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Authorities in Eritrea released on Sunday 11 April all but one of 23
Christians arrested at a prayer meeting in the capital Asmara towards
the end of March.
Eritrean church leader Dr Berhane Asmelash said they do not yet know
why the Christian...
A Christian in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has been charged with illegal importation after being found in possession of Bibles, New Testaments and other Christian books.
Ryan Keating, originally from the United States, was charged after appearing at...
Christians are among those who have reached out in solidarity to the Muslim community of Mandalay, Myanmar after a man was shot and killed outside a mosque.
Soldiers from the Myanmar Army – also known as the Tatmadaw – raided...
Authorities passed the halfway mark in the task of licensing churches in Egypt on 12 April when 82 new registrations were approved.
The granting of the 19th batch of licences brings the number of
churches and affiliated service buildings granted official...
The pastor of a church in Savannakhet, Laos was released from prison on 9 April, three days after being convicted of “creating disorder” and “disrupting unity”.
Sithon Thippavong was arrested in March 2020 after being accused of conducting church services...
Eight Christians who were abducted by bandits from their church minibus on 26 March have now been released.
The news was confirmed by Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, on 8 April.
Adeboye...
A report from the US Department of State released 30 March 2021 has confirmed the role of Turkey in supporting Azerbaijan’s war against ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices also highlight war crimes committed...
A church minister and three other Christians were killed by gunmen in an attack on a church in Benue State, Nigeria.
The men entered a church building in Aye-Tuwar village on the morning of 30 March, just as an early-morning...
Many Christian families lost their shelter and what little possessions they owned when fire engulfed a sprawling Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on 22 March.
The United Nations refugee agency said 11 people died in the inferno and...
Christian leaders in France have raised concerns about the impact a new bill intended to curb Islamist extremism may have on religious liberty.
Fears have been further stoked by the comments of French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin that, “We cannot...
