According to unofficial counts, the Christian governor of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, is heading for a tough run-off against a Muslim opponent, following a divisive election campaign marred by religious intolerance and racial bigotry. Yesterday, 15th February, more than 13,000 polling stations
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WIth the cease fire in Syria barely holidng, a senior UN official working there has warned of a “looming humanitarian catastrophe” in four besieged towns, and called on all players in the conflict to allow safe passage for life-saving aid to
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Sunday, 12th February, marked Red Hand Day, also known as the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers, and the charity World Vision used the day to urge the UK government to make protection for the world’s 250,000 child
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On February 6th, the Pakistani National Assembly passed a law amending some criminal laws. For the first time, sectarianism, mass lynching and forced conversions will be punished, and the explicit aim of the legislation is to improve the conditions of
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More than 60 South Korean Christians are being expelled from China after helping North Korean defectors. Authorities have accused them of “missionary” activities – illegal under China’s strict restrictions on religious involvement. “These persons were engaged in missionary activities in
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Scores of people have been killed in Afghanistan and Pakistan by heavy snow and avalanches that hit mountainous areas in the region, officials said. More than 100 people have been killed across Afghanistan, including 50 in Nuristan province, officials said on
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Since October last year, Myanmar’s security forces have been committing mass killings and gang rapes of Rohingya Muslims and burning down villages in a campaign that likely amounts to crimes against humanity and possibly ethnic cleansing, according to the United
Read moreEarlier this week, various reports surfaced saying that a Senate committee in Pakistan wanted to examine the blasphemy law and look at any changes needed so that the law would be less abused. However, since word got out about re-examining
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Churches are facing and increase in serious threats in Turkey, where hate speech against Christians in social and conventional media has increased and Church leaders are being deported, according to the country’s Association of Protestant Churches. https://pray.interserve.org/growing-pressure-against-turkish-christians/ The findings come
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As students gathered for a Bible class in Hanoi, Vietnam, security forces arrived and arrested the assembled believers. On January 23rd, Pastor Nguyen (not his real name) reported that “Last week we were arrested by Hanoi security during our Bible
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