Slaughter of Nigerian Christians: “The inaction cannot continue” says Christian group

A major Christian advocacy group has told the Nigerian government and the international community that they can no longer do anything as Christians continue to be slaughtered in their thousands by Islamic militants in Nigeria, Christian Today (CT) reports.

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India: Brutally beaten pastor faces eviction amid continuing Hindu extremist persecution

A Christian pastor who is still recovering after Hindu extremists beat him almost to death in India’s Madhya Pradesh state in January is now facing eviction after his assailants told his landlord to throw him out of his home, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. Christians in India have come under increasingly intense persecution since the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in 2014.

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Finland: Court dismisses hate speech charges against Christian lawmaker and Lutheran bishop

A court in Finland has acquitted a Christian lawmaker and a Lutheran bishop who was indicted on charges of hate speech for sharing their belief that Biblical marriage is between one man and one woman, CBN reports.

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Canada: Pastor Pawlowski released after 6 weeks in jail for ‘inciting mischief’ at Freedom Convoy blockade

Canadian pastor Artur Pawlowski has been released after spending 51 days in jail on charges of inciting “mischief” while preparing to hold a service in Alberta for Freedom Convoy activists protesting US-Canada border Covid-19 restrictions on February 8, CBN reports. The pastor is reported to have been in solitary confinement during his incarceration.

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