In a “significant judgment welcomed by Pakistan’s Christian community and human rights advocates,” a court in Pakistan acquitted a blind Christian man who potentially faced the death penalty for blasphemy against Islam, a Christian advocate told Worthy News.
...continue reading this storyFulani herdsmen killed five Christians at a mining site in central Nigeria’s Plateau state, highlighting continuing attacks on Christian communities in Africa’s most populous nation, Christians say.
...continue reading this storyA Christian family and supporters have rallied in the eastern Pakistani city of Faisalabad after a 16-year-old Christian girl reportedly disappeared and was allegedly forced to marry and convert to Islam.
...continue reading this storyEthiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has condemned attacks that reportedly killed dozens of Christians and displaced hundreds more in central Ethiopia in recent weeks.
...continue reading this storyThe grieving family of a Christian man in Pakistan demanded justice Monday after what relatives described as his mysterious disappearance and tragic death in a case that has raised concerns among human rights advocates and members of the country’s Christian minority.
...continue reading this storyPolice and government officials raided a Sunday worship service of Early Rain Covenant Church in southwestern China, detaining elders, members, and children as Beijing continues its crackdown on unregistered Protestant congregations.
...continue reading this storyChristians in northeastern Pakistan expressed grief Sunday over the killing of a young Christian man by armed Muslims who also allegedly threatened women, sources told Worthy News.
...continue reading this storyThe killing of a 22-year-old Christian man in Pakistan’s Punjab province has sparked grief and renewed concerns about the safety of religious minorities, Christian leaders told Worthy News on Wednesday.
...continue reading this storyU.S. medical missionary Dr. Peter Stafford and his family have been released from hospital isolation in Germany more than two weeks after Stafford contracted the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola while serving as a surgeon in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
...continue reading this storyA community police officer in northern England has won a settlement after his suspension for questioning Islam in a case that underscored broader concerns about workplace pressure on devout Christians, his defense team told Worthy News.
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