By Christian Solidarity Worldwide The International Human Rights Committee (IHRC) launched its latest report ‘Fact Finding Mission to Thailand and Malaysia – From Persecution to Desperation’ at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s 53rd annual Jalsa Salana, in Hampshire on 3 August. The ... Read More

By John L. Allen Jr. | Crux ROME – Recently – and, many observers would say, belatedly – the Catholic Church has awoken to the reality of anti-Christian persecution around the world. The emblematic case is the Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq, where Catholic organizations such ... Read More

By Christian Solidarity Worldwide Four protestant Christians were forcibly displaced on Sunday 28 July by leaders in the village of Cuamontax Huazalingo in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico. Community leaders told the victims that the expulsion was the consequence of their failure to sign an ... Read More

By Christian Solidarity Worldwide Authorities in China have accused Christians in Guizhou of carrying out ‘illegal religious activities’ and forced them to stop meeting together with immediate effect. Authorities also confiscated furniture, a projector and other property. The ... Read More

By Ewelina U. Ochab | Forbes Five years ago, Daesh made an attempt at annihilating religious minorities in Syria and Iraq. One of its largest attacks began on August 3, 2014. On that day, Daesh launched a violent attack against Yazidis in Sinjar. Daesh fighters killed hundreds, if not thousands ... Read More

By Samantha Lock | The Sun China has ordered the removal of Arabic script and symbols associated with Islam from halal restaurants and food stalls in the latest crackdown on its Muslim population. Beijing officials are demanding any images associated with Islam, such as the crescent moon and ... Read More

By Chris Buckley and Edward Wong | The New York Times BEIJING — Chinese officials said Tuesday that most of the inmates in re-education camps for Muslim minorities — a vast network of detention centers estimated to have held one million people or more — have been released. But the United ... Read More

By Christian Solidarity Worldwide CSW has learned that four members of the Church of Iran denomination who are charged with endangering state security and promoting Zionism were tried on Sunday 28 July after their court hearing on 24 July was postponed by the presiding judge, who is notorious ... Read More

By Christopher Vondracek | The Washington Times Two congressman — a Maryland Democrat and the Republican Chair of the Freedom Caucus — have introduced a bipartisan resolution condemning “blasphemy” laws, a move cheered by religious liberty advocates. Rep. Jamie Raskin and North Carolina ... Read More

By USCIRF FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 26, 2019 WASHINGTON, DC — The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) commends the Trump Administration, particularly Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, Ambassador-at-Large Samuel D. Brownback, and the Office of ... Read More

By Christian Solidarity Worldwide CSW has learned that a criminal case against the elected president and senior leaders of the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) has been re-opened. Eight leaders of the SCOC were initially arrested on 23 August 2017 and charged with trespassing on the church ... Read More

By World Watch Monitor A pregnant woman and a child were among four people killed in attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria’s Plateau State last week. The attackers targeted the villages of Ancha and Tafigana in the Bassa Local Government area, as reported by news site ... Read More

By the Catholic Herald In the decade from 2007 to 2017, religious freedom declined around the world. That is the conclusion of a major new study by the Pew Research Center published last week. Pew found that 52 governments were imposing “high” or “very high” constraints on religion in ... Read More

By Andy Drozdziak | The Catholic Universe Catholic life peer Lord David Alton has called on new Prime Minister Boris Johnson to keep his election promise to speak up for persecuted Christians. Lord Alton said: “Now that Boris Johnson is Prime Minister, I hope that he will see the importance ... Read More

By Christian Solidarity Worldwide CSW has learned that a Syrian Christian woman was murdered in Idlib Province after being repeatedly raped, tortured and stoned. The body of Susanne Der Krykor was discovered on 9 July 2019 at her home in the Christian village of Yaqubya in the Idlib ... Read More

By Aysha Khan | Religion News Service (RNS) – Faith leaders are calling on New York City police to launch a hate crime investigation into a violent attack on a Hindu priest near his temple in Queens. Swami Harish Chander Puri, the 62-year-old priest who leads the Shiv Shakti Peeth temple in ... Read More

By The Baltic Times VILNIUS – Lithuania has joined a group of countries condemning China’s treatment of the Uighur ethnic minority in the Xinjiang region as the issue divides EU members states. A letter to the top UN human rights officer was signed by 22 countries, including 15 out of ... Read More

By Samuel Smith | Christian Post Four prominent Cuban evangelical leaders were barred by regime officials from traveling to the United States last week to participate in the State Department’s historic Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom. The U.S. Commission on International ... Read More

The 42nd Parliament of Canada concludes in October with the 2019 election. However, the spring session of the House of Commons wrapped up last week. We did not end on a high. In spite of opposition from premiers, communities, and business from right across Canada, Justin Trudeau’s Liberals ... Read More

By Susan Korah | Convivium George Leslie Mackay, the legendary Scottish-Canadian missionary who introduced Christianity to Taiwan and founded the Presbyterian Church of Taiwan in the 19th century, would be proud. The East Asian country, 180 kilometres off the south-eastern coast of mainland ... Read More