Ghana has begun a nationwide campaign to educate the public about new road traffic regulations that prohibit preaching and hawking inside moving public and commercial vehicles. This latest development has brought renewed attention to a restriction that has existed in the country for more than a decade.
A Chinese pastor freed from prison three months ago joined advocates at a religious freedom conference in Dallas, Texas, on Monday (Sept. 28) in urging Christians to pray and speak out for those jailed for their faith.
Special force police in Algeria raided a worship service at a humanitarian shelter on Sept. 4, arresting all 12 Christians present on suspicion of holding an unauthorized, non-Muslim religious service, Morning Star News reported.
The White House has nominated Cissie Graham Lynch, the granddaughter and daughter of evangelists Billy and Franklin Graham, respectively, to serve as the next U.S. ambassador at large for international religious freedom.
Rising killings and abductions, prolonged displacement and continuing insecurity are eroding the Christian presence in parts of northern and north-central Nigeria, according to a research brief released by Open Doors on Thursday (Sept. 3).
The underground church in Iran is growing. So is the price of belonging to it.
After about a month of imprisonment, William, who led his congregation for more than 25 years in eastern Myanmar (formerly Burma), was murdered by the military junta, along with Nam Ceu, another follower of Christ who was arrested.
A report published Aug. 6 by International Christian Concern said Christians in several coastal communities in Zanzibar continue to worship despite threats, harassment and occasional attacks.
An Iraqi Christian woman forcibly registered as Muslim can change religious affiliation in the official state database, Iraq’s highest appeals court ruled.
A group of religious freedom advocates is pressing for the release of the former mayor of a majority Christian town in Syria whom they say has been held for more than a year without charges.
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