TURKEY: Over 150 Christians forced to leave country
Joy Subasigüller, an American citizen, was advised without explanation that she was “a threat to national security” and has had to leave Turkey with her family.
ERITREA: Ten Christian prisoners released
The prisoners (including some who were long-term) were released from Mai Serwa prison during the second week of January.
CHINA: House church pastor Li Juncai sentenced to five and a half years in prison
Pastor Li Juncai of Yuanyang County Central House Church in Henan province has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison for objecting to the forcible removal of his church cross and signs
PAKISTAN: Two Christian women killed for refusing to convert to Islam
The bodies of Sajida Mushtaq (28) and her sister Abida Qaiser (26) were found by police in a drainage ditch.
NIGERIA: At least eighteen Christians killed in Christmas attacks in northeast Nigeria
Islamist militants attacked two villages in northeast Nigeria on Christmas Eve, killing thirteen Christians and abducting eighteen others, five of whom were later executed
CHINA: Pastor Jin Tianming released from house arrest
Pastor Jin Tianming of Shouwang Church in Beijing has been released from house arrest after nine and a half years
PAKISTAN: Christians harassed and attacked on Christmas Day
A mob of Muslims harassed and attacked Christians leaving a church service in Lahore on Christmas Day.
CHINA: Celebrating Christmas in the dark
Minister Wu of Early Rain Covenant Church will celebrate Christmas with his family in the dark as the authorities have cut off their electricity
IRAN: Four Christian converts sentenced to combined 35 years in prison
Details have emerged of the harsh treatment of four Christian converts sentenced in October to a combined 35 years in prison
INDIA: Pastor reunited with family after extremists lock him up to die
A pastor has been reunited with his family after Hindu extremists beat him unconscious, locked him in a room and left him to die.
EGYPT: Coptic shopkeeper murdered by extremists
A Coptic shopkeeper has been murdered and two other Christians injured in an attack in Alexandria.
PAKISTAN: Imran Ghafur Masih acquitted and released
Imran Ghafur Masih has been acquitted of blasphemy and released from prison.
PAKISTAN: Christian woman shot dead
Christian woman Sonia Bibi was shot dead by a Muslim man in Rawalpindi for refusing to convert to Islam and marry him
PAKISTAN: Christian girl rescued from abductor
Police in Faisalabad have rescued a twelve-year-old Christian who they found chained in her Muslim kidnapper’s home
NIGERIA: More Christians killed in Fulani militant attacks
Baptist pastor Johnson Oladimeji was ambushed as he drove home after visiting his mother.
CHINA: Bob Fu in hiding following death threats (updated)
Dr Bob Fu, founder and president of China Aid, was in hiding with his family following death threats but has returned home under police protection
INDIA: Persecution Relief under pressure
Church in Chains partner organisation Persecution Relief is coming under severe pressure and founder Shibu Thomas has requested prayer
INDONESIA: Four Salvation Army members murdered by Islamist terrorists
On 27 November Islamist terrorists attacked a remote Salvation Army outpost, murdering four members and torching their church building and homes
INDIA: Christians beaten and deafened in prayer meeting attack
Christians meeting for prayer in a house in Balapur in Telangana state have been attacked and beaten, leaving one with damaged eardrums.
PAKISTAN: Arzoo Raja to remain in refuge until aged 18
Sindh High Court has ordered that 13-year-old Arzoo Raja remain in a women’s refuge until she reaches the age of 18