Originally published in The Christian Post Jeff King, president of International Christian Concern (ICC), has spent more than two decades fighting for religious freedom. But as ICC’s 2025 Global Persecution Index reveals, the crisis is worsening. “The main killing ground for Christians isn’t North Korea — it’s Nigeria,” the Last […]
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Pakistan Christian recovering from throat slitting for ‘blasphemy’
Originally published in Worthy News A young Christian worker is in critical condition after he was reportedly attacked at his factory in Pakistan’s Punjab province for alleged “blasphemy against Islam.” Waqas Masih, 22, was still in hospital Monday after a Muslim colleague at the Subhan Allah Paper Mills in the […]
Sudan jails 19 Christians on unfounded allegations
Originally published in Christian Daily International At least 19 Christians were arrested in Sudan’s city of Madani on various occasions in January and February, area sources said. Seven Christians were arrested by security personnel associated with the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) on January 21 as the group traveled from Barakat […]
‘Horrendous miscarriage of justice’, says advocate as top Nigerian court upholds death sentence for Christian farmer resisting attackers
Originally published in My Christian Daily The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday March 7 upheld the death sentence for a Christian who defended himself against an attack by Fulani herdsmen. Calling the ruling a “horrendous miscarriage of justice”, attorney and international human rights advocate Emmanuel Ogebe said in a […]
Iran hands pregnant Christian woman, two others harsh prison sentences
Originally published in Christian Daily International Iran’s Revolutionary Court sentenced a pregnant Christian woman to 16 years in prison on Saturday (March 8) and also handed harsh punishments to two other converts from Islam, a rights group reported. Revolutionary Court Judge Iman Afshari sentenced Narges Nasri, a 37-year-old Christian pregnant […]
Christians slaughtered in Syria as new regime, loyalists engage in revenge killings
By Joel C Rosenberg — Originally published in allarabnews More than 1 000 civilian minorities — many of them Christians, as well as Kurds and Alawites — have been murdered in Syria over the past week in the worst spasm of bloodshed since the days of the Islamic caliphate and […]
Chinese government boasts about increased persecution in 2024
Originally published in Persecution.Org In statements on social media and state-owned media platforms, China is celebrating an increase in government persecution of religious minorities in 2024. The Chinese government views religious freedom as a threat to the exclusive loyalty it believes is owed to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which rules […]
Hungary helping families of beheaded DRC Christians, urges world not to ignore massacre
SA voices also speak out on Christian persecution Originally published in Worthy News Hungary says it is rushing aid to families of 70 Christians who were beheaded by Islamist fighters in a Protestant church in the north-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and urges the world “not […]
Uganda Christian stabbed in attack on evangelists as Muslims tear up Bibles
Originally published in My Christian Daily Hardline Muslims in eastern Uganda on February 15 beat and stabbed an evangelist after he and his team led a Muslim widow to Christ during open-air gospel preaching. Robert Kasozi, a 39-year-old evangelist also known as Mulokole, was stabbed in the stomach, and three […]
Boko Haram kills sleeping pastor, 2 other Christians on Sunday as terror spreads in Nigeria
Originally published in The Christian Post Suspected militants of Islamic extremist group Boko Haram killed a pastor at his home in Gombe state, Nigeria on Sunday, as violence continued to terrorise the country’s northeast, sources said. The Rev Bala Galadima of the Evangelical Church Winning All was shot to death […]