Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Egypt: Army begins promised restorations
Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2016
The Egyptian Army has finally begun to rebuild the country's churches as per a promise made by President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi almost three years ago.
Turkey: Court rules gov’t failed to protect Christians
Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2016
The Malatya Administrative Court ruled last week that the Turkish government was negligent in its duty to protect three Christians who were tortured and killed in 2007 and ordered it to pay one million lira ($333,980) in compensation…
Mexico: Baptists families expelled
Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2016
Ten Baptist families were unceremoniously expelled from the community of Tuxpan de Bolanos in the state of Jalisco, Mexico, last week for refusing to recant their faith.
Nigeria: Pastors kidnapped
Posted on Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Two Nigerian pastors have been abducted this month in Kogi state, Nigeria.
Turkish textbooks encourage intolerance
Posted on Friday, January 29, 2016
Theoretically, Turkey allows non-Muslims to be exempted from compulsory religious education if their religion is on record with the state. But parents have complained that some schools have refused to allow their children to be exempted.
Cuban gov’t demolishes two churches
Posted on Monday, January 25, 2016
Earlier this month, police in Cuba had arrested two pastors while government officials supervised the demolition of their churches.
Algeria: Church looted, vandalized
Posted on Sunday, January 24, 2016
Last week, vandals who wrote 'Allah Akbar' on a church's walls in Tizi-Ouzou, Algerian, also stole its congregation's cash.
Iran: Christian prisoner faces new charges
Posted on Monday, January 11, 2016
In lieu of his medical treatments, an Iranian Christian in Rajai Shahr Prison, north-west of Tehran, Iran, was instead given five more years in prison.
Mexico: Evangelicals Expelled, Domiciles Destroyed
Posted on Friday, January 8, 2016
Thirty Evangelical Protestants from the village of Leyva Velazquez in Chiapas, Mexico, were forced to flee what remained of their homes last week, according to International Christian Concern.
Assyrian Christians targeted for Christmas
Posted on Friday, January 8, 2016
A coordinated attack on three restaurants owned by Assyrian Christians in Syria killed 16 and injured dozens more during Christmas celebrations.
Hindus persecute Christians for Christmas
Posted on Wednesday, January 6, 2016
More than 15 Hindus surrounded a handful of Christians from the Rehoboth Prayer House as they handed out Bibles in Hyderabad, India, during Christmas week.
