Eight Protestant families were denied access to drinking water by community leaders in Mexico in January for not signing a document renouncing their faith, and 4 more Protestants expelled from their village for refusing to participate in local Roman Catholic festivals in July, as the government denies that any religious persecution is taking place.
...continue reading this storyChristians in Sri Lanka are expecting persecution to intensify under a new Buddhist leader whose brother once gave the green light for monks to harass churches.
...continue reading this storyChina is increasing its surveillance apparatus with a special focus on believers.
...continue reading this storyChina is implementing its 'sinicization' campaign to change Christianity into an arm of the state.
...continue reading this storyChristians in eastern India marched in protest last month against what leaders are calling retaliatory government harassment for their attempt to protect tribal lands.
...continue reading this storyNarendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party-led government is reportedly crafting a sweeping national anti-conversion law that would place a ban not only on forced conversions but also on conversions made in good faith.
...continue reading this storyOne of India’s nine states to have passed an anti-conversion law in recent years tightened restrictions last month on the choice Indians have to turn from one religion to another.
...continue reading this storyChristians in India are becoming more hard-pressed to find places where they can worship freely.
...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 storyA controversial government decree on the construction of places of worship has led to the closure of a Pentecostal church in Indonesia.
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