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Malatya’s Kurtulus (Salvation) Church posted this message on the broken glass after an attacker heaved a brick through the church’s display window on November 24, 2017: “’Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.’ – Jesus Christ.” (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

Andrew Brunson, Ankara, Human rights, Istanbul, Izmir, Malatya, Mardin, Protestants, Turkey

Pastor Brunson case increased ‘hate speech’ against Turkey’s Protestants – report

Turkey’s high-profile criminal case against Protestant pastor Andrew Brunson has triggered a significant increase in public hate speech against the nation’s small Protestant community, creating what . . . Read More

As with the first round of talks, the conditions that make North Korea the toughest place on earth for Christians won’t be up for discussion. (Photo: Getty Images)

China, Donald Trump, Hanoi, Kim Jong-Un, North Korea, South Korea, UN

North Korea asks for food aid as its president discusses denuclearisation

As the leaders of North Korea and the United States are scheduled to meet in Vietnam for a second round of denuclearisation talks, North Koreans continue . . . Read More

A church in Isfara, northern Tajikistan. (Photo: 2005, World Watch Monitor)

Baptists, Children, Education, Religion Law, Tajikistan

Tajikistan: Children barred from attending church, 5,000 Christian calendars burned

Tajik authorities implementing a new religion law are barring children from attending religious services and have burned thousands of calendars with Bible verses. Amendments to Tajikistan’s . . . Read More

Leah Sharibu was 14 when she was abducted by Boko Haram exactly one year ago.

Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Dapchi, Leah Sharibu, Nigeria, Women, Yobe

As Nigeria votes, family and churches urge candidates to remember Christian teen Leah Sharibu

One year since the Christian teenager Leah Sharibu was abducted from her boarding school in north-eastern Nigeria by an Islamist group, a coalition of groups have . . . Read More

Burned church in a village in Nigeria's southern Kaduna after an attack by suspected Fulani gunmen. Violence attributed to militant Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria reached a record high last year. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

Adamawa, Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, Dapchi, Elections, Fulani herdsmen, Leah Sharibu, Middle Belt, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Plateau, Yobe

Nigeria elections: Whomever wins, Christians hope for justice and security

As Nigerians are preparing to go to the polls tomorrow to elect a new president, Boko Haram has been stepping up attacks in the northeast of . . . Read More

Churches like this one in Cordoba, neighbouring Antioquia, are a threat to armed groups as their message discourages young people to join them. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

Antioquia, Caucasia, Colombia, FARC

Another Colombian pastor killed, leaving the church ‘terrified’

A Colombian pastor was killed as he left his church last week in the northwest of the country, in a region that has been plagued by . . . Read More

Catching Our Eye

“I was last to come out alive”- Kenyan student on her life-changing injuries from Garissa

5 years on, 112 Chibok girls missing – but they are just ‘tip of the iceberg’

‘In context of gender justice, women’s right to freedom of religion pretty much ignored’

Christians face uncertain future as Syria enters possible last year of civil war

For persecuted Christian women, violence is compounded by ‘shaming’

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