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From Asia and Africa to the Middle East and Latin America, we work to amplify the voices of the persecuted, document violations of religious freedom, and bring biblically grounded context to the headlines.

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Letter Campaign As Christian Spent 2000th Day In North Korean Jail
Posted on Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Christians have launched a global letter-writing campaign demanding the release of an ethnic Korean believer who spent his 2000th day in a prison inside North Korea. Jang Moon Seok, a deacon, was kidnapped by suspected North Korean agents…
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Pakistan Church Has Rooftop Services Amid Lockdown and Saves Slaves
Posted on Saturday, April 25, 2020
An evangelical church and mission group has launched rooftop services in Pakistan after authorities banned regular church meetings amid a national lockdown to halt the coronavirus pandemic. Besides providing alternative worship, the church also saved 100 Christian families…
Group of Pastors in Cuba share Gospel through face masks
Posted on Friday, April 24, 2020
A group of pastors in Cuba is sharing the gospel message during the coronavirus pandemic by having Scriptures written on face masks to wear and give out as they minister. Fox News learned of this outreach from Vernon…
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Christians killed by Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria
Posted on Thursday, April 23, 2020
Four Christians were killed last week in an attack by Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Kaduna state, Nigeria, Morningstar News reports. This attack is the latest in a string of murders committed by herdsmen targeting Christians: Nigeria ranks second…
Muslims irate about Christian conversions in eastern Uganda
Posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Radical Muslims in eastern Uganda attacked the daughter of a Christian evangelist whose witness led a Muslim woman to the Lord, as another former Muslim woman was beaten by her family for her newfound faith.
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Indonesia Islamists Break Up House Church
Posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Indonesia's hardline Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) group broke up a house church meeting in the country's West Java province, prompting an angry response from the governor. Video footage obtained by Worthy News showed two men bursting into a…
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‘Pakistan Christians Starving For Rejecting Islam’
Posted on Saturday, April 18, 2020
Christians and other minorities in Pakistan face starvation as they are denied food aid for refusing to convert to Islam, aid workers say. The Emergency Committee to Save the Persecuted and Enslaved (ECSPE) confirmed that authorities and government-backed…
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Pastor in China arrested for subversion of state power
Posted on Friday, April 17, 2020
A pastor in the Hunan province of China was arrested on April 2 for suspected subversion of state power. Persecution watchdog International Christian Concern (ICC) reports that the pastor was arrested after his church refused to join a…
Christians in Pakistan denied food during coronavirus lockdown
Posted on Friday, April 17, 2020
Christians in Pakistan have been denied food by authorities since the country’s COVID-19 lockdown began on March 21, Arutz Sheva 7 reports. In four incidents recorded this month by International Christian Concern (ICC) and Jihad Watch, Christians were…
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Christians in Nigeria being killed by Muslim Fulani herdsmen
Posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Two Christians in Benue State, Nigeria were beheaded Monday by Muslim Fulani herdsmen, Morning Star News reported. Another Christian was shot dead on Saturday by a group of herdsman in Bokkos county, Plateau state. These are the latest…
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China Halts Online Church Services
Posted on Saturday, April 11, 2020
China's Communist government has halted online church services despite the coronavirus pandemic forcing many Christians to stay at home this Easter, Worthy News learned Saturday. The online religious rights watchdog Bitter Winter and local Christians said only groups…

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