Convivium contributor Susan Korah says recognizing the Pakistani martyr by naming a park after him is but a first step in fulfilling the legacy of his fight for religious freedom. By Susan Korah | Convivium The name Shahbaz Bhatti may be ... Full Article

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 ... Full Article

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 ... Full Article

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 ... Full Article

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 ... Full Article

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 ... Full Article

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 ... Full Article

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 ... Full Article

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 ... Full Article

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 ... Full Article

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 ... Full Article

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 ... Full Article

By Marlo Safi | National Review Dennis Christensen, a Dane who moved to Russia in 1995, has been in custody by the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia for nearly two years. He faces charges for “extremism”; in Russia, being a practicing ... Full Article

By BBC News Gunmen have killed six people including a priest as Mass was being celebrated in a church in Dablo in northern Burkina Faso, officials say. The attackers, said to number between 20 and 30, then burned down the church. The ... Full Article

By Asif Aqeel | Christianity Today Now that Asia Bibi has finally left Pakistan and been reunited with her family in Canada, her prison cell has a new resident: yet another Christian woman condemned to death over blasphemy charges. Bibi’s ... Full Article

By Ewelina U. Ochab | Forbes Are Jehovah’s Witnesses extremists? Russian courts certainly think so. On April 1, 2019, Sergey Skrynnikov, a practicing Jehovah’s Witness in Russia, became the second member of the religious group to be ... Full Article

By Jack Doyle | Daily Mail Christians are ‘by far the most persecuted’ religious group and are enduring what amounts to genocide in some parts of the world, a report concluded. They are being driven out of the Middle East in a ... Full Article

By Catholic News Agency Kathmandu, Nepal, Apr 27, 2019 / 04:31 pm (CNA).- Reports of five Christians being arrested on faith-related charges in Nepal this week have sparked international concern and calls for changes to the country’s strict ... Full Article

By Christian Solidarity Worldwide Four Christians have been falsely arrested for alleged involvement in conversion in Ghorahi, a city in the Dang Deukhuri District, Nepal. Conversion is illegal in Nepal. Local police arrested two men and two ... Full Article

By David Brennan | Newsweek Russian security services have launched a series of raids against the homes and meeting places of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the country’s far-eastern Siberian region, detaining several devotees. The actions are the ... Full Article