INDIA: Pastor given six-year sentence under “anti-conversion” law
Two church members also given six-year sentences
CHINA: Preacher Chang Hao questioned and intimidated after release
Chang Hao was released on 27 October after twelve days’s detention but was taken for questioning before being allowed home
PAKISTAN: Christian girl returned to family after forced conversion, marriage
A court has returned a 16-year-old Christian girl to her parents after she was abducted, forcibly converted and married to a Muslim
CHINA: Multiple branches of Beijing Zion Church raided
On Sunday 20 October multiple branches of Beijing Zion Church were simultaneously raided and twelve members detained
PAKISTAN: Sisters accused of blasphemy released on bail
Two sisters arrested on blasphemy charges have been granted rare bail
CHINA: Pastor John Cao detained again
Pastor John Cao was baptising new Christians in Yunnan province when police raided the gathering and detained him
IRAN: Three Christians incommunicado a month after arrest
Three Christian converts arrested last month remain in detention in an unknown location
NIGERIA: Thirty-six Christians killed in recent attacks
Innocent Christians killed by Muslim Fulani militants
CHINA: Wang Qiang released after nearly two years in detention
Wang Qiang of Linfen Covenant House Church has been released after nearly two years in detention without trial
NORTH KOREA: New report finds “unparalleled violations of human rights”
The report by Christian Solidarity Worldwide finds “flagrant disregard for international religious freedom standards”
MEXICO: Displaced Baptists permitted to return home
Baptists forced out of their villages in Hidalgo state in April have been permitted to return home
2024 CONFERENCE: “We are one body”
Mark Lipdo’s message to the Church in Chains conference
IRAN: Mehdi Akbari released after nearly five years in prison
Christian convert Mehdi Akbari has been released from Evin Prison after serving nearly half of his ten-year sentence
IRAN: Anooshavan Avedian acquitted and released
Iranian-Armenian pastor Anooshavan Avedian has been acquitted and released from prison
NIGERIA: Christians killed and kidnapped in ongoing attacks
Church services attacked in southern Kaduna state
PAKISTAN: Shagufta Kiran sentenced to death
Shagufta Kiran has been sentenced to death under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws
NIGERIA: Over 16,000 Christians killed in 4 years in targeted violence
Two major new reports shed light on the scale of the persecution of Christians
IRAN: Christian convert Mojdeh Falahi detained
Christian convert Mojdeh Falahi was arrested on 9 September in Shiraz and is being held in a Ministry of Intelligence detention centre
CHINA: Pastor David Lin released from prison
Chinese-American pastor David Lin has been released from prison in Beijing and has flown home to his family in Texas
NICARAGUA: Eleven pastors released after eight months in prison
Eleven Nicaraguan pastors were among 135 prisoners released on 5 September