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.

15 Nigerian Christians die in relentless onslaught

February 25, 2025

Fifteen more Nigerian Christians have been killed as factions opposed to believers continue their massacres and wreak havoc upon churches and communities.

‘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.

Attacks upon Nigerian Christians claim 15 more lives

February 15, 2025

Nigeria has led the world in the number of Christians killed for their faith. Nigeria is No. 7 on Open Doors’ 2025 World Watch List of places most difficult to be a Christian.