Persecution watch by Andrew Halloway
Cuba flattens church and arrests pastor Cuban authorities have destroyed a church in Santiago de Cuba and arrested a pastor for filming the demolition live on social media. The church…
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Cuba flattens church and arrests pastor Cuban authorities have destroyed a church in Santiago de Cuba and arrested a pastor for filming the demolition live on social media. The church…
Christian who has already been in jail for seven years for allegedly sending blasphemous text messages has been given the death sentence. Asif Pervaiz, a 37-year-old father of four, was…
Campaigning group CitizenGO has raised a petition in support of two Christians sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan. Shagufta Kauser and disabled husband Shafqat Masih are among over 150…
In an echo of Asia Bibi’s case, a 22-year-old farm worker has been murdered after washing with water from a Muslim’s well. Pakistani Christian Saleem Masih died on 28 February,…
Two Pakistani Christians who were building a church have been shot by locals who don’t want the church in their village. Religious freedom charity CLAAS-UK report that Muslims in the…
The woman imprisoned for a decade in Pakistan on false blasphemy charges, Asia Bibi, has spoken in support of other Christians imprisoned in the Islamic nation. From her new home…
Police in Lahore, Pakistan, have killed a young Christian father. On 28 August police officers unlawfully arrested 28-year-old Amir Masih, falsely accusing him of theft, and tortured him for four…
Campaigner Luke de Pulford has accused the Foreign Office of having a “blind spot” over suffering Christians, which could be seen in its treatment of Asia Bibi.
Frustration over Asia Bibi’s detention in Pakistan was continuing as we went to press. Although acquitted of blasphemy charges after a decade in jail, including eight years on death row,…
A young woman who lost her leg in a terrorist bomb attack has been told by doctors that she is too old for further corrective surgery.