Iranian Pastor Released from Prison Following International Outcry 

Iranian Pastor Released from Prison Following International Outcry 

11/8/2024 Iran (International Christian Concern) — After serving more than one year of his 10-year prison sentence, an Armenian-Iranian pastor recently gained freedom from Tehran’s Evin Prison following public outcry. Pastor Anooshavan Avedian, imprisoned on Sept. 18, 2023, was acquitted of his crimes and released on Sept. 24, 2024. Before his release, International Christian Concern, The […]

Herdsmen Kill Three Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria 

Herdsmen Kill Three Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria 

Location of Mangu LGA, Plateau state, Nigeria. (Wikimedia maps, Mapa data © OpenStreetMap contributor) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (Nov. 3) ambushed and killed a Christian in Plateau state, Nigeria, a week after a Christian and his mother in the Jos North area were slain, sources said. In Daika […]

Women, Children among Christians Kidnapped in Nigeria

Women, Children among Christians Kidnapped in Nigeria

Kaduna state, Nigeria. (Map data © Google 2024) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Friday (Nov. 1) kidnapped four Christians in an attack on villages in north-central Nigeria, sources said. One woman was among the four Christians abducted from two predominantly Christian villages, Mai-Iddo and Arikon, in Kachia County, Kaduna state, […]

Displaced Christians in Sudan Driven from Homes

Displaced Christians in Sudan Driven from Homes

Location of River Nile state in Sudan. (TUBS, Creative Commons) JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Muslims in Sudan’s River Nile state on Oct. 19 drove 34 displaced Christians from their homes, sources said. The Muslim residents of the El Matamah area of Al-Makniya told the Christians of Nuba Mountains ancestry who had fled military […]

Christians, Others Entrapped in Blasphemy Charges, Report Says

Christians, Others Entrapped in Blasphemy Charges, Report Says

Shagufta Kiran was sentenced to death under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws. (Jubilee Campaign) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Muslim vigilante groups are working with federal authorities to lure young people into sharing blasphemous content on social media in order to put them behind bars, according to an investigation by Pakistan’s National Commission for Human […]

Christian Jailed on Blasphemy Charge Released on Bail

Christian Jailed on Blasphemy Charge Released on Bail

Chand Shamaun in shackles at hearing on blasphemy charges filed in June 2024. (Christian Daily International-Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian jailed since June on blasphemy and terrorism charges in Pakistan was released on bail on Oct. 23 after a high court noted glaring loopholes in the police case […]

UN Body Slams Pakistan for Human Rights Violations

UN Body Slams Pakistan for Human Rights Violations

Committee on Civil and Political Rights review of Pakistan’s human rights record in Geneva, Switzerland on Oct. 17-18, 2024. (UN Web TV) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Authorities in Pakistan have failed to curb a range of human rights violations, including a sharp increase in blasphemy-related violence, the UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) […]

Pastor, Family Killed in One of Two Islamist Attacks

Pastor, Family Killed in One of Two Islamist Attacks

Villagers at charred home where Pastor Mukisa and family were burned to death in Namutumba District, Uganda on Oct. 13, 2024. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamist villagers in eastern Uganda burned a pastor and his family to death after he led three Muslims to faith in Christ, the pastor’s brother said. […]

Christian Parents Regain Custody of Forcibly Converted/Married Girl

Christian Parents Regain Custody of Forcibly Converted/Married Girl

Diya Iftikhar (3rd from left) with parents and attorneys after her recovery. (Christians True Spirit) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A court in Pakistan on Friday (Oct. 25) returned custody of a 16-year-old Christian girl to her parents after a Muslim had kidnapped and forcibly converted/married her, sources said. Diya Iftikhar was abducted […]

Christian Arrested on Blasphemy Charge in Indonesia

Christian Arrested on Blasphemy Charge in Indonesia

Location of North Sumatra Province, Indonesia (TUBS, Creative Commons) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – Police on Thursday (Oct. 17) arrested a Christian for comments he made about Islam on social media that had led hundreds of angry Muslims to besiege his home, according to local reports. The Muslim mob surrounded the home of florist Rudi […]

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