A convert from Islam who was sentenced to five years in prison for "disturbing the national security of Iran" is praying for an appeal after waiting more than a year for a hearing on his sentence.
...continue reading this storyIn Egypt, so-called reconciliation meetings often intimidate Coptic Christians into surrendering their legal rights while their Muslim assailants avoid any punishment for their violence.
...continue reading this storyThe House of Commons in Canada recently voted against a motion declaring that the atrocities committed by the Islamic State against religious minorities in Syria and Iraq were actually acts of genocide.
...continue reading this storyPatriarch Ignatius Aphrem II and other senior leaders of the Syriac Orthodox Church survived an assassination attempt on June 19.
...continue reading this storyEfforts to repeal Egypt's blasphemy law are being opposed by its own administration.
...continue reading this storyA Christian was stabbed in Kaduna state, Nigeria, this month just because he was not participating in the annual Ramadan fast.
...continue reading this storyLast month in Punjab state, India, a Christian was severely beaten after he protested the desecration of a Christian graveyard by local Hindus.
...continue reading this storyLast month local police detained three Christians in China's Guangdong province for possessing religious materials, including a Bible.
...continue reading this storyA Christian in eastern Uganda who had recently received death threats was murdered on June 4.
...continue reading this storySeven Christians were arrested for distributing biblical handbooks to hundreds of students in the Dolakha district of Nepal.
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