Islamic State (IS) has banned all Christians from leaving its self-declared capital Raqqa and placed them under house arrest, a monitoring agency claims. Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently, a group ...
Christians are being forced to hide their faith in refugee camps after suffering abuse from other religious groups, it is claimed. Reports from refugee camps in Europe are suggesting some Chris...
A number of Christians are thought to have been on board a bus in Kenya which was hijacked by Islamic militants. Al Shabab extremists shot 28 people dead after they were unable to read a passage from...
Christians and Muslims turned out in their thousands to attend the lighting of the giant Christmas tree outside the Church of the Nativity in the traditional bi Dignitaries also attended the popular ...
After two years of religious conflict, voters in the Central African Republic (CAR) are going to the polls. The elections have been repeatedly postponed by authorities because of viol...
Christians and Muslims have led one another blindfolded around an obstacle course to try and help build trust in the Central African Republic amid an on-going c More than a dozen men and women were l...
Almost 30 Christians are believed to have been arrested after police raided a prayer meeting in Saudi Arabia. It is reported that the 28, including women and children, have not been seen or...
Four Christians who were arrested in Nepal's Dang Deukhuri District for sharing their faith - an act that was criminalised in the country two years ago, have no The believers were taken into police c...
Four Christian women have been released from custody in India after being arrested accused of forcing others to convert. They were charged after distributing religious leaflets in the south west stat...
Three Iranian Christians have been arrested in the city of Rasht (above) in Gilan province in Iran. Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) report that two of them, Mr Babak Hosseinzadeh and Mr Behnam A...
Reports from Sudan suggest that several pastors and other Christians have been detained following a spate of church demolitions in the country. It is believed the demolitions and burning of places of...
A Christian anti-persecution group has criticised local authorities in Laos for reportedly arresting seven believers for holding a religious meeting. Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) claims ...
Christians have attacked an art exhibition in Moscow depicting a naked sculpture Jesus Christ and images of John the Baptist. Members of God's Will, a right-wing Christian group, led by self-proclaim...
A Coptic Christian community in an Egyptian village has been attacked over an alleged Facebook post that compared the Prophet Muhammed to Jesus Christ. Muslim villagers reportedly accused 35-year-old...
Christians in Sierra Leone have been given permission to break a three day lockdown that will see most of the population confined to their houses in an attempt The country's government has said Chri...
A group of Christians have reportedly been beaten and threatened with death as they gathered to pray in southern India. According to religious freedom charity Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), be...
Christians in India are being increasingly being attacked and branded as "anti-Indian", a Christian charity has revealed. A church leader and partner of Open Doors, told the religious freedom charity...
Human rights organisation International Christian Concern (ICC) has expressed concern after it learned a church in Egypt was recently the target of a mob attack ICC said around noon on 22nd December,...
A Christian humanitarian charity has pleaded for an end to anti-Muslim attacks in Sri Lanka, calling the riots a "big blow to reconciliation" in the country. Catholic Agency for Overseas Development ...
Christians have added their voices to international calls asking for an investigation into the bombing of a hospital. The charity Christian Aid has joined calls for a special commission to be set up ...
