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CHINA: Six Christians arrested for leading Sunday school

Six Christians from a house church in Guizhou province have been arrested on charges relating to children’s ministry

A Christian convert serving a two-year sentence in Evin Prison is being denied access to the medical care she needs

Pastor Xing Wenxiang, who was released from prison in November, remains under surveillance and is unable to return to ministry

Chang Yuchun, sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment for printing religious books, is seriously ill in prison

Coptic scholar and YouTuber Augustinos Samaan was sentenced for defending his Christian faith online

Christian convert Amir-Ali Minaei has been released from Evin Prison after two years in prison for his religious activities

Three South Korean missionaries detained in North Korea are to receive the Meijide Human Rights Award

Pastor John Cao has been diagnosed with late-stage cancer and his family has travelled from the US to visit him in hospital

Pastor Huang Yizi is due to stand trial again after being arrested for the third time since 2014

Two leaders of Linfen Covenant Home Church have been released after completing their prison sentences

Most of the 24 released prisoners had been held for over two years including one man who had been in prison for 18 years.

Pastor John Cao, who was imprisoned from 2017 to 2024, has been hospitalised with severe pain in his back and legs

Christian convert Said Abdelrazek was arrested after trying to change his religion on ID documents and now faces a court hearing

Maharashtra state has passed new anti-conversion laws and Chhattisgarh state has intensified its laws

A new report documents 747 incidents of violence, threats and discrimination against Indian Christians in 2025

The family of a Christian prisoner who was due for release before the war has lost contact with her

A Christian woman has escaped with her baby after three and a half years in captivity

In the past three months dozens of Yemeni Christians have been detained by the Houthi rebels who control northwest Yemen

A new joint report titled “Scapegoats: Rights Violations Against Christians in Iran” documents persecution of Iranian Christians throughout 2025

Two leaders of Ganquan Church in Hefei have been given prison sentences of at least four years for “fraud”