Christians shot at pastor’s home on Christmas
January 3, 2025
Three Christians were shot and wounded in a Christmas Day gun attack on the home of a pastor and televangelist in Lahore, Pakistan, sources said.
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33 Christians killed in Nigeria on Christmas Day
January 2, 2025
Fulani herdsmen attacked a cluster of five predominantly Christian villages in Benue state on Wednesday (Dec. 25), massacring 33 people on Christmas Day, sources said.
Christians prevented from attending Christmas service
December 12, 2024
Muslims in Indonesia on Dec. 8 prevented Christians from holding a Christmas service at a pastor’s home, sources said.
Baptist pastor arrested in India for ‘magical healing’
December 9, 2024
Assam state police arrested a Baptist church worker Nov. 22 on charges of violating a new law intended to curb “magical healing.” The arrest came after he prayed for villagers in the northeastern India state.
Displaced Mexican Baptists continue to move after rights not honored
November 23, 2024
Members of a Baptist church in Mexico’s Hidalgo State who were displaced in April have moved to neighboring Veracruz State after local officials failed to honor their religious freedom rights, an international human rights group reported.
Pakistani Christians, others entrapped in blasphemy charges, according to report
November 17, 2024
Muslim vigilante groups are working with federal authorities to lure young people into sharing blasphemous content on social media in order to put them behind bars …
Suspension of Pakistan from Commonwealth of Nations sought
November 16, 2024
A coalition of 17 international human rights organizations is demanding Pakistan be suspended from the Commonwealth of Nations due its blasphemy laws and other rights violations, but local activists say that could result in more hardship…
UN committee slams Pakistan for human rights violations
November 15, 2024
Authorities in Pakistan have failed to curb a range of human rights violations, including a sharp increase in blasphemy-related violence, the UN Human Rights Committee noted last week.
Christian general in Nigeria releases account of ‘judicial terrorism’
November 14, 2024
A former Army general in Nigeria said his death sentence following riots more than 30 years ago was the result of Muslim military leaders controlling a sham tribunal.
UN Committee urges Pakistan to end or amend blasphemy laws
November 12, 2024
Expressing alarm over an increase in false blasphemy accusations in Pakistan, the UN Human Rights Committee last week urged repeal or amending of the country’s harsh blasphemy laws.
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