Barnabas Aid
The military government of Myanmar has access to a system of 335 surveillance cameras equipped with facial recognition and vehicle licence plate recognition software, a move which raises concerns for persecuted ethnic minorities, including Christians.
Human rights groups warn that...
The Egyptian Ministry of Education has approved the introduction of teaching about Christianity and Judaism, highlighting “common values” with Islam as part of religious education in schools.
The move, which was first proposed by the Egyptian parliament, has the aim...
Indonesia has appointed a Christian as the new National Police Chief, the first time that a member of a religious minority has held the post in nearly 50 years.
Commissioner General Listyo Sigit Prabowo was sworn in on 27 January,...
Pastor Bulus Yakuru was released by Boko Haram on 3 March, the day the Islamist terror group said they would execute him.
According to local media, the release was negotiated by the Nigerian government’s Department of State Services and a...
The Dutch parliament voted on 27 February to pass a widely-supported motion calling upon the government to recognise the Armenian Genocide.
The motion on the Armenian Genocide, submitted by Christian Union (ChristenUnie) MP Joël Voordewind, was passed with an overwhelming...
Islamist terror group Boko Haram has given the Nigerian government until 3 March to save the life of Pastor Bulus Yakuru, who was abducted in Borno State on Christmas Eve.
The militants snatched the pastor during a raid on the...
Amid widespread mass protests in Myanmar (Burma) and reports of a ramping up of armed patrols in Karen and Kachin States, a chilling Myanmar Army document was discovered instructing soldiers to “punish and breakdown” ethnic-minority Christians and other civilians...
Sam Khosravi, an Iranian Christian who with his wife Maryam is currently contesting the authorities for custody of their adopted daughter, was one of three Christians who lost their appeal against a one-year prison sentence on 27 January.
Judge Hedayat...
The minster of a church in Gulu, Niger State, Nigeria, was murdered by machete-wielding bandits after they ambushed and abducted him as he travelled with his brother, along the road from Lambata to Lapai.
Minister John Gbakaan and his brother...
Kenyan police are searching for six Al Shabaab jihadists armed with AK-47 assault rifles who held up a commuter bus on January 13 looking for Christian passengers.
The attack happened near the Somali border in Wajir county, which is 99%...
