The Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa finds that Christians were the largest group of victims, with over 16,700 deaths.
“As churches, we mourn with the families and pray for them”, said German Christian leaders. The murder of 3 people has added fuel to the political fight over migration.
Attackers “burned the evangelical church, took the land, stole their cattle and destroyed the homes of 13 Christians”, pastors in the region denounce.
Chinantec evangelicals attacked for having a chosen religious identity that goes against the traditional one are denied their constitutional rights by Oaxacan officials.
“Due to the threats, many Christians refused to stand as witnesses in court”, says one of the residents who filed a complaint. 11 more persons accused of blasphemy have lost their lives in the past 18 months.
Residents said herdsmen also attacked other predominantly Christian villages in the Ukum area in the past three months
Christians discuss the recent unrest on an online roundtable. Over 400 people were arrested across the UK due to the disorders.
The victims are farmers and were working when 20 heavily armed assailants attacked. One of the Christians was shot and his hands was shattered.
Throughout the centuries, Christianity and the Olympic Games have had an ambivalent relationship. For good reasons. But today Christians have come to see major sports gatherings as God-given opportunities for evangelism.
A Christian perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Evangelicals denounce that Nigerian government “has failed to protect civilians, most particularly Christians, from the increase of brutal acts of violence”.
At least 53 people died in demonstrations against the new economic plan. “It is time we all genuinely reach out to each other”, say evangelical leaders.
The Anglican Church of Pakistan welcomes an initiative that will “pave the way for unified action on forced conversions of underage girls and misuse of the blasphemy laws”.
In the last month, mobs lynched a Muslim resident, and beat a 74-year-old Christian with stones, accusing them of breaking blasphemy laws.
Gunmen fire two orthodox churches, a synagogue and a police post, killing 16 policemen and 5 civilians including a priest.
Daniel Ortega’s objective is to cancel Nicaragua’s civil society including churches that refuse to be subservient to the regime.
Many in the country express grief after Natalie Lloyd, Davy Lloyd and Jude Montis were murdered by gang members as they were returning from church.
The widow said her husband’s employers tortured him because they wrongly suspected he had stolen goats from their farm. He died 10 days later.
Christians who were forced to leave their homes and are now penalised in a decision that violates human rights protections under Mexican law.
A drunk man shouted anti-Christian slogans as he tried to enter the building. The police arrested him after he smashed a window.
The world’s most populated country is in the midst of a key general election. “People are afraid that there will be no more elections afterwards”, says an evangelical.
The ‘I am a Guardian’ movement celebrated its tenth anniversary with its annual training on how to prevent and address child and adolescent abuse.
Dozens of other Christians were wounded and received treatment in hospitals, sources in the area said.
The polls in the most popullated country in the world show another victory for the Hindutva nationalism of Narendra Modi. “Religious freedom is important and under threat”, say evangelicals.
Evangelicals in the area suffer persecution since 2016, with physical attacks, property destruction, looting, jail, and a ban of the use of water wells and schooling their children.
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