Persecution

Police dog and officer with body of Simolya Latifu, killed near Molu village, eastern Uganda on July 3, 2022. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Three men reviling a convert to Christianity for leading Muslims…

Photo Credit: Soe Min Htun7 (Barnabas Aid) — Myanmar’s military have carried out a series of airstrikes on two villages in Christian-majority Chin State, killing two civilians and injuring several others. During the bombing of Tsun Taung…

(Article18) — Three house-church members who have been held for over a month in solitary confinement have now been informed that their appeals against five-year prison sentences have been rejected. Ahmad Sarparast, Morteza Mashoodkari, and…

(Article 18) — A Protestant Church-owned retreat center appropriated four years ago by an institution headed by Iran’s Supreme Leader is now in the process of being repurposed, Article18 understands. The Garden of Sharon in Karaj, which has…

Photo Credit: Q Gardrian/Pixabay (International Christian Concern) – A month after Beijing’s crackdown of online religious activities, many wonder how the Christians in China are doing in terms of virtual worship and gathering. Are they…

(Church in Chains) — Geng Zejun, a house church pastor from Ningxia Autonomous Region in northern China, is due to go on trial on July 13. He has been detained since January 25 on a charge of “organizing illegal gatherings.” Geng Zejun was…

Photo Credit: Klaus Dieter Vom Wangenheim/Pixabay Egypt (International Christian Concern) – On Thursday last week, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) warned that a Yemeni Christian is in immediate and severe danger due to…

Laos (Mission Network News/Christian Aid Mission) — A 45-year-old widow in Laos was sharing Jesus with her village — and paid for it with her freedom. Christian Aid Mission says Rina* began following Christ after police came to her Prai…

Photo Credit: Nam Le/Pixabay (Barnabas Fund) — A Christian family in Vietnam’s Nghe An province have been forced from their home village for refusing to re-convert to a local animist religion. The family of 13 people have suffered…

International Christian Concern to Share the Incriminating Report via Facebook Livestream of International Religious Freedom Summit 06/28/2022 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian…