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Christians take to streets to protest lack of justice 2 years after Jaranwala attacks
Two years after Islamist attacks on Christians in the Jaranwala area in Punjab Province, Pakistan, hopes for justice are dimming amid the ongoing sabotage of prosecution efforts, advocates say.

Amnesty International calls for freeing of 11 Christians imprisoned in Libya
Amnesty International this week called for the annulment of the convictions of 11 Christians in Libya sentenced to prison under charges ranging from “insulting Islam” to calling for changes in principles of the constitution by promoting Christianity.

Christians, religious minorities decry Pakistan's rampant discrimination at national march
A human rights advocate is calling on Pakistan's Parliament to address the alarming increase in false blasphemy allegations against Christians and other religious minorities.

Pakistan allows Christian woman to remove Islam as her religion in years-long battle over ID card
In a rare development, a high court in Pakistan ordered the government to issue a new identity card reflecting a woman’s conversion from Islam to Christianity.

17 Christians killed by Fulani extremists in Nigeria's Plateau state
Fulani herdsmen on Monday morning killed a Christian woman in a village in Plateau state, Nigeria, the latest of 17 Christians slain in the area since July 15, sources said.

Christian boy held captive, forced to convert to Islam by Muslim employer
The Muslim employer of a Christian boy forcibly converted him to Islam and is holding him captive, the family’s attorney said.

Christian in Nigeria pray for relief as gov’t fails to stop killings
Terrorism-scarred Christians in Nigeria are praying for God’s intervention as they await help from the government and the international community.

Christian accused of blasphemy after calling out Muslim shopkeeper’s fraud
Police in Pakistan arrested and charged a 60-year-old Catholic man with blasphemy after he accused a Muslim shopkeeper of overcharging him, sources said.

Family of Muslim man who raped 14-year-old Christian girl pressure parents to drop charges
Relatives of a Pakistani Muslim man who raped a 14-year-old Christian girl are threatening her family to compel them to drop the charges.

Christian woman raped in Pakistan says police slapped her, ordered her not to file report
Police in Pakistan have delayed registering a complaint by a Catholic woman gang-raped by three Muslim men in front of her 3-year-old daughter and are pressuring her to withdraw the case, she said.



















