One city emerges as capital of false blasphemy charges
By Massimo Introvigne --
On August 12, in the Kasur area of Punjab, police registered a criminal case involving blasphemy charges against two women—one being...
Tragic history of persecution in Japan
Paul Marshall, Wilson Distinguished Professor of Religious Freedom at the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University, recently penned an analysis of Christian...
Kidnapped pastor and daughter still missing after ransom payment
The whereabouts of a pastor and his daughter kidnapped in northwestern Nigeria were
unknown after their captors threatened to kill them even after receiving a...
Ransom demanded for abducted pastor
Islamic terror group Boko Haram recently shared on social media a video of Pastor Paul Musa pleading for his life as an armed, masked...
Authorities arrest six Christians in Laos
Pastor Mum and five other church members, Mr Liang (40), Mr Pa (24), Ms Laen (50), Ms Lan (23) and Ms Khoon (28) were...
Tourist lynched and burned alive for alleged blasphemy
By Massimo Introvigne --
After the case of Christian Nazir Gil Masih, lynched in Sargodha on May 25 after he was falsely accused of having burned...
Police install camera outside pastor’s mom’s house to monitor activities
By Pastor John Cao --
CHANGSHA CITY, China -- On June 4th, the police detained me for over 20 hours without
reason. Today, June 6th, they...
Eight Christians sentenced to combined 45 years in prison
Eight Iranian Christian converts have been sentenced to a combined total of nearly 45
years in prison.
The eight, who are from the western city of...
Man lynched after accusation of desecrating Qur’an
A man was violently lynched by a mob after he was accused of desecrating the Qur’an in
the Madyan area of the Swat Valley in...
Police warn Christian journalist after release from prison
Citizen journalist Ms. Zhang Zhan was released from Shanghai Women’s Prison on May 13
after serving four years in prison on charges related to her...