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

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

  • 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)

    Another Colombian pastor killed, leaving the church ‘terrified’

  • Pastor Raymond Koh who was last seen in February 2017. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

    Malaysia: Exactly 2 years since Raymond Koh’s abduction, his wife asks PM to intervene

  • The report shows that since Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in 2014, the number of violent acts against India's religious minorities have increased (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

    ‘Situation for India’s religious minorities is at tipping point’ – report

  • A Christian police officer in Ethiopia's eastern Somali region was advised to return to Islam but refused, claiming a constitutional right to religious freedom. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

    Ethiopia: Ethnic Somali Christian police man forced to relocate after talking about his faith

Articles

Bibi with Punjab Governor, Salmaan Taseer, who was assassinated in 2011 for supporting her case. (Photo: Office of the Governor of Punjab)
Asia Bibi, Blasphemy, Pakistan, Shahzad Masih, Shama Bibi

Pakistani top court rejects review, setting Christian woman Asia Bibi free

After nine years in prison for blasphemy, the Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi is free to go after the Supreme Court today, 29 January, upheld her acquittal from . . . Read More
Blasphemy, Kasur, Pakistan, Punjab

Wife beaten so badly she can’t walk, he’s deep in debt: Pakistani Christian freed after 3 year ‘blasphemy’ trial

In what might be a first-ever, a Pakistani lower court in mid-January acquitted a Christian of blasphemy after a three year trial – for lack of . . . Read More
Philippine soldiers and investigators are probing the centre of the Catholic cathedral in Jolo where the first bomb went off during mass on Sunday morning, killing at least 20 people. (Photo: Getty)
Abu Sayyaf, Bangsamoro, Catholics, Islamic State, Jolo, Marawi, Mindanao, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Philippines

Philippines: Authorities say church bombing not connected to Mindanao referendum

In one of the deadliest attacks in the southern Philippines in years, a bomb blast at a church killed at least 20 people and injured 112 . . . Read More
Ahok, Blasphemy, Indonesia, Islamic extremism, Jakarta

Indonesian Christian ex-governor Ahok released

Jakarta’s former governor, known widely and simply as “Ahok”, walked out of prison today, 24 January, after serving nearly two years for blasphemy. He was granted . . . Read More
Buddhist nationalism, China, Colombia, Copts, Egypt, Hindu nationalism, India, Indonesia, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Libya, Mexico, Myanmar, Nigeria, Somalia, Vietnam, World Watch List

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

In its latest annual survey of 150 countries monitoring how difficult it is to live as a Christian, out today, the overall trend in the 2019 . . . Read More
Afghanistan, Libya, North Korea, Pakistan, Somalia, Women

Gender-based violence used in persecution of global Christian community

  In the five worst of the 2019 World Watch List’s 50 most difficult places to be a Christian (North Korea, Afghanistan, Somalia, Libya and Pakistan), . . . Read More
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