June 27, 2019 About 80 percent of world lives in areas where religious freedom is ‘highly restricted,’ report says The majority of the world is facing rising religious persecution, with nearly 80 percent of the world's population living in areas where the right to religious freedom is highly restricted.
April 16, 2019 The US must bring imprisoned American pastor David Lin home from China As Washington negotiates with Beijing to end the tariff standoff, the United States must also demand the Chinese government stop its sinicization of religion, a program designed to make all religious groups extinct.
January 29, 2019 UK slammed for not granting asylum to Pakistani Christian Aasia Bibi over security fears After eight years languishing on death row on what most western leaders contend were unfounded blasphemy charges, newly acquitted Pakistani Christian Aasia Bibi remains in hiding from Islamic extremists after the U.K. denied her political asylum.
November 10, 2018 Burma doubles down on claims to justify treatment of Rohingya minority Repatriation efforts for Rohingya Muslims who have fled from Burma to Bangladesh in the face of alleged ethnic cleansing – even genocide – at the hands of the Buddhist-majority Burmese military are slated to begin this month. However, much of the international community and human rights groups have expressed grave concern that a return is only a recipe for further persecution. Yet even as allegations of widespread abuse pile up, the government of Burma – officially now known as Myanmar – and its permanent representative to the United Nations are doubling-down with the narrative that they are merely attempting to stop violent Islamic “extremism” from spreading.
February 1, 2018 Pastor's grisly death spotlights persecution of Christians in India The recent death of a Christian pastor in southern India has sparked protests over the persecution of Christians.
January 26, 2018 Anti-Semitism in Germany mars International Holocaust Remembrance Day The legacy of anti-Semitism still haunts Germany.
January 18, 2018 Coming Home: Christian family returns to ISIS-ravaged village to rebuild Young Noeh and his family were forced to flee their village in Northern Iraq over three years ago when ISIS invaded and occupied the region. Like many other Christian and Yazidi families, the family is now working to rebuild.
January 17, 2018 US vital in stabilizing Northern Iraq says Archbishop of Erbil One of the most predominant religious heads in the ISIS-scarred region of northern Iraq says that assistance from the US in stabilizing the region is vital in ensuring a safe return for the Christian and Yazidi residents of the Nineveh Plain.
January 11, 2018 Christian persecution continues to rise, more incidents against women in 2017, new report says Nearly one in 12 Christians across the globe is the victim of high-level persecution, according to an annual report by a top religious advocacy group.
December 24, 2017 Under threat? Iran's quiet infiltration over Iraqi Christian communities ISIS has been officially wiped from the Iraqi map, but Christian communities face another threat to their existence: strategic infiltration from neighboring Iran, experts say.
