CHINA: Detained house church pastor awaits trial
He has been in prison since January on a charge of “organising illegal gatherings”.
IRAN: Three converts’ prison sentences upheld on appeal
Three Christian converts have lost their appeals against their five-year prison sentences
UGANDA: Youth pastor and Christian convert murdered
In two recent attacks, Muslim extremists murdered a youth pastor and a father killed his daughter by stabbing her in the eyes for leaving Islam
INDIA: Police beat and charge pastor after family devotions
Police in Uttar Pradesh state arrested and brutally beat a pastor who was leading family devotions at his grandmother’s home
NIGERIA: Bishop criticises President Higgins’ comments on church massacre
President Higgins had suggested that climate change may have been a factor in the massacre of forty people in a church
IRAN: Joseph Shahbazian sentenced to ten years in prison
Joseph Shahbazian has been sentenced to ten years in prison for leadership of a house church
IRAN: Anooshavan Avedian loses appeal
House church leader Anooshavan Avedian has lost his appeal against his ten-year prison sentence
PAKISTAN: Abducted Christian teenage girl recovered
On 29 May 15-year-old Saba Masih, who was kidnapped on 20 May in Faisalabad and reportedly converted to Islam was recovered by the police.
PAKISTAN: Christian woman in jail on blasphemy charge
Shagufta Kiran has been waiting for trial in Central Jail Rawalpindi since she was arrested on 29 July 2021 for forwarding a WhatsApp message that allegedly contained blasphemous content.
CHINA: Christian wedding cancelled due to harassment
Bride and groom summoned by police day before wedding
ERITREA: Online vigil marks 20th anniversary of church closures
A joint letter from the five organisations was sent to the Eritrean Embassy in London
INDIA: Pastor and wife arrested as Karnataka’s anti-conversion law signed
On the day Karnataka state’s anti-conversion law was signed into effect, a pastor and his wife were accused of forcible conversion and arrested
INDIA: Karnataka governor signs anti-conversion law without passing upper house
Karnataka state’s governor has signed anti-conversion legislation into place without waiting for it to be passed in the upper house
NIGERIA: Nationwide protests called after shocking murder of Christian student
Deborah Yakubu (also known as Deborah Samuel) was killed by a Muslim mob including her fellow students
NIGERIA: Why is nothing being done to stop the violence?
This article aims to analyse why no action has been taken to end the slaughter of Christians living in north and central Nigeria.
NIGERIA: Over 75 Christians killed since start of April
Since the beginning of April at least 75 more Christians have been killed in attacks in various states across the North and Middle Belt region of Nigeria.
IRAN: Iranian-Armenian Christian sentenced to ten years in prison
Iranian-Armenian Christian Anooshavan Avedian has been sentenced to ten years in prison for “propaganda contrary to and disturbing to the holy religion of Islam”
SUDAN: Baptist couple may face flogging for “adultery”
A Baptist couple from Gezira state could face flogging after being charged with “adultery”
SUDAN: Pastor attacked and then jailed
A Sudanese pastor who was attacked by Islamic extremists has been jailed for a month for “disturbing the peace”
UGANDA: Christian woman knifed by husband on Easter Sunday
Zaina Gimbo sustained deep knife wounds when her Muslim husband attacked her.