NIGERIA: Over 130 Christians killed in Plateau state
Waves of recent attacks by Muslim Fulani militants on mainly Christian villages in Bokkos County
CHINA: Wang Honglan’s verdict made public
The 70-year-old grandmother was sentenced to four years and ten months in prison.
PAKISTAN: Court orders Ariha Gulzar return to her family
Return comes after eleven weeks in captivity
IRAN: Two brothers sentenced to four years in prison followed by exile
The Christian converts were arrested in December 2021
CHINA: Bob Fu writes about “Beijing’s Bullies”
Campaign of threats and intimidation against him, his family and China Aid
CHINA: Pastor Wan Changchun sentenced to five years in prison
The pastor of Cornerstone Reformed Church in Bengbu was arrested in April 2023 and has been in detention since.
IRAN: Naser Navard Gol-Tapeh suffers stroke in prison
The 63-year-old Christian convert had been on hunger strike in Tehran’s Evin Prison for 35 days when he suffered a stroke.
INDIA: Report documents 640 verified anti-Christian incidents in 2024
The actual number of attacks is likely much higher due to underreporting and fear of reprisals
NORTH KOREA: Fresh calls for release of three missionaries
The call came following a ruling by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
IRAN: Three Christian converts given long prison sentences
Abbas Soori, Narges Nasri, and Mehran Shamloui were sentenced to over 40 years in prison on charges related to their faith.
PAKISTAN: Two Christian girls rescued and reunited with their families
Fourteen-year-old Saneha Sharif (pictured with her family) and Saba Shafique (12) were abducted separately in January
IRAN: Somayeh Rajabi released on large bail
Christian convert released after submitting bail equivalent to €36,000 approx
PAKISTAN: High Court orders inquiry into blasphemy entrapment group
Islamabad High Court has ordered the establishment of a commission to investigate alleged collusion to entrap innocent people in false blasphemy charges
INDIA: Nine Christians from two prayer groups arrested
Uttar Pradesh police arrested nine Christians from two prayer gatherings on 23 February and charged them with forced conversion
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Islamist rebels massacre seventy Christians
Militants from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist rebel group affiliated to Islamic State, carried out the massacre
IRAN: Christian convert arrested and Bibles confiscated in raid
A Christian convert was arrested and Bibles and other items were confiscated in a raid by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
CHINA: Five Shengjia Church leaders sentenced for “illegal business operations”
Preacher Deng Yanxiang and four co-workers from Shengjia Church in Guangdong province have been sentenced for “illegal business operations”
IRAN: Two released Christian prisoners rearrested
Naser Gol Tapeh and Joseph Shabazian were re-arrested and taken back to Evin Prison, where they had both been previously imprisoned.
PAKISTAN: Three Christian girls abducted from their homes
Three young Christian girls abducted by Muslims in January remain missing
INDIA: Pastor and wife released on bail
Pastor Jose and Sheeja Papachan had been sentenced to five years imprisonment each under Uttar Pradesh’s anti-conversion law