PAKISTAN: Imran Khan calls for international blasphemy laws
Prime Minister Khan pledged to lead a campaign of Muslim-majority countries to “convince” Western countries.
NIGERIA: Doctor shot dead, four women abducted in Baptist church attack
A Christian doctor was shot dead and four women were abducted when armed Fulani militants attacked a Baptist church in Kaduna state
IRAN: Christian converts take appeals to Supreme Court
Iran’s Supreme Court is considering the retrial petitions for two cases involving Christian converts
EGYPT: Islamic State terrorists execute Coptic Christian
Islamic State terrorists have executed Nabil Habashi Salama, a Coptic Christian they abducted outside his home in northern Sinai in November 2020.
PAKISTAN: Nabeel Masih’s life at risk
Nabeel Masih has received constant death threats since he was released on bail and his case has now been moved to a court near his home, increasing the risk to his life from local extremists
ERITREA: 36 Christians released from two prisons
14 men had spent four years in Nakura prison (pictured) while 22 women were freed after two weeks in Mai Serwa prison.
ALGERIA: Former prisoner Slimane Bouhafs threatened in Tunisia
Algerian Christian convert Slimane Bouhafs experienced such persecution after his release from prison in 2018 that he fled to Tunisia, where threats to his life continue.
NIGERIA: Eight missionaries released but more Christians abducted
ERITREA: 35 Christians arrested in prayer meeting raids
Two groups of Eritreans, totalling 35 Christians, have been arrested for holding prayer meetings.
IRAN: Naser Navard Gol-Tapeh writes poem for Persian New Year
Christian convert Naser Navard Gol-Tapeh, who is serving a ten-year prison sentence on national security charges, has written a poem on the occasion of Nowruz, the Persian New Year
NIGERIA: Eight missionaries kidnapped
Eight missionaries from the Redeemed Christian Church of God were abducted on 26 March when gunmen intercepted their minibus en route to an evangelistic mission in southern Kaduna state
INDONESIA: Twenty injured in Palm Sunday cathedral bombing
Twenty people were injured when two suicide bombers from an Islamist militant group attacked Makassar Cathedral on Palm Sunday
CHINA: Christians detained for attending Bible study
Christians from Guiyang Renai Reformed Church in Guizhou province have been detained for attending a Bible study
PAKISTAN: Nabeel Masih released on bail
Nabeel Masih has been released on bail and taken to a place of safety while his lawyers work to get him acquitted
IRAN: Iranian Christian couple told to expect summons to prison
Christian convert Homayoun Zhaveh, who has advanced Parkinson’s disease, and his wife Sara Ahmadi have been told to expect a summons to begin serving their prison sentences for belonging to a house church.
PAKISTAN: Another Christian girl kidnapped, forcibly converted and married
Thirteen-year-old Christian Shakaina Masih was kidnapped on 19 February in Lahore, forcibly converted to Islam and married to a Muslim man.
IRAN: UN rules Iran guilty of arbitrary detention of Youcef Nafarkhani
The UN’s Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has ruled that the Iranian government is guilty of arbitrarily detaining Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani and has called for his immediate release
NIGERIA: Pastor Bulus released from captivity
Pastor Bulus Yikura was released from captivity on the evening of Wednesday 3 March, following threats to kill him unless a ransom was paid
ERITREA: 21 Christian women released from notorious island prison
On 26 February, 21 Christian women were released from Nakura prison in the Dahlak archipelago in the Red Sea.
NIGERIA: ISWAP militants threaten to kill abducted pastor
ISWAP militants have threatened to kill Pastor Bulus Yikura if a ransom is not paid by Wednesday 3 March