ERITREA: “Release the Prisoners of Conscience”
The annual protest vigil in support of religious freedom was held outside the Eritrean Embassy in London.
ERITREA: Mass arrest of 141 Christians
The arrests of men, women and children took place in a private courtyard in the capital city, Asmara.
PAKISTAN: Asia Bibi’s lawyer takes up case of Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emmanuel
Asia Bibi’s lawyer Saiful Malook has taken up the case of Pakistani Christian couple Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emmanuel, sentenced to death for blasphemy in April 2014.
BURKINA FASO: Sixteen killed in series of attacks on Christians
Islamist terrorists have killed sixteen Christians in three attacks in Burkina Faso during a two-week period.
PAKISTAN: Asia Bibi free at last
Asia Bibi and her husband, Ashiq Masih have arrived in Canada after finally being allowed to leave Pakistan
INDONESIA: Abraham Ben Moses released from prison
Abraham Ben Moses was released from prison in late April, on probation.
EGYPT: Easter church closures
Egyptian police have closed churches in Qalyubiya and Sohag governorates following violent protests by Muslim mobs.
EGYPT: More churches granted legalisation
On 8 April, the government committee tasked with assessing church applications legalised 111 more church buildings.
SRI LANKA: “Are you willing to die for Jesus?”
Children from a Sunday School class were among those killed in the attack on Zion Church in Batticaloa
NIGERIA: Fulani militants massacre 17 Christians at baby dedication celebration
On Sunday 14 April, ethnic Fulani Muslim militants in Nasarawa State shot dead 17 Christians holding a dinner to celebrate the dedication of a baby earlier that day.
SRI LANKA: 290 killed in attacks on churches and hotels
On Easter Sunday, three churches were attacked simultaneously by suicide bombers at around 8.45 am, when they were crowded with Christians celebrating Easter.
NIGERIA: Five years on, have the Chibok girls been abandoned?
Five years after Boko Haram militants abducted 276 schoolgirls from Chibok in northeast Nigeria, 112 remain missing.
INDIA: Dublin embassy willing to engage in dialogue
Mr Sandeep Kumar, the newly-appointed Ambassador of India, has said that the Indian Embassy in Dublin wishes to engage in dialogue with Church in Chains.
CHINA: Shouwang Church banned
On Saturday 23 March, more than twenty officials raided a Bible class at Shouwang Church, one of the largest unregistered churches in Beijing, detaining members, confiscating property and banning the church for refusing to register.
NIGERIA: Fulani militants kill 146 in Christian areas of southern Kaduna
In the past five weeks, ethnic Fulani Muslim militants have killed 146 people in Christian areas of southern Kaduna state and destroyed over two hundred houses.
PAKISTAN: Asia Bibi’s daughter pleads for her freedom
Asia Bibi’s younger daughter Eisham has pleaded for her mother to be allowed to leave Pakistan.
PAKISTAN: Zafar Bhatti’s appeal hearing postponed again
Pakistani pastor Zafar Bhatti’s appeal hearing has been postponed again, to 21 March 2019.
INDIA: Naxalites shoot Christian dead in Chhattisgarh
Naxalite Maoist guerrillas shot father-of-five Munglu Ram Nureti dead on 12 February, a day after they murdered another convert in neighbouring Odisha state.
ETHIOPIA: Ten church buildings attacked
On Saturday 9 February, coordinated attacks in the southwestern town of Halaba Kulito damaged ten church buildings and destroyed their contents.
INDIA: Christian shot dead in Odisha
Three attackers dragged Anant Ram Gand out of his house, beheaded him and dumped his body on 11 February.