The European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) this month criticized the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for underreporting attacks against Christians in Europe.
The Rev. Vladimir Rytikov faces expulsion from his birthplace in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine after authorities accused him of “illegal missionary activity” and cancelled his residence permit, a rights watchdog reports.
Suspected Muslim extremists posing as moto-taxi drivers on April 9 killed an evangelist in central Uganda shortly after he preached at a gospel event, sources said.
A Baptist church in Ukraine was destroyed during an evening worship service on April 16, when many Ukrainian churches observe Easter, leaving multiple people injured and one minister dead, according to a former Ukrainian lawmaker.
A key committee of Pakistan’s Punjab Province Assembly on Monday (April 13) reportedly approved legislation that would help protect Christian and other minority-religion girls targeted
As pundits yell and bombs fall, I would implore everyone reading this to pray that our leaders turn to God for wisdom during this time and that our Christian brothers and sisters in Iran would be protected, encouraged and comforted in coming days.”
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
Finland’s Supreme Court convicted a parliament member of “hate speech” even though lower courts acquitted her twice. In a 3–2 decision March 26, the court
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.
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