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Hundreds of Christians killed in 3 weeks of attacks in Nigerian county; 28 churches destroyed
At least 300 Christians have been massacred in one county of Plateau state, Nigeria since mid-May, including the killing of two pastors on Sunday, sources said.
Pastors jailed, churches closed in India amid false allegations of forced conversion
Having spent a month in jail on baseless charges before his release on bail, Pastor R. Kirubendran was baffled at hostilities from police, media and villagers after serving a community in northern India without problem for several years.
Dozens of Christians killed in Nigeria by extremist herdsmen
A Roman Catholic catechist and his wife were among dozens of Christians killed in central Nigeria’s Benue state last month, a local official said.
Pastor among 43 Christians killed by herdsman in Nigeria; homes destroyed
Fulani herdsmen killed a church pastor, his wife and 41 other people in an attack last month on two predominantly Christian villages in Nasarawa state, Nigeria, sources said.
Christian man sentenced to death in Pakistan after 'baseless' blasphemy conviction
A court in Bahawalpur on Tuesday handed the death penalty to a 22-year-old Christian on an unsubstantiated conviction under the country’s blasphemy laws, sources said.
Christian woman caught reading Bible starved by Muslim husband, left for dead at wild animal park
A Muslim upset with his wife’s conversion to Christianity in western Uganda denied her food and left her in a national park with wild animals, she said.
Christian mother of 5 held hostage, beaten by police and Muslim employer in Pakistan
A Christian housecleaner in Pakistan was beaten and illegally confined for a week by her Muslim employers after she tried to leave her job due to pregnancy, she said.
Christians shot, injured in Sudan; Bible school bombed
Among attacks on church buildings and mosques in Sudan after fighting broke out within the Sudanese military last month, a priest and other Christians were reportedly shot and injured in at least one assault with apparent anti-Christian motives.
Christian teens charged with blasphemy in Pakistan, could face death penalty
Babar Sandhu Masih was resting after lunch last Thursday afternoon when he heard a commotion outside his house in the Qurban Lines neighborhood of Lahore, Pakistan.
Indonesian authorities reduce blasphemy charge for official who ordered Christians to stop worshiping
Authorities have reduced a blasphemy charge to one of mere “intrusion” for an official on western Indonesia’s Sumatra Island who broke up a worship service. Church leaders in Indonesia said such leniency would never be granted to a Christian who broke up mosque prayers and appealed for equal treatment under Indonesian law.