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Hundreds of Christians, including family members, have protested the killing of a young Christian agricultural worker by one or more Muslims in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province and the alleged reluctance by authorities to properly investigate the case.

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An 11-year-old Christian girl was abducted and killed by her Muslim neighbor in the Pakistani city of Gujranwala, the latest in a series of attacks targeting members of the country’s Christian minority, investigators told Worthy News on Tuesday.

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A Christian sanitation worker employed by the legislature of Pakistan’s Punjab province was found shot dead late Friday at a government hostel in Lahore, police and Christian rights advocates confirmed early Saturday.

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A young Christian woman alleges she was abducted at gunpoint and forced to convert to Islam and marry a Muslim man four years ago after meeting him through her job at a beauty salon in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province. Now in her 20s, she fled this month and is in hiding with her young daughter, fearing retaliation.

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A Christian sanitation worker in eastern Pakistan has alleged he was brutally beaten while performing municipal cleaning duties in what advocacy groups describe as part of mounting pressure on Christians in the Muslim-majority nation.

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Christians in Pakistan’s industrial city of Gujranwala expressed fears of renewed violence after a Christian family’s ancestral home was allegedly taken over by a Muslim lawyer who accused the homeowner of blasphemy, sources told Worthy News.

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A 33-year-old man in eastern Uganda was allegedly killed by his Muslim father after converting to Christianity, local sources said, in what church leaders describe as part of a broader pattern of faith-related violence in the African nation.

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Christian advocacy groups have expressed alarm over what they describe as a sharp rise in arrests and mistreatment of Christians in Iran, particularly converts, accusing the Islamic Republic of increasingly using national security laws to suppress religious dissent.

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Christians in Pakistan’s Punjab province were searching Thursday for an abducted minor girl, days after the provincial governor signed legislation raising the legal marriage age to 18 and criminalizing child marriage as a non-bailable offense.

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As Ramadan, deemed a holy month by Muslims, began Wednesday, advocates warned that Christians and other religious minorities in parts of South Asia face potentially deadly consequences from blasphemy accusations amplified by social media and mob violence.

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A series of alleged attacks and harassment targeting Christian communities in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, including at least one fatal assault, has raised renewed concern about the safety of religious minorities, advocacy group LEAD Ministries said.

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The United States is preparing to deploy roughly 200 American troops to Nigeria in the coming weeks to assist in counterterrorism efforts, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.

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Christian rights campaigners have welcomed Friday’s landmark decision by Pakistan’s Punjab province to criminalize child marriage by setting 18 as the minimum legal age for marriage. However, the killing of a Pakistani Christian shopkeeper in the same province cast a shadow over the celebrations.

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Two pastors in eastern Uganda who were reportedly attacked by a group of Muslim extremists have been discharged from a hospital and are continuing to recover at home, Worthy News learned Sunday.

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A court in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is due to hear further evidence Wednesday in the rape case of a 14-year-old Christian girl, as separate allegations of violence against two Christian boys have renewed concerns about the safety of minority children in the Muslim-majority country.

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Hungarian Methodist pastor Gábor Iványi told a Budapest court he would rather “accept a prison sentence than admit guilt” in what he considers a politically motivated case ahead of Hungary’s parliamentary elections.

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Despite what advocates describe as decades of persecution, discrimination, and insecurity, Pakistan’s Christians remain steadfast in their faith and committed to peaceful coexistence, a leading Christian rights advocate said Friday.

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A Christian pastor in southern Mexico has been expelled from his village after refusing to participate in rituals linked to traditional religious practices, Christians told Worthy News on Thursday.

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Several Christian families in Pakistan’s Punjab province were recovering from injuries Sunday after what they described as “targeted attacks” by suspected Islamic extremists, reflecting broader pressure on Christians and other minorities in the Muslim-majority nation.

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A Christian pastor detained in Nicaragua since July 2025 has been released from prison but placed under house arrest along with five other Christian believers, Worthy News established on Thursday.

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This February, nine Fulani herdsmen went on trial for their role in organizing the June 2025 Benue massacre, which killed more than 270 Christians. The judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja brought 57 counts against them. The leader of the group, Ardo Lawal Mohammed Dono, and eight other Fulani tribal leaders — each…

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According to a report published earlier this year by Mission Eurasia, a parachurch ministry dedicated to equipping churches in and around Ukraine, Russian forces have damaged or destroyed at least 737 religious buildings since the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022. While the majority were churches, mosques, synagogues, and other religious sites were attacked…

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By Dr. Greg Cochran, ICC Fellow  Nigeria’s continued presence on the Countries of Particular Concern list is a good sign that religious liberty still motivates the American soul. Beyond this, Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) teamed up with Rep. Riley Moore (R-W.Va.) to introduce the Nigeria Religious Freedom and Accountability Act of 2026 in the U.S. House of Representatives.  In response to this action, Religious Freedom…

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About 70 residents visited the HKBP Kulim Jaya Church in Riau, Indonesia, on Feb. 25 to demand a stop to its renovations. Twenty locals entered the church and requested permits, expressing concerns about the legality of the construction. Armien, the leader of Lubuk Batu Jaya District, confirmed the confrontation and said he would mediate between…

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By Pieter Vermeulen, ICC Board Member In much of the Western world, believers are not imprisoned for their faith. They are not dragged before courts or threatened with violence. Yet many quietly endure another form of suffering; one that is harder to name and often more isolating: resistance, marginalization, and spiritual control from within the…

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By Dr. Greg Cochran, ICC Fellow The recent arrest of former CNN anchor Don Lemon reignited the debate regarding immigration enforcement in Minnesota. The arrest — because it happened as a result of protest activities at Cities Church in St. Paul — has forced Christians to consider the position their churches ought to take on…

The post A Persecution Perspective in the St. Paul Protests first appeared on International Christian Concern.

On Sunday, Jan. 18, Pastor Jagadish Mishra prepared to lead a worship service at his home in Odisha, India, with his wife and their 8-year-old daughter. With nearly 30 Christians present, a mob of 50 angry Hindu nationalists stormed into the pastor’s home and started brutally beating him. As Mishra fell to the ground, members…

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A mob of Hindu nationalists in central India attacked a Christian family after the family refused to deny Christ. The incident occurred on Feb. 26 in the village of Erramangi in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district. The family lost their home and their belongings during the attack, forcing them to live on the streets. According to a…

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An Acehnese pastor, Dedi Saputra, has been detained by investigators with the Aceh Regional Police. The arrest was made after Saputra allegedly shared content on social media that authorities stated was hate speech and seen as insulting to Islam, which received widespread attention and elicited a public response. Operating under the alias Dedi Murtaddin on…

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China’s National People’s Congress — a nearly 3,000-member legislative body that would be unwieldy if not for its near-unanimous voting record — is set to meet Thursday to kick off this year’s legislative session and unveil the country’s policy priorities for the next five years. After a decade under President Xi Jinping’s rule, the event…

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In November 2025, a Nigerien pastor was abducted by Islamists in the middle of the night, driven across the nearby border into Nigeria and taken to a remote area. His captors told him they had brought him to a place where they regularly executed Christians and said they were going to kill him as well. They tied him to a tree and then went to sleep. As they slept, the pastor untied himself and escaped.

A front-line worker requests prayer for "divine connections" in sharing the gospel with Muslims. The current spiritual climate in the Middle East is causing many Muslims to seek truth in the Christian faith, but sharing the gospel with them can be risky. "In most countries in the Middle East, it is forbidden to evangelize or pass out tracts in public, with significant risks if caught," the worker said.

In the crackdown against Chengdu Early Rain Covenant Church that began on Jan. 6, 2026, the children of the affected families have been left especially vulnerable. Elder Li Yingqiang and his wife, Zhang Xinyue, were apprehended by police in an early morning raid on their home and have remained in detention. Li Yingqiang has since been charged with "inciting subversion of state power"; charges against Zhang Xinyue have not been disclosed yet. Their two children, ages 11 and 14, were also taken into police custody in the raid and spent the night alone and frightened before they were released into their grandmother's care.

Brother Wybo served persecuted Christians for decades as part of Open Doors with Brother Andrew. Andrew, the author of God's Smuggler, had a passion for Bible distribution and didn't shy from taking necessary risks to get God's Word into hostile areas and restricted nations. While serving with Open Doors, Wybo created the World Watch List which tracks countries where Christians face the most restrictions and persecution. Now he's led in the creation of a new list which tracks how difficult it is for Christians around the world to access Bibles. The Bible Access List tracks nations where governments attempt to stop Bible distribution, like Afghanistan, and also countries like India where Bibles may be legal but many Christians don't have access because of economic realities, supply issues or other reasons. Wybo hopes that creating a list that includes nations facing both Bible restrictions and Bible shortages will motivate Christians to pray and get involved in helping meet the need. He will share what surprised him most during his research and what formats of Bibles Christians around the world are asking for. He also shares how partnerships are key to meeting the need. Brother Wybo also shares what he's learned from persecuted believers over decades of serving them, and how a trip to distribute Bibles in Ethiopia, one of the top five countries with a Bible shortage, encouraged him as he had the privilege of giving believers their own copy of God's Word. February is Bible Month at VOM, and you can help deliver Bibles to persecuted Christians. The VOM App for your smartphone or tablet will help you pray daily in 2026 for persecuted Christians in nations like North Korea, Nigeria, Iran, and Bangladesh, as well as provide free access to e-books, audiobooks, video content, and feature films. Download the VOM App for your iOS or Android device today.

Villagers in Chhattisgarh state reacted violently against local Christians who buried a non-Christian man on their property. The burial of Chamru Ram Salam on Dec. 16, 2025, was conducted according to the rites of a traditional tribal religion. However, because half of Salam's family, including three of his five sons, are Christian, the mob called the burial an insult to their deities. More than 500 villagers with wooden sticks and slingshots attacked mourners at the grave. Several people were injured, and the family and other Christians fled the village for weeks.

Christian workers in South Korea have developed specific strategies to aid and show Christ's love to newly arrived North Korean defectors. Pray for Mrs. R., one of these new arrivals, who was so moved by the care shown to her that she is already taking steps to visit and minister to other new North Korean defectors. Pray also for Mrs. G., a North Korean defector with serious health difficulties who has experienced God through the kindness of Christians and is now taking steps to read the Bible.

At least 64 Algerian Christians are awaiting trial for activities related to their faith. "Pray for justice and mercy for all 64 cases," said a front-line worker. He also asked that people pray for the Christians and their families to sense God's peace, to be strengthened and to not lose heart.

After months in prison for sharing the gospel with Hindus, Pastor Paul's health was failing. He offered a desperate prayer: he asked God to allow another pastor to be arrested who could come to the prison and encourage Paul.  "Lord, arrest one pastor and bring him to be in prison so we can have fellowship." God answered Paul's prayer, and four days later, he read in the newspaper that a pastor had been arrested. Two weeks later, that pastor was with Paul in the prison, and he brought him great encouragement: "My church has been praying for you!" After his fellow pastor arrived to the prison, Paul says his tired faith became, "like concrete." They began to pray together in prison. Soon, other prisoners were asking for prayer. The two pastors would often raise their hands in prayer, claiming spiritual victory. When prison guards asked what they were doing, the two pastors said, "We are praying for you!" The two pastors had the opportunity to pray with 70 other prisoners who came to them asking for prayer and to know more about Jesus. One of those was an American prisoner named Daniel. He went to India on a quest for spiritual enlightenment; inside that Indian prison, Daniel found what he sought—in Christ. You'll also hear how the Lord moved pastor Paul's wife to bring his bail application to the Supreme Court, and how God answered their prayers that a specific judge would hear his case. Hear how you can pray specifically for Pastor Paul, including that all charges against him will be dropped, and go to www.PrisonerAlert.com to learn how you can pray for other persecuted Christians still imprisoned for their faith. The VOM App for your smartphone or tablet will help you pray daily in 2026 for persecuted Christians in nations like North Korea, Nigeria, Iran and Bangladesh, as well as provide free access to e-books, audiobooks, video content, and feature films. Download the VOM App for your iOS or Android device today.

The survivor of a 2013 church bombing has been hospitalized after medical complications. On Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013, two suicide bombers entered the All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan, and detonated their devices, killing 127 people and injuring more than 250. One survivor was a 3-year-old girl known as Sister M. Her father was killed in the explosions, and she suffered serious burns. After the bombing, the global body of Christ helped her family with housing and other needs, including multiple surgeries and skin grafts for Sister M.

On Jan. 6, 2026, members of the Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, China, were subjected to a large-scale crackdown that involved searches of multiple church sites and homes. According to information released by the church and verified by multiple sources, several church elders, preachers, deacons and their family members were detained. The whereabouts of some individuals has been preliminarily confirmed while others remained unreachable. Among those arrested or detained are elder Li Yingqiang and his wife, Zhang Xinyue; preacher Dai Zhichao; the family of Brother Ye Fenghua; elder Yan Hong; preacher Wu Wuqing; and deacon Zeng Qingtao. Local police officers also appeared at a school operated by the church and ordered the landlord to clear the facility.

(Beijing – March 5, 2026) At the opening of the “Two Sessions” on Tuesday, China’s legislature began deliberating a draft law aimed at reshaping the nation’s ethnic landscape. The bill, titled the Law on Ethnic Unity and Progress is viewed by legal experts and human rights observers as a major shift in Beijing’s ethnic policy, […]

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(Washington – March 5, 2026) The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) officially released its 2026 Annual Report yesterday (4th). The report summarizes global religious freedom trends in 2025 and emphasizes that the Chinese government continues to implement “systematic, ongoing, and egregious” human rights violations. The Commission strongly recommends that the U.S. government […]

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(Astana, Kazakhstan – March 3, 2026) In Kazakh culture, korimdik is a centuries-old tradition of warmth: relatives or friends welcome a newborn, and people give a small cash gift to share in the joy of a new life. However, for Kapar Akhat, this 20,000 tenge (approximately 45 USD) congratulatory gift has become the latest piece […]

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(Geneva — March 3, 2026) When she stepped onto the podium at the 18th Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy, Grace Jin Drexel carried a double burden: one was the child growing within her, the other her father, thousands of miles away, imprisoned behind iron bars. Her father, Ezra Jin (金明日), is no ordinary […]

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(Japan – March 3, 2026) Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka Prefecture terminated its cooperation with China in October 2025, closing its Confucius Institute. The university described the move as a “developmental dissolution,” noting that the “Asia Center,” established in 2023, already covers Chinese-language and other Asian-language education, leading to overlapping functions. The university said the […]

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(Beihai – March 3, 2026) Behind the cold iron bars of the Beihai Detention Center in Guangxi, Pastor Ezra Jin (金明日) spent a Spring Festival without dumplings. As an individual with diabetes, the only consolation during the holiday was the detention center’s allowance to purchase 200 yuan worth of sweets, despite the potential risk this […]

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(Tokyo – February 27, 2026) On Monday, February 23, the second international forum “China’s Human Rights Abuses Unreported by the Media” (メディアが報じない中国人権弾圧), jointly organized by Japan’s Happiness Realization Party and Federation for a Democratic China, was held in Tokyo. The forum aimed to expose the severe human rights situation and the current plight of religious […]

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(Tokyo – February 25, 2026) The second international forum, “China’s Human Rights Abuses Unreported by the Media” (Japanese: メディアが報じない中国人権弾圧), focusing on human rights issues under the Chinese Communist Party, was held on February 23, 2026, at the conference center of Hibiya Library and Museum in Tokyo. Dr. Bob Fu, founder of ChinaAid, was invited to […]

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(Tokyo, Japan – February 24, 2026) The second International Forum on “China’s Human Rights Abuses Unreported by the Media” (Japanese title: 第2回国際フォーラム「メディアが報じない中国人権弾圧」) was successfully held on February 23, 2026 (Monday, a Japanese national holiday) at the conference center in Hibiya Library and Museum in Tokyo. The forum was organized by the Happiness Realization Party (幸福実現党), […]

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(Chengdu, Sichuan — February 18, 2026) Human rights defender Chen Yunfei (陈云飞), who served an eight-year prison term and was released last year, has once again fallen into a life-threatening situation. In response to a violent assault that occurred in early January this year, Chen Yunfei and his legal representative, lawyer Lu Siwei (卢思位), recently […]

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