Religious favoritism, discrimination surface in Indonesia
October 24, 2025
A job ad by a regional Religious Affairs Office in Indonesia discriminating against non-Muslims has been modified following objections, sources said.
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Nigerian official disputes reports of anti-Christian violence
October 10, 2025
A high-ranking Nigerian official dismissed reports by international human rights organizations about widespread violence against Christians in his country as “not supported by the facts on the ground,” but some Nigerian Christian leaders disagreed.
Facing threats and persecution: Voice of the Martyrs VP shares stories from recent trip
October 8, 2025
The International Day of Prayer for Persecuted Christians is observed on the first Sunday of November, this year Nov. 2. As Christians prepare to pray
Christian acquitted in landmark ‘anti-conversion’ case in India
October 7, 2025
The first Christian charged under Uttarakhand state, India’s “anti-conversion” law has become the first to be acquitted under the statute, sources said.
Nigerian Christians fear gathering as attacks mount
September 25, 2025
Ruth Abah, 28, no longer walks to her local church, St. Paul’s, which now lies in ashes. Instead, the mother of two locks her doors
‘I do not retract what I said’: Russian pastor jailed for preaching against war
September 10, 2025
A 63-year-old Russian Pentecostal pastor received a four-year sentence for preaching against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, an Oslo-based news service focused on human rights and religious freedom reported.
India’s harshest anti-conversion law approved in Uttarakhand
August 28, 2025
Uttarakhand state, India last week passed an amendment to its controversial anti-conversion law expanding punishment to life imprisonment.
Russian Baptists continue to meet after ‘house of prayer’ sealed
August 27, 2025
The Russian Supreme Court in Moscow is scheduled Aug. 28 to hear the appeal of an unregistered Baptist church in Kurganinsk whose building was sealed by government officials in May.
Campaign urges release of 7 ministers in Eritrea
August 15, 2025
21Wilberforce and the Baptist World Alliance are joining other Christian groups in calling for the release of seven church leaders in Eritrea who have been detained without trial more than 20 years.
Group calls for freeing of 11 Christians imprisoned in Libya
August 15, 2025
Amnesty International this week called for annulment of the convictions of 11 Christians in Libya sentenced to prison under charges ranging from “insulting Islam” to
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