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An Iranian pastor has been sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment for his role in leading a “house church” in Yaftabad, Tehran.
Joseph Shahbazian, an Iranian-Armenian, also faces a two-year ban on travelling abroad and two years of internal exile when he is released.
Pastor Shahbazian,...
Iranian pastor Anooshavan Avedian, 60, has lost his appeal against a ten-year jail term for running a “house church” at his home in the capital city, Tehran.
Anooshavan, an Iranian-Armenian, was convicted on 11 April of “propaganda contrary to and disturbing to the holy...
Christians in Pakistan have welcomed the decision of a court to grant bail to a mentally disabled Christian who has been imprisoned for more than three years on charges of “blasphemy”.
The accusations followed a dispute between Stephen and a...
Dozens of Christians were killed when gunmen opened fire on church worshippers gathered to celebrate Pentecost on Sunday 5 June in Owo, Ondo State, south-western Nigeria.
Authorities have yet to release an official death toll. Some reports, however, put the number...
Amnesty International published a report on 31 May describing atrocities committed by the Myanmar military (Tatmadaw) in the east of the country.
The report, which covers the period from December 2021 to March 2022, highlights the collective punishment meted out by the...
At least 24 villagers were killed by Islamist militants in the mainly Christian north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on 28 May.
The attack on the village of Beu Manyama in the Beni region of North Kivu province was...
The head of the Methodist Church in Nigeria, the Most Rev Dr Samuel Kanu Uche, has been released after being abducted on Sunday 29 May.
He had officiated at a Sunday service and was travelling in the afternoon with his chaplain, Abidemi...
Several Christians were injured and homes destroyed by a mob of Muslims in Katanga village, Bauchi State, Nigeria, after a Christian woman was accused of committing blasphemy in a WhatsApp message.
The woman, Rhoda Jatau, was said to have shared a video...
The Myanmar military (Tatmadaw) burned down almost all residential buildings in the predominantly Christian village of Chaung Yoe in the Sagaing Region in a raid on 20 May.
Hundreds of villagers were forced to flee their homes as Tatmadaw troops began torching...
The terrorist group Islamic State (IS – also known as ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) has released a video that claims to show the murders of about 20 Nigerian Christians.
The video was published on an IS-linked news outlet and shows masked and...
