“There is no justification as to why the State Department did not designate Nigeria or India as a Country of Particular Concern, despite its own reporting and statements.” —U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
A Christian mother of five in Nigeria has been granted bail and is safe in an undisclosed location after being charged with blasphemy.
A Baptist pastor and his wife were among nearly 200 Nigerians killed in a series of coordinated attacks that began Christmas Eve.
“I heard the attackers saying that, ‘The Christians will not celebrate the birth of Issa [Jesus] — we have to teach a lesson to these infidels for refusing our religion,’” a young woman who escaped the attack told Morning Star News.
Representatives from multiple human rights and religious liberty organizations joined the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom in urging Congress to take action regarding ongoing persecution in Nigeria.
A pastor convicted for handing out gospel tracts fears that the precedent of his case will result in other Christians being wrongfully imprisoned.
A 20-year-old Pakistani Christian man was slain Nov. 9 in an attack that sources say was religiously motivated.
A Ugandan woman suffered serious burns when her husband set her on fire for becoming a Christian.
Suspected Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on Nov. 24 attacked villages in Taraba state, Nigeria, killing at least 10 Christians, Morning Star News reported.
Officials of an Indonesian town verbally revoked permission for construction of a Christian school after Muslim groups marched in protest of the project.
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