The oxygen is thinning for religious freedom in India following the reelection of the Bharatiya Janata Party in May, with six attacks on Christians recorded in Telangana State alone in July.
...continue reading this storyEight Christian women abducted by Boko Haram in Cameroon are receiving medical treatment, but not all have yet been released by their captors, according to Open Doors UK.
...continue reading this storySingle mothers in Iran are embracing Christianity as a way out of sex slavery.
...continue reading this storyAs Egypt continues to go through the process of becoming more officially inclusive of Coptic Christianity, many Christian leaders complained on August 5th that fewer churches had been granted legal status this time around by the presidential committee appointed for the task by Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
...continue reading this storyA pastor in Colombia was murdered in his home in Bajo Cauca Antioquia, following a protest for peace by Protestants and Catholics the pastor was thought to be a part of.
...continue reading this storyChristians were spared from a planned terrorist attack in Kenya when their Muslim neighbors stepped in on their behalf.
...continue reading this storyThe Evangelical Fellowship of India called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the problem of rising persecution against Christians in his country, after a pastor was dragged from a prayer meeting by members of a nationalist organization.
...continue reading this storyPrisoners from one of Myanmar’s predominantly Christian ethnic groups were released recently after spending 6 months in captivity.
...continue reading this storyIn a discouraging sign, 9 Sudanese pastors originally indicted under Islamist dictator Omar al-Bashir have been brought up on charges again.
...continue reading this storyThree Christians have been arrested in Nepal since June, all on charges of 'attempting to convert.'
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