India: Christian Families Displaced from Village After Refusing to Recant Faith
According to local sources, 13 Christian families in India’s Odisha state have been displaced from their home village since January after they refused to recant their Christian faith.
India: Gujarat State Passes New Anti-Conversion Law
The Bharathiya Janatha Party (BJP) led government of Gujarat has passed a new law regulating religious conversions and criminalizing forced religious conversions. The new law amends the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act 2003 and has been championed by local BJP politicians as the state’s ‘Love Jihad’ law.
Nigeria: Kidnapped Pastor Killed
Fifty-year-old Frederick Ojo Aramuwa, from Ifira Akoko Ondo state, Nigeria, was found dead days after he was kidnapped by unknown gunmen, and having his family pay $5,000 in ransom.
Nigeria: Christians Abducted from Bus in North-Central Region
Christians in Kaduna state, Nigeria suspect Muslim Fulani herdsmen were behind the kidnapping of eight Christians from a bus in the southern part of the state on Friday.
Pakistan: Another Christian Girl Kidnapped, Forcibly Converted
Thirteen year old, Shakaina Masih was abducted in February in Lahore, Pakistan and forced to marry her abductor and convert to Muslim. Parents continue to fight for her lawful return.
India: Christian Mother of Three Beaten, Driven from Home
A Christian woman and her three children have been outcast from their village for rejecting tribal rituals and now live in a doorless shed in the woods and cut off from basic necessities like water. When contacted, police said woman should have been beaten to death for leaving tribal religion.
India: Christians Seriously Injured in Mob Assault on House Church
A mob armed with axes and thick wooden batons in central India disrupted a home worship service and beat and threatened Christians for leaving their ancestral tribal religion this month. Eight were injured and five of them hospitalized, including two women and a pastor.
India: Another Christian Worship Service Brutally Attacked by Radicals in Southern Region
On January 31, a mob of radical Hindu nationalists attacked a Christian worship service in southern India. As a result of the attack, 28 Christians were injured, including six that required hospitalization.
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Islamists Attack Christian Communities, Killing Over 100
Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a rebel group whose primary aim is to assault, kidnap, and kill Christians, is believed to be responsible for a series of attacks in Christian villages that took place throughout the month.
Kenya: Christians Fearful After Five Church Buildings Burned
Arsonists set five church buildings on fire and threw feces on the charred structures from Jan. 20 to Jan. 24 in a village in western Kenya, sources said.
India: Pregnant Christian Woman Loses Baby After Hindu Extremist Attack
Leela Bai, eight months pregnant, rushed outside a house she was visiting in central India after hearing the commotion of a Hindu mob attacking tribal Christians preparing to celebrate the New Year. Before she knew it, she was pushed to the ground and the mob began kicking her.
India: Three Pastors Jailed on Forced Conversion Charges
Three Christian pastors were arrested and jailed on forced conversion charges after attending a prayer meeting in a home. According to sources, six Christians, including the pastors, were attacked and taken to local police by a mob of radical Hindus.
Pakistan: Attacked Christian Nurse Charged with Blasphemy
Staff members of the hospital in Karachi slapped, beat and locked nurse Tabeeta Nazir Gill, 42, in a room after baselessly accusing her of blaspheming Islam. Police initially dropped charges then succumbed to pressure from an angry mob.
Nigeria: Christian Leaders Killed in Middle Belt Region
Mayhem continued in Nigeria as suspected Fulani herdsmen burned down the venue of a planned Christian conference in Kaduna state last week and earlier killed two clergymen in the country’s Middle Belt.
Vietnam: Christian Imprisoned for Trumped Up Charge Returns Home
Arrested for illegally logging and destroying the forest when he escaped there from persecution in his village, Sung A Khua spent two and a half years in prison before finally being released.