The church leaders have already spent years in prison. The European Parliament condemns the “systematic repression” of Christians and other minorities in the country.

The federation of Spanish municipalities seeks to bring awareness-raising, training and dialogue with faith groups in local contexts to Europe. It is a two-year EU-funded project in collaboration with universities.

Among evangelicals, 17% say they experienced some kind of religious discrimination. Daniela Baumann of the Swiss Evangelical Alliance analyses the latest official data.

The new Brussels representative of the European Evangelical Alliance shares her vision in an interview. “Evangelical Christians are called to balance religious freedom while maintaining authentic expressions of biblical faith”, she says.

The takes effect on 1 February. Religious communities now need at least 500 adult members to be legal. Any activity on a public place must be notified and may be banned.

Salwan Momika was at the centre of an international controversy in 2023 with Islamic countries calling for limits on free speech in Sweden. “Islamists often play according to other rules”, laments Olof Edsinger of the Evangelical Alliance.

Christians were tortured and accused of theft. The Sudanese Christian Youth Union asserted that the accusations were false.

We must call on Europe to make a critical assessment of the results of its policy of renouncing the biblical worldview. We must offer hope for revitalisation.

We attended the Open Doors press conference in Madrid to get the stories and context of the most widely cited report on persecution of Christians globally.

North Korea heads the new Open Doors ranking. North African countries such as Morocco and Algeria appear on the list. “If we lose religious freedom, then all other freedoms fall”.

More than 400 influential Christian leaders and 30 church groups sent an urgent appeal the last week of December to the president and the prime minister of India.

Users of Facebook, Instagram should now be even more careful when using social media. Meta no longer wants to rely on fact-checkers in future. A perspective from Europe.

Meta removes fact-checkers and replaces them with so-called ‘community notes’. “We are going to restore freedom of speech”, he says.

The family decided to keep their faith secret for fear of Muslims of the area, since the father was a committee member in one of the mosques.

A report of FEREDE denounces obstacles to the opening new places of worship, discrimination and the lack of a solution for retired pastors without pensions.

Peacebuilding and advocacy are complementary, sometimes intertwined disciplines. After all, there can be no true peace without justice.

In January, the state Duma will discuss a law that would end all religious activity in residential buildings. Orthodox Church, Catholic Church and Adventists also oppose an initiative that “creates ground for interfaith conflicts”.

The German-speaking evangelical alliances, the IIRF and the ISHR, launch yearbooks on religious freedom and persecution against Christians.

With a large evangelical presence, politicians, intellectuals and social activists held the Transatlantic Summit for freedom and the culture of life in Madrid.

A panel discussion at the EU Parliament analyses the challenges of religious freedom in Europe. The European Prayer Breakfast was held before with around 450 guests.

Christians say that “the Cuban state refuses to open spaces for the exercise of fundamental rights”, and denounce the application of heavy fines to religious leaders.

A Christian was ambushed and killed, days after another Christian and his mother were slain.Spike in violence in central part of country continues.

The Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe reports at least 2,444 anti-Christian hate crimes in 35 European countries in 2023.

The Swedish, European and World Evangelical Alliances sent a joint report on asylum seekers, conscientious objection, and hate speech, among other issues.

Christians protested against an anti-discrimination law that would restrict the freedoms of churches and individuals to live out their faith.