Plot to blow up Egyptian church fails
Egyptian police have prevented a terrorist attempt to bomb a Coptic church in northeast Egypt. The Mar Girgis (St George) church in El-Arish, which was also attacked during anti-Christian violence…
Nine-day massacre kills 48 in Nigeria
A terrorist rampage in central Nigeria left 48 Christians dead in nine days in October, including many women and children. The attackers were Islamic Fulani herdsmen – responsible for hundreds…
Policemen murder Christian schoolboy
Six Pakistani police officers have been arrested and charged with the murder of a Christian child at his school. Young Christian Arslan Masih was killed after being dragged out of…
Persecution Watch Oct – Nov 2017
Rebuilding hope in Iraq Christians are slowly returning to the town of Karamles in Iraq after Islamic State (ISIS) was ousted. Over half of the houses in the town are…
Persecution Watch: Aug – Sept 2017
ISIS hold 100 Christians hostage in Philippines Brothers Abdullah and Omar Maute, co-founders of the Maute Islamist terror group Since an ISIS proxy terror group called the Maute group invaded…
PERSECUTION WATCH: APRIL – MAY 2017
Somalian family attacked in their sleep Terrorists wound father, kill wife and son Islamic extremists in Somalia shot a Christian family as they slept, seriously wounding the husband and killing…
Release International has joined leading jurists from around the world in calling on China to stop the torture of human rights lawyers
Leading jurists from around the world are calling on China to stop the torture of its human rights lawyers, many of whom are Christians. Lawyers who have been tortured include…