In response to mass killings and violent attacks against Christians in Nigeria, the U.S. Department of State announced that the United States will restrict visas for Nigerians who have participated in or supported violations of religious freedom, a restriction that could also apply to family members in some cases.
Amid a rash of mass kidnappings in Nigeria, an Anglican priest in Nigeria abducted along with his wife and daughter has died in captivity, leaders of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion announced on Wednesday (Nov. 26).
Twenty-four schoolgirls abducted in northwest Nigeria were released Sunday following a security operation. Their kidnapping was one of several mass abductions across the country over the previous week that have left hundreds still missing.
This Christmas, as we gather in safety and joy in America, let us remember those who gather in danger and uncertainty.
Fifty Nigerian schoolchildren who were abducted last week from a Catholic school in Niger state have escaped from captivity and returned home, according to school authorities. The remaining 253 children and 12 teachers are still missing in one of the country's largest mass abductions.
President Donald Trump reiterated his frustration regarding the violence against Christians in Nigeria over the weekend as his administration pushes to work with the Nigerian government to deter terrorists in the West African country.
Two Christian families in India’s Chhattisgarh state were denied the right to bury deceased relatives in their native villages. In both incidents, locals blocked access to burial plots and insisted on Hindu rites as a condition for entry, forcing the families to travel elsewhere to perform final rites.
In many ways, the Armenian government’s policy towards the Church today is a return to the Soviet blueprint of repression and state control.
Rights activists have urged the European Union to investigate widespread human rights violations in Pakistan, including persecution of religious minorities, ahead of a review that starts Monday.
Leaders of a Chinese house church have been arrested for purportedly “illegally using information networks” in what looks to be part of a broader crackdown by the CCP on non-state-sanctioned Christian denominations.
