Nepalese Christians Fear Further Use of Anti-Conversion Law
Tag: Persecution
In Mali, jihadists use hunger as weapon to subjugate the population
Terrorists are using hunger as a weapon to force rural people to either join their ranks or abandon their land to be occupied by the extremists.
#RedWeek lights up buildings and consciences to remember persecuted Christians
This year, many countries chose to dedicate the week leading up to November 24 to the cause of Christians being persecuted.
USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom Violations in Belarus
USCIRF has long monitored religious freedom conditions in Belarus, and discussed the deterioration in its 2021 Annual Report and USCIRF Spotlight podcast.
Will the Grave Injustice to Cardinal Pell be Remedied?
“A window into the soul of a man enduring the crucible of imprisonment, false accusation, loss of reputation. It’s astonishing what we see through that window: not bitterness and anger, but graciousness and forgiveness of his enemies.”
Croatian president raises plight of Bosnian Catholics during Vatican visit
Reuters has described current turmoil in the southeastern European state, home to 3.3 million people, as the worst political crisis since the war.
International Christian Concern to Announce Top Persecutors of the Year Nov. 16
A leading voice on Christian persecution since 1995, ICC will give detailed findings in a 150-page report on 24 offenders and announce the worst of the worst in three categories.
Human Rights Activists Call Upon President Biden to Address Human Rights and the Beijing Olympics in Virtual Meeting with President Xi Jinping
“The world must stand against the human rights abuses of the Chinese government toward their own people.”
Nebraska’s Tainted Report on Sexual Abuse
Going after the Catholic Church was no coincidence.
Radical Hindu Nationalists Brutally Attack Christian Community in India
Radicals Use Extreme Violence to Make Village “Christian-Free”
Turkish Nationalists Target US Navy Personnel
Perpetrators Promote Christian Genocide Language During Attack
Burkina Faso Christians face resurgence of terrorist attacks
In the Diocese of Dori, most of the population is Muslim (95.2 percent); 3.2 percent are adherents of traditional religions and 1.6 percent are Christian (1.22 percent Catholic).
Bosnia Herzegovina: ‘Catholics are discriminated against in every respect’
In all respects: politically, socially, and economically. Catholics often have problems when they have Croat names.
USCIRF Releases New Report on Burma
USCIRF has monitored religious freedom conditions in Burma since 2000.
New report details experience of Christians detained in North Korea
The Korea Future report, and accompanying database, documents 167 serious human rights violations perpetrated against 91 Christians between 1997 and 2019.
Ethiopia: Missionary pleads for peace
Ethiopia is divided roughly in half between Christians and Muslims.
USCIRF Releases Factsheet on China’s Measures on the Management of Religious Clergy
Since its first annual report in 2000, USCIRF has recommended that the U.S. State Department designate China as a “Country of Particular Concern,” or CPC, for systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious violations in that country.
Indian Court Delays Hearing Challenge to Anti-Conversion Law
Wave of Persecution Allowed to Continue by Court Delay
Anti-conversion law foments anti-Christian campaign in central India
Christians in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh are living in fear after radical Hindu activists stepped up a campaign for the reconversion of indigenous people.
USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Minorities in Afghanistan
USCIRF has issued several press statements calling on the State Department to prioritize refugee resettlement of Afghan religious minorities and condemning attacks on religious minorities.
Two Elderly Nuns in Nepal Arrested on False Charges
Church Leaders View Arrests as an Attack on Nepal’s Minorities
Los Alamos National Lab Employees Bring Federal Lawsuit Over COVID-19 Religious Discrimination
“Those employees at the Los Alamos lab who choose not to receive a COVID-19 vaccination for religious or medical reasons face imminent loss of income, benefits, and ultimate termination under the government laboratory’s punitive policy.”
Bishop Shao Zhumin Seized by Chinese Authorities
The Underground Bishop was Taken Away for “Vacation”
Erdogan Flaunts Genocide Accusations Through Artsakh Visit
“One only needs to look at the Kavala case and Turkey’s actions in Artsakh to see that Turkey’s ruling government wishes to suppress all historical recognition of the 1915 genocide so that they can continue this genocide in the modern era.”
Pierced Hearts 