India: Four BJP-Ruled States Consider Enacting Anti-Conversion Laws
In November, India’s Uttar Pradesh state enacted the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, championed by the BJP to stop what it viewed as widespread illegal religious conversions.
Pakistan: Christian Acquitted of Blasphemy after Eleven Years in Prison
A Christian who spent nearly 11 years in solitary confinement over a false allegation of desecrating the Koran was set to walk free after a high court this week overturned his conviction.
Uganda: Muslim Forces Christian Wife to Drink Pesticide
A Christian woman was poisoned and beaten unconscious by her Muslim husband upon his learning of her conversion to Christianity. Neighbors found the 38-year-old mother of three covered in vomit and blood in a nearby banana field.
India: Pastor Locked in Room and Left to Die
Pastor Shelton Vishwanathan was attacked by radical Hindus while handing out gospel tracts in Tiryani village, in Bihar state’s Sheohar District, knocking him out and locking him in a room for dead. Rescued by an elderly woman “sent from God,” the pastor is back home with his family.
Laos: Christians Return Home Yet Banned from Rebuilding Homes
Seven Lao Christians who were evicted from their homes in October for not renouncing their faith, have finally returned to their village to find their houses demolished and their rights to rebuild violated.
India: U.S. State Department Elects to Ignore Religious Freedom Violations
The U.S. State Department announced the list of “Countries of Particular Concern” for ongoing and egregious violation of religious freedom, omitting India despite its history of persecution.
Washington, D.C.: U.S. House of Representatives Calls for the Global Repeal of Blasphemy, Heresy, and Apostasy Laws
The U.S. House of Representatives has adopted House Resolution 512, calling for the global repeal of blasphemy, heresy, and apostasy laws, sending a clear message to the world that the U.S. stands for religious freedom.
India: Christians in Hiding after Brutal Mob Attack in Central Region
Several families are in hiding after tribal animists in Chhattisgarh state threatened to kill them for reporting a mob attack to police last week that sent 21 Christians to hospitals.
Pakistan: Police Find Christian Girl Chained in Kidnapper’s Home
A Catholic family’s five-month search for their 12-year-old daughter who was kidnapped, forcibly converted to Islam and married to a 45-year-old Muslim, ended when police found her chained in her abductor’s house.
Nigeria: Boko Haram Kills 110 Farmers in Single Day
Boko Haram killed 110 farmers who were working in their fields on November 28, resulting in the largest and deadliest by the group in all of 2020, especially against civilians.
Nigeria: Christians Killed in Central and Southwestern Region
Fulani herdsmen attacks on predominantly Christian communities in Kaduna state killed seven Christians, two days after a pastor was slain in southwestern Nigeria.
Democratic Republic of Congo: Jihadist Militants Slaughter Christians
Suspected members of an insurgent jihadist group slaughtered 20 Christians in villages in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), including one pastor’s wife and four children.
Pakistan: Christian Teen Escapes Abductors and Returns to Family
According to local reports, a Christian teen from Pakistan’s Punjab province has recently returned to her family after being abducted and abused by a group of Muslim men.
Indonesia: Terrorist Burns Church, Christian Homes Killing Four
An alleged terrorist attacked the Salvation Army’s service post in central Sulawesi, before burning six houses of church members. Four Christians were murdered; three butchered and one burned to death.
Uganda: Pastor, Two Christian Boys Killed in Islamist Attacks
Relatives of a former sheikh in eastern Uganda who refused to renounce Christ killed his 6-year-old son, two days after Islamists in the western part of the country ambushed and killed a pastor and his 12-year-old son.