Indian Christian Families to be Denied Basic Services unless they Convert
JHARKAND STATE, INDIA (ANS) -- Five families belonging to the Believers Eastern Church in Bahardi, Latehar District, Jharkhand state, face being cut off from...
Egypt PM: worship places not to be “disposed of ”
CAIRO, EGYPT (ANS) -- Churches and church affiliated buildings licensed for worship in Egypt cannot be “disposed of” or used in any other way,...
Sudanese Christians suffer amidst civil war
Sudanese Christians living in areas of Khartoum have painted a desperate picture of life
caught between warring armies, with one pastor saying the worsening situation...
Kidnapped schoolgirl in Nigeria appeals for rescue
Nigerian Government analyzing kidnapped schoolgirl audio
By Michael Ireland, Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service (www.assistnews.net)
BORNO STATE, NIGERIA (ANS - August 29, 2018) -- In...
Muslims prohibit construction of church building
Muslims in a village in northeastern Indonesia’s portion of Borneo Island prohibited a church from constructing a worship building, sources said.
Local leaders of Selumit...
Asia Bibi free to leave Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (ANS) -- Pakistan's top court has rejected a challenge to the acquittal of a Asia Bibi on blasphemy charges.
The BBC reports the...
Letter Calls for Renewal of UN Special Rapporteur
NEW MALDEN,UNITED KINGDOM (ANS) – Christian Solidarity Worldwide and Human Rights Concern Eritrea have written to member states of the Human Rights Council (HRC)...
Chinese Police consider Tithing as a Crime
MIDLAND, TX (ANS) -- Chinese Police handed Elder Zhang Chunlei’s wife a formal notice in early May. As Yang Aiqing read the document, she...
Human Cost to Denying Religious Freedom Discussed at NRB 2021
GRAPEVINE, Texas (ANS) – On Tuesday morning (June 22), National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) hosted a forum on the human cost to denying religious freedom...
CSW Welcomes Sudan Government’s Pledge to End Death Penalty for Apostasy
Christian Solidarity Worldwide has welcomed a statement by a member of the transitional government of Sudan in which he claimed Sudan would be removing the death...