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April 1, 2021
Azeri Vandalism to Armenian Church Incites Plea for Protection
The targeting of Shushi’s Armenian Kanach Zham Church and other churches as well is consistent with Azerbiajan’s erasure of its Christian past, and...
January 24, 2021
Report: The Anatomy of Genocide – Karabakh’s Forty-Four Day War
This new report entitled The Anatomy of Genocide: Karabakh’s Forty-Four Day War from International Christian Concern confirms what many saw in the...
January 11, 2021
Azerbaijani armed forces beheaded two elderly Christians, one 69 years old and the other 82
Many saw the recent conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia as a revival of the dark days of the Armenian Genocide of the early twentieth century,...
December 27, 2020
Azerbaijan Ignores UNESCO Request to Protect Churches and Monasteries
Persecution of Christians in Azerbaijan: We have previously reported here at ChristianPersecution.com about the targeting of the Armenian cathedral...
November 17, 2020
Experts: Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Is Christian Genocide Under the Pretext of War
The Ottoman government pursued the systematic extermination of 1.5 million Armenians, mostly Ottoman citizens within the Ottoman Empire and its...
November 16, 2020
Azerbaijani soldiers desecrating Armenian churches
The targeting of the Armenian cathedral in Nagorno-Karabakh and other churches as well is consistent with Azerbiajan’s erasure of its Christian past,...
October 31, 2020
Azerbaijan targets Armenian Church and Cultural House in Artsakh
The targeting of the Shushi Holy Savior Cathedral in Artsakh is of a piece with Azerbiajan’s erasure of its Christian past, and its ally...
July 11, 2019
Azerbaijan: Young boy’s gift of Christian books to classmates leads to massive fines for parents
This incident adds Azerbaijan to the list of countries, which includes China, India, Egypt and many others, where Christians face persecution from...
February 26, 2019
Azerbaijan erasing its Armenian Christian past, destroys 89 medieval churches, 5,840 intricate cross-stones, and 22,000 tombstones
This erasure of the Christian past has also taken place in Turkey and elsewhere. In Turkey, all over the Middle East, and in Central Asia there are...

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Quick facts

  • While about 30 percent of the world’s population identifies as Christian, 80 percent of all acts of religious discrimination are directed at Christians.

    Source: International Society for Human Rights

  • Christians face persecution in more than 60 Countries.

    Source: U.S. State Department

  • Millions of Christians face interrogation, arrest, torture, and/or death because of their religious convictions and cultural/ethnic identification.

    Source: Open Doors USA

  • Between 2007 and 2014, Christians have been targeted for harassment in more countries than any other religious group.

    Source: Pew Research

  • Christian responses to persecution are almost always nonviolent and, with very few exceptions, do not involve acts of terrorism.

    Source: Under Caesar’s Sword