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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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Indonesia congregation harassed by Muslim radicals
Posted on Thursday, March 31, 2022
Churches in Muslim-majority Indonesia face continual opposition and, on March 23, Islamist protestors refused to allow the Huria Kristen Batak Protestant to hold a planned worship service at its shophouse in Bandung, West Java, International Christian Concern (ICC)…
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Myanmar junta destroys dozens of churches to suppress Christianity
Posted on Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Since conducting its coup of February 1, 2021, the Myanmar military junta has gone on to systematically destroy over 40 churches and other Christian-affiliated buildings in what local believers say is an effort to suppress Christianity in the…
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Nigeria Islamists Kill 50 Christians, Abduct Priest
Posted on Monday, March 28, 2022
Fulani herdsmen and other suspected Islamic attackers killed scores of Christians and abducted a priest and some 100 other people in Nigeria’s troubled Kaduna state, several sources confirmed Monday.
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Myanmar: Military junta continues attacks on Christian communities
Posted on Monday, March 28, 2022
The Buddhist military junta of Myanmar is continuing to attack Christian villages in Chin state among other regions of the country, Myanmar Now reports. After overthrowing the government in a coup on February 1, 2020, the Myanmar army…
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Missionary Abducted In Ukraine
Posted on Sunday, March 27, 2022
Christians expressed mounting concern Friday about the whereabouts of a missing missionary abducted in Ukraine by invading Russian troops.
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Nigeria: 25 more Christians murdered in Kaduna state
Posted on Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Islamic terrorists struck in Nigeria’s Kaduna state yet again on Sunday, attacking a Christian community and murdering 25 churchgoers just after the end of a worship service, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
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Indonesia: Pastor risks further incarceration for criticizing Islam
Posted on Tuesday, March 22, 2022
A pastor in Indonesia who was previously imprisoned for posting a video of himself sharing the Gospel with a Muslim is again under police investigation for actions the government considers are insulting to Islam, International Christian Concern (ICC)…
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US-Backed Missionary Abducted In Ukraine
Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2022
A Ukrainian missionary of a U.S.-backed aid group has been abducted by Russian forces near Ukraine’s besieged city of Mariupol, several sources confirmed Thursday.
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Ukraine Bible Society: “We need more Bibles”
Posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2022
As Ukraine prepared to face the imminent Russian invasion last month, the Ukrainian Bible Society in Kyiv reported it was running out of printing Bibles as so many people were turning to the Word of God in this…

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Christian persecution includes any form of harassment, discrimination, legal restriction, or violence targeted at believers because of their faith in Jesus Christ. It ranges from social and economic pressure to imprisonment, torture, and martyrdom.

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