Washington D.C.: Asia Bibi, a Christian woman once sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy in Pakistan but eventually freed, now wants to be a voice for Christians around the world. Bibi, who addressed the International Religious Freedom Summit on July 14 via a video message from Canada, expressed her gratitudeContinue Reading
Laos: A Christian pastor, held in police detention in the Southeast Asian country of Laos for a year, has been spared jail after he was made to sign documents swearing not to preach until 2022. A court convicted Sithon Thippavong, 35, in April of “disrupting unity” and “creating disorder” afterContinue Reading
Sulawesi: Four Christian men have been beheaded in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The attack on May 11 is the second in the last six months, after four Christians were killed at a Salvation Army outpost in Sigi in Central Sulawesi in November 2020. This attack is believed to have been carriedContinue Reading
More than 340 million Christians suffer high levels of persecution and discrimination for their faith, one in eight worldwide, according to World Watch List 2021, Open Doors’ yearly report on the persecution of Christians. Open Doors found that the coronavirus and the measures taken to contain it have actually worsenedContinue Reading
Persecution has been widespread across India and China even during the pandemic, but things are only likely to get worse in 2021, Release International has warned. The charity, which supports persecuted Christians worldwide, says that China has “bought the silence of the international community” through trade relations. This year hasContinue Reading
Christians are ‘by far the most persecuted’ religious group and are enduring what amounts to genocide in some parts of the world, a report concluded. They are being driven out of the Middle East in a modern-day exodus that means the religion could be wiped out in parts ‘where itsContinue Reading
London: More than 30 cathedrals, churches and schools from the west coast of Scotland to the south coast of England have so far pledged to take part in #RedWednesday as the UK prepares to stand up for faith and freedom. With less than three weeks to go until #RedWednesday –Continue Reading
India, Egypt and Iran were rated “high to extreme” in persecuting ChristiansContinue Reading
A young Pakistani Christian woman who travelled to Australia for surgery, after she was seriously injured in a twin suicide bombing at her church in Peshawar in 2013, says that three years on “countries in the West still fail to recognise the persecution of Christians in Pakistan”. Kashmala Munawar wasContinue Reading
Aleppo, Syria: Christians who fled Aleppo because of the four year battle for the city are now returning, and in the face of such challenges as poverty, destruction, and a shortages of basic goods, they persevere with the help of the local Church. Fr. Ibrahim Alsabagh, a Franciscan priest in theContinue Reading
