World Watch Monitor - Reporting the story of Christians around the world under pressure for their faith.

Asia Bibi, Blasphemy, Canada, Europe, Human rights, Jan Figel, Pakistan, Religious freedom, Salmaan Taseer, Shahbaz Bhatti

EU Envoy’s threat of trade sanctions played crucial role in Asia Bibi’s freedom

Freed Pakistani Christian Aasiya Noreen, known to the world now as Asia Bibi, has pleaded for the many others like her accused of blasphemy who, she . . . Read More

Education, Minorities, Myanmar, Refugees

Lack of a lunch for all – life in an IDP camp on Myanmar border

Eritrea

At least 150 Christians arrested in Eritrea clampdown

At least 150 Eritrean Christians were arrested by government officials during the last two months, with some of them held in an underground prison made up . . . Read More

bombing, Catholics, Children, Colombo, Minorities, Negombo, Sri Lanka

176 children lost one or both parents in Sri Lanka Easter bombings

At least 176 children lost either one or both of their parents in the Sri Lanka Easter Sunday bombings, according to the Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal . . . Read More

Afghanistan, Education, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Kabul, Taliban, USA

Afghanistan: Radical Islamist groups recruit at universities

While the Afghan government is engaged in peace talks with the hard-line Taliban movement, radical Islamist groups are spreading their ideology at universities. Basira Akhtar, a . . . Read More

Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, Genocide, Middle Belt, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Plateau

Nigeria: Violence continues but government in denial, church leaders say

A pregnant woman and a child were among four people killed in attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria’s Plateau State last week. The attackers targeted . . . Read More

Catching Our Eye

For Gambian Christians, there’s a lot to like — and one big worry — in the proposed constitution

Korean murdered in southeast Turkey ‘for mobile phone’

Refusing to move, an Ethiopian congregation is arrested

Egypt: Series of fires in their churches ‘not a coincidence’, say Copts

Turkey serves deportation order after German’s 20 years of tourism work

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