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Islamist activists carry placards against Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who was recently released after spending eight years on death row for blasphemy, during a rally in Karachi on 21 November. (Photo: Getty Images)

Blasphemy, Lahore, Minorities, Pakistan, Punjab

Two Pakistani Christian brothers sentenced to death for blasphemy

A Pakistani court last week sentenced two Christian brothers to death for blasphemy. Since their arrest in 2014, Qaisar and Amoon Ayub had been held in . . . Read More

As many as 100 civilians lost their lives in an attack on a refugee camp and cathedral in Alindao last month, said Amnesty International. (Photo: Catholic Church in CAR)

Alindao, Anti-balaka, Central African Republic, Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Seleka, UN, UPC

Calls for inquiry into UN peacekeepers’ role in massacres in Central African Republic

United Nations peacekeepers failed in protecting civilians in the Central African Republic during an attack in November that killed as many as 100 people, among them . . . Read More

Pastor Wang Yi is held in criminal detention on charges of subversion. (Photo: still from video, Early Rain Covenant Church Facebook page)

Chengdu, China, Churches, Sam Brownback, Sichuan, Xi Jinping, Xinjiang

‘I must denounce this wickedness openly’ – detained Chinese pastor

A Chinese pastor and his wife who were arrested alongside 100 church members and detained in southwest China on Sunday are accused of subverting state power, . . . Read More

Burial of victims of a suicide attack on the Methodist Bethel Church in Quetta, Pakistan, on Sunday 17 December in which at least 9 people were killed. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

Asia Bibi, Blasphemy, China, Comoros, Eritrea, Iran, Minorities, Myanmar, North Korea, Pakistan, Religious freedom, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, USA, Uzbekistan

Pakistan joins US list of worst religious freedom violators

Pakistan is among the ten countries that appear on the US State Department’s latest list of Countries of Particular Concern (CPC) for religious-freedom violations, Secretary of . . . Read More

Anti-conversion law, BJP, Chhattisgarh, Christmas, Delhi, Elections, Hindu nationalism, India, Madhya Pradesh, Minorities, Police, Rajasthan

Indian Christians heave sighs of relief as Hindu nationalists lose elections in key states

Christians can heave sighs of relief as the ruling Hindu nationalist BJP has been thrown out of power in three key states in central India that have reported dozens of incidents of . . . Read More

An attack on the Saint Tadros Church in Menbal village on Monday night was prevented by security guards. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

Blasphemy, Copts, Egypt, Islamic extremism, Minya, Prophet Muhammad

Egypt: Copt sentenced to three years in prison for ‘blasphemous’ Facebook post

An Egyptian court has sentenced a Coptic Christian to three years in prison after he was found guilty of “insulting Islam in the first degree”. Abdo . . . Read More

Catching Our Eye

From China to sub-Saharan Africa, Christians experience high levels of persecution in 73 countries

Gender-based violence used in persecution of global Christian community

Key trends show in 2019 List of countries where it’s most difficult to live as a Christian

Church construction slows under Egypt’s new church-building law

New religion-control law changes little in Vietnam after 1 year

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