Islamists blocked roads. Security has been stepped up for churches. Bibi is expected to leave the country soon.

There have been repeated raids on churches by the Luhansk People's Republic. Authorities announced the ban of the “destructive activity of the extremist Ukrainian Union of Evangelical Churches”.

During a plenary session, the President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani called for her immediate release.

Authorities gave no reason for arresting the 13 Christians, except to say that they were all converts from Islam.

Soldiers are holding arrested Christian leaders and students in Mong Maw town, a stronghold base of the Wa rebels.

The ethno-religious group has been praised for its refusal to retaliate against anti-Christian violence.

The “provisional” deal is criticised by some Catholic sectors. Organisations working for persecuted Christians express their concerns.

The terrorist group has killed a cooperant aid worker and says it will kill three other hostages, including Leah Sharibu.

Zion church was threatened since April for refusing to put surveillance cameras in its premises. Chinese authorities will ban religious activities online.

A Muslim man pushed the girl from a second floor. Police and doctors refused to help the family. “This is unfortunately very common in Pakistan”, their lawyer said.

Numia meets weekly with other Christian women in a country where they must hide their faith. “My family sees in me something different, I am waiting for the right moment to share my faith with them”.

They are accused of “propaganda activities against the system and in favor of Zionist Christianity through holding house meetings, evangelism, and invitation to Christianity”.

The government is hunting down evangelicals who welcomed an Ethiopian Pentecostal pastor. Christians had hoped the historic peace agreement with the neighbouring country would lead to more freedom.

Christian ethnic minorities have long suffered in Burma, where the government has recognized the special status of Buddhism.

The Chinese police agents have repeatedly interrupted Bible Reformed Church services and arrested its members. The members have refused to become a registered, state-run church.

Blackpool Transport removed promotions for the event, after social media pressure from LGBT groups. “I am not coming to preach hate, I’m here to preach about Jesus”, Graham said.

Theresa May says everyone should be guaranteed the right to “practise their faith free of fear”.

Four politicians of the Swiss Parliament joined the event in the centre of Bern.

The Christian leader has asked to publicly share his image to denounce how the government is violating Human Rights. Pressures on relatives of church members and false accusations might be the next steps in a full police crackdown on the church he leads.

The blessed good news of God's love towards us.

Journalist Pilar Rahola publishes a book in which she collects her five-year work on the persecution of Christians in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. “It was necessary to tell the world that there are people who die, not because of a random bullet, but because they are Christians”.

Christians are humiliated at airports, body-searched as if they were criminals or traffickers, compared to terrorists.

“The sustained growth of the churches unnerves the government”, Cuban Pastor Mario Félix Lleonart, says. Several evangelical leaders have been interrogated and arrested in the last months.

Sitxty to seventy angry Hindu extremists were waiting for a group that was on a trip to a Christian camp.

Six countries sign an agreement to create the “Coalition for Happiness”. Among its members, there are countries where Christians are increasingly persecuted: the United Arab Emirates, Mexico and Kazakhstan.