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Pakistan: ‘Attack on pastors illustrative of increasing pressure’, say Christians

February 1, 2022 Pakistan Afghanistan, All Saints Church, Pakistan, Peshawar, Quetta, Taliban, Tehreek-e-Labaik

Rev. William Siraj and Rev Patrick Naeem. (Source: Facebook page Church of Pakistan)

...to its proximity to Afghanistan, which is No. 1. This country rose to first place for the first time after having been in 2nd position after North Korea for many...

Afghanistan overtakes N Korea as most dangerous place to live as a Christian

January 19, 2022 Afghanistan Boko Haram, Catholics, Churches, Converts, India, Islamic extremism, Minorities, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Refugees, Religious freedom

Afghan women face highly restricted lives under the Taliban (Credit: Open Doors International) After the August 2021 takeover by the Taliban of Afghanistan, the country has overtaken North Korea as...

COVID-19 exacerbates discrimination against minority Christians globally

January 13, 2021 Global News -- No Particular Country Boko Haram, China, Fulani herdsmen, Hindu nationalism, Human rights, India, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Middle East, Minorities, Nigeria, Religious freedom, Turkey, Women

...an incident in Sri Lanka, coronavirus was the pretext for police to visit Christians’ homes to investigate church members and activities. In North Korea, which tops the list for the...

Turkey orders deportation of pastor’s American wife, a mother-of-three, in string of expulsions

July 3, 2020 Turkey Andrew Brunson, Ankara, Human rights, Protestants, Turkey, USA

Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

...freedom and a threat to family stability. He also asked for a report about past deportations, how many Christian pastors had been expelled and why. ‘N82 code’ Read more Korean...

From sub-Saharan Africa to China, Christians experience ‘high’ levels of persecution

January 15, 2020 Global News -- No Particular Country BJP, Boko Haram, Churches, Islamic extremism, Middle East, Minorities, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, World Watch List

Poster memorials and crosses for Christians who died in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Easter Sunday, 2019

...Chief Executive Dan Ole Shani. “From World Watch List 2002 onwards, North Korea has ranked as the worst country for them. This year Afghanistan is a close second, then Somalia....

Korean murdered in southeast Turkey ‘for mobile phone’

November 29, 2019 Turkey Diyarbakir, Jin-Wook Kim, Korean, Malatya, Protestants, Religious freedom, Turkey

...local criminal forensics officials, Kim’s brother escorted it back to Korea on Nov. 26 for formal burial procedures. Kim was identified by the Korean Embassy in Ankara as a businessman...

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

September 19, 2019 Turkey Austria, Germany, Minorities, Protestants, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, tourism, Turkey

Hans-Jurgen Louven has worked in Turkish tourism for 20+ years

...citizens of Brazil, Canada, the United States, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Iran, Germany, South Korea and Finland. In most cases only the husband was banned, although three married couples...

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

March 8, 2019 Global News -- No Particular Country Algeria, Colombia, Converts, Eritrea, Iraq, Islamic State, Jordan, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Women, Yemen

Women to women conference in Ethiopia, February 2018.

...World Watch List top five countries: North Korea, Afghanistan, Somalia, Libya and Pakistan. Now they have analysed the data from a total of 50 countries through this same gender lens;...

North Korea asks for food aid as its president discusses denuclearisation

February 26, 2019 North Korea China, Donald Trump, Hanoi, Kim Jong-Un, North Korea, South Korea, UN

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)

...Korean ex-detainee was told his ‘hostile act against regime’ was prayer A Christian escapee from North Korea has his doubts about Kim’s peace overtures North Korea: US citizens set for...

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

January 16, 2019 Global News -- No Particular Country Buddhist nationalism, China, Colombia, Copts, Egypt, Hindu nationalism, India, Indonesia, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Libya, Mexico, Myanmar, Nigeria, Somalia, Vietnam, World Watch List

...Islam Highlights of the 2019 Open Doors World Watch List North Korea remains no 1, as it has done every year since 2002 Despite the thawing of relations with North...

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