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…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians Urges President Trump to Address Christian Persecution at UNGA
For Immediate Release | September 19, 2019 We Pray the President Will #StandBesideUs and Speak Specifically to Genocidal Violence Against 327 Million Christians Worldwide WASHINGTON—Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC), which advocates…
USA – Virginia Persecutes Christian Realtor Over “Jesus Loves You”
New American | Alex Newman | Sept. 15, 2019 Under the guise of combating “discrimination,” a rogue government body in Virginia is brazenly persecuting and discriminating against a Christian real-estate…
MIDDLE EAST – Brownback: Christianity’s future in Middle East has reached defining moment
CRUX | Josephine von Dohlen | Sept. 13, 2019 In a file photo, Sam Brownback, U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom and former Kansas governor, speaks during a forum addressing…
NORTH KOREA – North Korea Sees Christians as Spies in Propaganda Video
Persecution.org | Sept. 12, 2019 A video obtained by The Voice of the Martyrs (VOM), a Christian NGO that supports persecuted Christians globally, shows how the North Korean government sees…
WORLDWIDE – Trump religion envoy blames ‘guilt complex’ for Western reluctance to protect Christians
Trump religion envoy blames 'guilt complex' for Western reluctance to protect Christians Washington Examiner | by Jeffrey Cimmino | September 11, 2019 10:37 AM Ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom Sam…
WORLDWIDE – Startling Report Calls Christianity “By Far the Most Widely Persecuted Religion” in the World and Warns Persecution of Christians is Nearing “Genocide” Levels
ACLJ | Sept. 10 | By CeCe Heil “Close to . . . genocide.” That’s how an alarming study recently commissioned and released by the British government described the current…
PAKISTAN – Pakistani Police Allegedly Mock Christian Father’s Faith While Brutally Torturing Him to Death Over Four Days
FaithWire | By Will Maule | Sept. 10, 2019 A man has been tortured to death after being taken into custody by police in the Pakistani city of Lahore. On…
INDIA – Indian State Passes Dangerous ‘Anti-Conversion Law’
Persecution.org | Sept. 4, 2019 New Law Targets State’s Christian Minority International Christian Concern (ICC) learned that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led government of Himachal Pradesh, a state located…
INDIA – Watch: Bajrang Dal workers barge into Christian prayer meet at Worli school
Mumbai Mirror | By Alka DhupkarAlka Dhupkar | Sept. 4, 2019 Police issue notice to organisers asking them to seek permission in future. Workers from the Bajrang Dal – the youth…
INDONESIA – Community Forces Church to Close Building
i Commit to Pray | Aug. 29, 2019 Officials closed a church in Central Indonesia after neighbors protested its existence. Pastor Tigor Yunus Sitorus built a home in the Bantul…
INDIA – Second Wrongly Convicted Christian Released in Kandhamal, India Case Counts Cost
Morningstar News | Aug. 29, 2019 Journalist Anto Akkara with Bijaya Kumar Sanaseth (left) and Gornath Chalanseth. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – When Bijaya Kumar Sanaseth went…
INDIA – Second Wrongly Convicted Christian Released in Kandhamal, India Case Counts Cost
Morningstar News | Aug. 29, 2019 Journalist Anto Akkara with Bijaya Kumar Sanaseth (left) and Gornath Chalanseth. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – When Bijaya Kumar Sanaseth went…
MYANMAR (BURMA) – Burmese Army Sues Kachin Pastor for White House Remarks
Rev. Hkalam Samson Targeted for Conversation with US President Persecution | Aug. 29, 2019 08/29/2019 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on August 26,…
USA & INDIA – Trump Meets Modi, No Discussion of Religious Freedom
Persecution | Aug. 29, 2019 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – While it is no surprise that geopolitical tensions and economic cooperation dominated President Trump’s recent discussions with Prime Minister Modi of…
CHINA – Back to Jerusalem – Children Turned Away At Church in China
Back to Jerusalem | Aug. 28, 2019 Rachel (not her real name) got a text message on her phone that her church in Shanghai was going to meet today on…
ALGERIA – Campaign against churches continues
Middle East Concern | Aug. 27, 2019 Algerian Christians request continued prayer as the government campaign against churches continues. On 21 August, MEC reported that closure orders had been issued…
ERITREA – Eritrea Arrests Another 150 Christians Between June and August | Persecution
Persecution | Aug. 23, 2019 08/23/2019 Eritrea (International Christian Concern) – Eritrea, one of the world’s worst violators of Human Rights, has again clamped down on Christians in their country.…