Iranians continue to suffer persecution under the authoritarian Islamic republic, with death tolls climbing and Christians facing severe legal, social, and personal consequences, according to
Fulani extremists killed 12 Christians in attacks on two worship services on Easter Sunday (April 5) in Kaduna State, Nigeria, following the killing of 17 Christians in Benue State, sources said, according to Morning Star News.
Christian Solidarity Worldwide said in a report released this week that repression of religious groups in Nicaragua remained widespread in 2025, with Protestant communities, including Baptists, among those affected.
As Easter Sunday is only a few days away, church leaders are warning Christians around the globe to be ever vigilant — and in some cases tone down their celebrations — amid recent reports of deadly attacks on Palm Sunday.
Conditions in Iran for Christians imprisoned for their faith and other inmates have deteriorated dramatically since the U.S. and Israeli bombing of the Islamic regime in the past month, according to human rights groups.
Hostilities against Christians increased in 2025, with 747 incidents of violence, intimidation and discrimination marking a continued rise over prior years, according to the Religious
Nigeria was the first country mentioned in the introduction of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom’s annual report released on Wednesday (March 4) describing its “terrifying crisis of religious violence” and connecting it to the politics of the country.
As leaders of Iran continue to blame and punish Christians for their alleged part in the regime’s political and military troubles of last year, a new report outlines the persecution that Christians in the Islamic Republic suffered in 2025.
A brick kiln worker’s forced conversion to Islam in Pakistan’s national database has left his five children unable to have their Christian faith designated on their national identity cards, his son said, according to Morning Star News.
A court in Pakistan has acquitted two Christian nurses who have been in hiding for nearly four years after they were charged with blasphemy in
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