Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Mexican officials raid Christian farmland
Posted on Thursday, November 5, 2015
Local Mexican leaders recently raided the farmland in the village of Mariano Matamoros, Chiapas State, as part of an ongoing operation to expel a small Christian community from the Catholic-majority country.
Sudanese Christian’s fine overturned, but….
Posted on Thursday, October 29, 2015
Last month, an appeals judge overturned the decision to fine a Sudanese Christian for indecency in court where she was appearing on a similar charge of public indecency.
Sri Lanka: Mob stops Christian burial
Posted on Wednesday, October 28, 2015
A bereaved Christian family in Sri Lanka was prevented from burying their loved one after an angry mob prevented them from holding the funeral in a nearby cemetery.
Christian accused of blasphemy over water
Posted on Thursday, October 22, 2015
Last month, a Pakistani Christian and his family were forced to flee from a mob after he was accused of blasphemy by Muslims after an argument over tap water.
Indonesia: Islamist mob attacks church
Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Last week, a mob of about 750 Muslims armed with axes set fire to a church in Indonesia's Aceh province that Muslims alleged lacked the proper building permits.
Nepalese churches attacked
Posted on Monday, October 12, 2015
Only hours after its assembly voted last month against making Nepal a Hindu state, bombs damaged two churches in Jhapa district.
Lao believer dies after denied meds in prison
Posted on Wednesday, October 7, 2015
A Laotian Christian who was jailed after praying for a convert to Christ has recently died from complications after he was denied medicine while imprisoned for nine months.
Muslims attack Egyptian church, Christian homes
Posted on Tuesday, October 6, 2015
A mob of Muslims threw stones at a church and attacked four Christian homes in El Oula, Egypt’s Alexandria governorate on Sept. 20 after local authorities attempted to return stolen property to its rightful owner.
Believers in Uganda beaten by mob
Posted on Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Four Christian converts from Islam were recently beaten on their way home from an outreach ministry in Uganda.
Tanzania: Three Churches Torched in Two Hours
Posted on Monday, October 5, 2015
Three church buildings were set ablaze on Sept. 22 in a region of northwestern Tanzania where Muslim extremists have threatened local Christians.
Argentina: Church Persecution Federally Prosecuted
Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Federal prosecutors in Argentina are currently pursuing criminal charges against the perpetrators of religious persecution who had targeted an evangelical church in Rio Tercero, Cordoba.
Montagnards escaping persecution to be repatriated?
Posted on Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Last month, Cambodian authorities ordered the United Nations' commissioner for refugees to repatriate any Vietnamese Montagnards who were escaping from religious and ethnic persecution.
House Resolution to call extermination ‘Genocide’
Posted on Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bipartisan resolution in September that called for the murder of Christians and other religious minority groups in Iraq and Syria to be officially classified as "genocide," according to Barnabas…
