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March 2, 2022
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Christians are 95% of the population, yet Islamic jihadis terrorize the population with increasing...
March 1, 2022
The Chinese Communist Party is working actively and on numerous fronts to destroy Christianity and replace it in the hearts, minds, and souls of the...
February 28, 2022
Christians make up about 8.2 percent of the population of Myanmar. The overwhelming majority of these are Protestants, with Roman Catholics...
February 27, 2022
“Turkish courts deemed that Pastor Salimi and his family did not face “real risk” of persecution if they returned to Iran,” yet the...
February 26, 2022
Here yet again we see indifference or worse from the authorities who ought to be protecting the Christians. We have also seen harassment by officials...
February 25, 2022
There is sporadic violence against Christians in this country, as this October 2020 article makes clear. The failure of authorities to act decisively...
February 24, 2022
This government disrespect of Roman Catholic worship as shown here has ominous implications for all the Christians of Vietnam, and is yet another...
February 23, 2022
Leah Sharibu was abducted by the terrorist group Boko Haram along with over 100 other schoolgirls; reportedly, all the others were released but she...
February 22, 2022
Christians make up about 8.2 percent of the population of Myanmar. The overwhelming majority of these are Protestants, with Roman Catholics...
February 21, 2022
The disturbing treatment of Malingumu Bruhan by his uncles illustrates yet again how conversion to Christianity is so often the occasion for...
February 20, 2022
These modern-day martyrs, beheaded by ISIS for their Christian faith, are akin to the 42 Martyrs of Amorion in Phrygia, whose memory we celebrate on...
February 19, 2022
This comes as “Christians are very concerned about the escalating violence against the members of their community in Pakistan.” Pakistan...
February 18, 2022
For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of Christians in China, see here. “Chinese court jails Christian pastor for...
February 17, 2022
For information about Orthodox Christianity in Nigeria, see here. For previous coverage of the persecution of Christians in Nigeria from...
February 16, 2022
The Chinese Communist Party is working actively and on numerous fronts to destroy Christianity and replace it in the hearts, minds, and souls of the...
February 15, 2022
For information about Orthodox Christianity in Nigeria, see here. For previous coverage of the persecution of Christians in Nigeria from...
February 14, 2022
The Iranian government is stepping up its persecution of Christians, in violation of the fact that its constitution guarantees Christians the right...
February 13, 2022
We have previously reported at ChristianPersecution.com about the targeting of the Armenian cathedral in Nagorno-Karabakh and other churches, and its...
February 12, 2022
The U.S. State Department has classified Iran as a “country of particular concern” for “having engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations...
February 11, 2022
According to the Facebook page of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, “His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent a letter of protest to...