Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Accord Formally Ends Conflict in Philippines
Posted on Friday, April 11, 2014
The Philippine government signed a peace accord with that country's largest Islamist group in the hopes of ending decades of violence that killed more than 120,000, according to International Christian Concern.
Egypt: Killed for a Cross
Posted on Wednesday, April 9, 2014
On a Friday afternoon late last month, a young woman was killed over a cross after she drove to the Ain Shams neighborhood of Cairo to deliver food and medicine to the elderly, according to International Christian Concern.
Chinese Christians Form Human Shield to Protect Church
Posted on Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Thousands of Christians formed a human shield around the newly-constructed Sanjiang Christian Church in Zhejiang Province after several hundred police officers with bulldozers threatened to demolish it, according to International Christian Concern.
Use of blasphemy laws increases
Posted on Thursday, April 3, 2014
An increasing number of Muslim majority nations are strictly enforcing Islamic blasphemy laws in order to penalize Christians and other religious minorities, according to Barnabas Aid.
Islamic Nigerian Militants Kill 1,500 this Year
Posted on Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Islamic uprisings in Nigeria have caused at least 1,500 deaths this year alone as attacks on unarmed civilians become more commonplace, according to CBN News.
Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2014
During a press conference in Geneva this month, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran released his latest report, according to Barnabas Aid.
Four Killed in Attack on Kenyan Church
Posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2014
During Sunday morning service, two gunmen fired into the crowded congregation of Joy Jesus Church in Likoni, Kenya, killing two parishioners, according to International Christian Concern.
Religious Freedom Act stalled in US Senate
Posted on Monday, March 10, 2014
Legislation to help protect persecuted religious minorities in the Middle East has been stalled in the Senate, according to International Christian Concern.
Sri Lanka: Pastor and Wife Attacked for Defending Right to Worship
Posted on Thursday, March 6, 2014
Eleven monks from the nationalist Buddhist Strength Force lobby led a violent mob of 250 villagers who physically assaulted the family of the pastor of Holy Family Church in Asgiriya, Sri Lanka, on Feb. 16, according to Christian…
Kenya: Gang Raids Bamburi Church, Injures Three
Posted on Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Three people were injured after a mob of about 10 assailants attacked worshipers at a church in Bamburi, Mombasa last week, according to All Africa Global Media.
