Unidentified gunmen on June 7 shot a Roman Catholic priest to death in southwest Nigeria, Morning Star News reported. The Rev. Charles Onomhoale Igechi was
Sixteen members of Bege Baptist Church of Masala in central Nigeria were released June 4 after being kidnapped nearly a month earlier. Gunmen abducted 43
Two young Christian males accused of blasphemy were allegedly beaten May 18 and ultimately charged under a statute that calls for the death penalty. Morning
A Roman Catholic catechist and his wife were among dozens of Christians killed in central Nigeria’s Benue State last month, Morning Star News reported. Fulani
A court in Bahawalpur, Pakistan on Tuesday (May 30) handed the death penalty to a 22-year-old Christian on an unsubstantiated conviction under the country’s blasphemy
A Christian widow facing life imprisonment in Pakistan on a blasphemy charge has been released on bail. Morning Star News, quoting an attorney, says Musarrat