Catching Our Eye

Main suspect behind Sri Lanka Easter churches’ deaths arrested

India: Eight Christians acquitted of kidnapping and forced conversion

Sudan: Three churches burned down twice within one month

Nigeria: ‘Government is Boko Haram but without bomb’, says church leader

Christians in Africa face ‘explosion’ in violence, senior church leader says

Tag: Nicaragua

Nicaragua: Christians attacked, detained and killed as ‘enemies of the regime’

September 6, 2018 Catholics, Corruption, Daniel Ortega, Latin America, Managua, Nicaragua, UN

More violence erupted during another anti-government protest in the capital Managua on Sunday (2 September) in which at least three people were injured. (Photo: INTI OCON/AFP/Getty Images)

Nicaragua’s president ordered a UN commission to leave the country on 1 September after it criticised the government for alleged human rights abuses committed during its clampdown on anti-government protestors. In its report, the UN Commission on Human Rights “called on the government to stop the persecution of protestors and . . . Read More

Organised crime is making life worse for Latin America Christians

February 8, 2015 Bolivia, Central America, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, ELN, Evo Morales, FARC, Guatemala, Honduras, Latin America, Mexico, Nicaragua, Organised crime, Pentecostals, Venezuela

Organised crime is making life worse for Latin America Christians

About one-quarter of the world’s Christians live in Latin America and, apart from in Colombia, most have enjoyed wide freedom to live out their faith. Christian life in Latin America is getting a bit more difficult, however, according to Open Doors International, creator of the World Watch List. The annual . . . Read More