Court allows Pakistani man to register as Christian

March 16, 2025

Attorneys allied with ADF International represented Masih in his legal battle that began in 2022, the advocacy organization says.

Police rescue girl who was abducted, forced to marry captor

March 15, 2025

Police rescued a 12-year-old Catholic girl who had been abducted two months prior by a neighbor and forced to convert to Islam and to marry the captor.

Christian granted bail on 3 blasphemy charges

March 14, 2025

An 18-year-old Christian incarcerated for more than 17 months on three blasphemy charges has been granted bail in all the cases.

Young girls kidnapped for marriage; bill to stop it languishes

February 28, 2025

As a measure targeting child marriages in Pakistan languishes in political limbo, girls as young as 10 in minority religious groups continue to be abducted, forced to convert to Islam and marry or sold into sex slavery.

Proposed church construction encounters protest

February 27, 2025

Even though an Indonesian congregation’s construction plan has the support of local residents, the building project is encountering unexpected pushback.

‘Blasphemy business group’ may be fueling upsurge in false charges

February 26, 2025

The “blasphemy business group’s” actions are “said to have ensnared more than 400 innocent people, including Christians, in a surge of false blasphemy cases in the last two years,” the news sources say.

‘More difficult’: Religion law imposes further restrictions on worshippers

February 24, 2025

In January, Kyrgyzstan’s president signed a new religion law that further represses faith communities by limiting their existence, worship and literature and prohibiting public witnessing.