Eight more people have been slain in Nigeria and two others kidnapped in the relentless persecution of Christians that has made the country the world’s most deadly place for believers.
A Catholic factory worker was tortured to death in Pakistan, and five Christian sanitation workers died of noxious gases for lack of protective gear.
About 2,500 people attended a rally showing support for the lynching of a Christian and, just days later, a judge granted bail to 52 individuals suspected in the man’s death.
A sibling squabble ended with one Christian falsely charged with blasphemy, while the act of stepping from a rickshaw netted a blasphemy charge for another person.
Young mother in Pakistan charged with “intentionally outraging religious sentiments” and “intentionally causing fear in the public and harming public tranquility.”
A Somali man received serious injuries when his relatives attacked him for putting his faith in Jesus Christ.
Police in Pakistan have declined to arrest the perpetrators in the torture death of a Catholic farm worker and, meanwhile, a Christian street sweeper was beaten, chained and left in scorching heat.
Police have arrested 26 of the 44 named suspects and hundreds of rioters in a mob attack in Pakistan that left a Christian man in critical condition.
