NORTH KOREA: New report finds “unparalleled violations of human rights”
The report by Christian Solidarity Worldwide finds “flagrant disregard for international religious freedom standards”
MEXICO: Displaced Baptists permitted to return home
Baptists forced out of their villages in Hidalgo state in April have been permitted to return home
2024 CONFERENCE: “We are one body”
Mark Lipdo’s message to the Church in Chains conference
IRAN: Mehdi Akbari released after nearly five years in prison
Christian convert Mehdi Akbari has been released from Evin Prison after serving nearly half of his ten-year sentence
IRAN: Anooshavan Avedian acquitted and released
Iranian-Armenian pastor Anooshavan Avedian has been acquitted and released from prison
NIGERIA: Christians killed and kidnapped in ongoing attacks
Church services attacked in southern Kaduna state
PAKISTAN: Shagufta Kiran sentenced to death
Shagufta Kiran has been sentenced to death under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws
NIGERIA: Over 16,000 Christians killed in 4 years in targeted violence
Two major new reports shed light on the scale of the persecution of Christians
IRAN: Christian convert Mojdeh Falahi detained
Christian convert Mojdeh Falahi was arrested on 9 September in Shiraz and is being held in a Ministry of Intelligence detention centre
CHINA: Pastor David Lin released from prison
Chinese-American pastor David Lin has been released from prison in Beijing and has flown home to his family in Texas
NICARAGUA: Eleven pastors released after eight months in prison
Eleven Nicaraguan pastors were among 135 prisoners released on 5 September
CHINA: Early Rain Church raided, four leaders detained
Four leaders of Chengdu Early Rain Covenant Church are in detention following a police raid
NIGERIA: Graduation Ceremony at new Transformation and Discipleship Centre
The first group of participants in these new programmes officially graduated in August 2024.
CHINA: Young woman detained for developing Christian app
Xin Ruoyu has been detained for over a month for her involvement in developing a Christian app
CHINA: Xi’an pastors mark two years in detention without trial
This month marks two years in detention without trial for Xi’an Church of Abundance pastors
EGYPT: Convert protests unjust detention for over two years
Imprisoned Christian convert Abdulbaqi Saeed Abdo has declared a healthcare strike to protest his unjust detention
PAKISTAN: One year after Jaranwala attack, Christians call for justice
Christians in Jaranwala are calling for justice after most suspects have been freed
NIGERIA: New report finds “systematic, ongoing, egregious violations” of religious freedom
USCIRF’s new Nigeria Update Report finds “systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of freedom of religion or belief”
LAOS: Pastor shot and killed by masked gunman
Pastor Thongkham Philavanh was shot and killed by a masked gunman at his home in front of his wife Sengdala
CHINA: Pastors’ wives protest detention of husbands for two years without trial
The wives of three imprisoned leaders from Linfen Covenant Church are campaigning for justice for their husbands