Religious Freedom

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  New measures threaten to further erode religious freedom in China, rights experts say

  By Edward Ross Asia 11 months ago

  New regulations for “religious activity venues” in China advance officials’ desire to replace spiritual instruction with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) political teaching, rights experts say.

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  Nigeria: Judge refuses to dismiss case of mother jailed for speaking against murder of Christian girl

  By The Christian Post Africa

  11 months ago

  The trial of Rhoda Jatau, a Christian mother of five in Nigeria’s Bauchi State, will continue following a judge’s refusal to dismiss the case against her. Jatau has been in prison since last May, accused of sharing a video on WhatsApp that condemned the lynching of Deborah Emmanuel Yakubu, a Nigerian student killed by her classmates for sharing her Christian faith.

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  Exiled Catholics testify about their imprisonment under Nicaragua's Ortega dictatorship

  By The Christian Post Latin America

  11 months ago

  An exiled prisoner of conscience from Nicaragua told members of U.S. Congress he was arrested without a warrant, stripped naked and subjected to multiple interrogations about Bishop Rolando Álvarez, who was sentenced to over 20 years in prison for sermons criticizing the government's human rights violations.

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  Four Christian missionaries targeted and brutally assaulted in Jharkhand

  By Christian Today India Asia

  11 months ago

  Four missionaries including a pastor and his wife from Gospel Echoing Missionary Society (GEMS) were brutally assaulted in a village near Garhwa district of Jharkhand. Pastor P. Sarvanan and his companion P. Andrew are admitted in a GEMS hospital since November 21, after complaints of severe headache and dizziness, informed Andrew to Christian Today.