Authorities in Pakistan’s Punjab province have refused to charge a man who beat and attempted to rape a pregnant Christian woman, killing her unborn baby.
Two evangelists in Uganda preaching on a street were beaten by a mob, arrested by police and charged under the country’s blasphemy law.
This year began as a deadly one for Christians in Nigeria, with 80 killed for their faith just in the first week.
A Sudanese Christian assaulted by militants Jan. 1 died of his injuries four days later.
Nigeria has led the world in the number of Christians killed for their faith or kidnapped. Nigeria is No. 6 on Open Doors’ 2024 World Watch List of places most difficult to be a Christian.
A Pakistani Christian widow lost her job and has received death threats after unintentionally burning paper that might have included pages from the Quran.
Jerome Fernando, pastor of Glorious Church in Colombo, Sri Lanka, was charged under two penal code sections concerning “outraging the religious feelings of any class of persons,” according to a report from Morning Star News.
Violence in Nigeria intensified as 2023 drew to a close, with 183 Christians killed in the final weeks of the year.
