Many Christians arrested and charged for belonging to “illegal” groups.

When the five evangelical church planters refused to renounce Christ, Muslim extremists seized them and let them drown in central Uganda’s Lake Kyoga.

“Xi Jinping’s plan of compelling all Protestant Christians to join the government-controlled Three-Self Church or face arrest and ‘liquidation’ of their churches as 'illegal' religious groups is being ruthlessly implemented”.

Church leaders and rights activists cite forced conversion as the biggest challenge for vulnerable minority communities of Pakistan.

Islamic militants threaten to forcibly marry kidnapped women.

Human rights activists said prosecutors mistakenly used a repealed article of the criminal code. Police also confiscated their Bibles and church material.

The landlord, rival shop owner, falsely accused him of disrespecting Muhammad by allegedly saying that Christ was the only “true prophet”.

The Christian brothers have been in jail since 2014, accused of creating a blog with blasphemous material, after “a shoddy investigation and evidence”, said the lawyers.

A bomb and gun attack left more than 70 victims during a mass in the southwest of the country.

Churches and shops damaged as Muslims demand release of suspected killers of Christian university student.

They were accused of “unauthorized worship”. The court has upheld the sentence of six months in prison but reduced the fine by half.

Assailants left a note on his body stating that they were Maoists who had killed the pastor for being a “police informer”.

She was very outspoken about her faith. Police suspected her family was connected to the killing.

Muslims accused church members of hostility toward Islam by holding gatherings on Fridays, the Muslim day of mosque prayer.

His Muslim relatives accused the Christian evangelist of holding open-air meetings and debates.

Muslim extremists tried to kill the apologist while they threatened him: “You have terrorized our religion. Today Allah has called you, and you are going to meet him” .

Attacks on evangelical home churches by Hindu extremists have increased lately with the connivance of the police and the media.

The family of the 14-year-old girl denounce that a Muslim neighbor kidnapped her and they were married the day she was taken.

The death sentence is for a Protestant pastor who has been in prison since 2012, while the other was released on bail after four years in prison for Facebook comments.

Somali militant group was suspected of joining the attacks. “Please pray for the families affected. People have fled from the area for fear of their lives”, evangelicals say.

“Keshab went to the court for his regular hearing. We had no idea that he would be convicted that day and not return home”, says his wife. Christian leaders in Nepal are appealing to the international community.

The Reverend Dauda Bature of the First Evangelical Church Winning All in Kaduna state, was kidnapped by armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen in November while working on his farm.

It was the second attack on Christians in the area in one week. Fulani herdsmen killed six Christians from one family and other four were killed in four homes.

Decision cloaked for two months to deter Islamist backlash.

At least eight more Christians slain in October. “Christians are being killed, and the government exhibits carelessness”, said evangelical leaders in Kaduna.