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Originally published by Voice of the Martyrs On Monday February 28 a verdict was issued by Branch 34 of Tehran’s Appeal Court overturning the convictions of nine Christian converts from Rasht. The nine – Abdolreza (Matthias) Haghnejad, Khalil Daeghanpour, Hossein Kadivar, Kamal Naamanian, Mohammad Vafadar, Mohammad (Sharooz) Eslamdoust, Babak Hosseinzadeh, […]
Originally published by CSW CSW is deeply saddened by the death of the legitimate patriarch of the Eritrean Tehwado Orthodox Church, Abune Antonios, after 15 years under house arrest. Local reports indicate the 94-year-old patriarch died in the early hours of February 9. The patriarch’s body was taken to the […]
Originally published by World Watch Monitor A Pakistani pastor was killed and another wounded last Sunday in an attack outside their church in northwestern Peshawar. The two pastors were leaving the Shaheedan-e- all Saints’ Church where they had led the Sunday morning service when two men on a motorbike drove up […]
Originally published by Voice of the Martyrs Iranian Christians request prayer for Pastor Abdolreza (Matthias) Haghnejad and his family after he was rearrested to serve a sentence that had been overturned in 2014. Matthias was released from Anzali Prison near Rasht on December 30 after the Iranian Supreme Court ordered […]
One in seven Christians worldwide suffers persecution, says Open Doors Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover is now the most dangerous place in the world to be a Christian, according to figures released today in the 2022 World Watch List (WWL). The WWL, which records levels of persecution and discrimination across […]
Originally published in CBN NewsA pastor who was kidnapped by Fulani herdsmen last month in northern Nigeria has reportedly been killed by his captors. The death of Rev Dauda Bature of the First Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in Hayin Narayi, Kaduna state, was announced lasr Sunday on Facebook. The […]
Originally published in Fox News A broad array of religious freedom advocates has banded together in asking President Biden to put Nigeria back on the State Department’s list of countries of particular concern (CPC) on religious freedom, citing the ongoing violence, killing and displacement of Christians at the hands of Boko Haram, […]
Originally published in CBN News A Christian pastor in Nepal was convicted of violating the country’s anti-conversion law after he prayed for healing from Covid-19. According to International Christian Concern (ICC), Pastor Keshav Acharya was brought before the District Court in Dolpa on 30th November where he was sentenced to two years […]
Christian campaigners are pleading with the Nigerian government to take action to stop the assault on Christians after yet another deadly attack. One Christian was killed and over a 100 others kidnapped in an attack on a church service in Nigeria over the weekend. Gunmen opened fire during a service […]
Originally published in CajNews. There is glimmer of hope the Nigerian girl held by the Boko Haram since 2018 after refusing to deny her Christian faith will eventually be rescued. Leah Sharibu (now 18), was one of 109 school girls abducted by the Islamist group in town of Dapchi in […]