Persecution

Nilesh Kumar was killed for his faith in Satpura village, Bihar state, India, in July 2024. (Morning Star News) (Christian Daily International) – More than 400 Christian leaders in India ended 2024 with a strongly-worded appeal to Prime…

Location of Al Jazirah state, Sudan. (TUBS, Creative Commons) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Militants of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked a church prayer service in Sudan’s Al Jazirah state on Monday (Dec.…

Central Mosque, Jos, Nigeria. (El-siddeeq lame, Creative Commons) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on the night of Dec. 22 killed 15 Christians in a village in Plateau state,…

Corpses of Christians killed in massacre by Fulani herdmen on Dec. 25, 2024 in Kwande County, Benue state, Nigeria. (Akough Orduen for Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily…

Arif Masih was one of three Christians wounded on Dec. 25, 2024 gun attack on Pastor Shahzad Siddique’s home in Lahore, Pakistan. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily…

Villagers gather where the body of James Mukenye Habiibu was found on Dec. 17, 2024 in Kibuku District, Uganda. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists on Dec. 16 killed a Christian father of…

Location of Toba Tek Singh District in Pakistan. (Imagery © 2024 TerraMetrics, Map data © 2024 Google) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian woman in Pakistan has been arrested and charged…

Akash Karamat has been in jail on blasphemy charges in Pakistan since Aug. 27, 2023. (Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A 17-year-old Christian who has been incarcerated for 16…

Baptist church building bombed in Al-Azba area in Khartoum North, Sudan on Dec. 20, 2024. (Morning Star News) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Another church building was targeted in Sudan on Friday (Dec. 20) in an air strike…

Rhoda Jatau with ADF International attorney Sean Nelson. (ADF International) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian mother of five children in Nigeria who spent 19 months in jail on baseless…