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1. Eritrea Releases Evangelical Christians on Bail, Likely Due to COVID-19

... closed the church-run school, said the local source, whose identity World Watch Monitor withheld for security reasons. The Faith Mission Church of Christ was the last church still open in the majority-Muslim ...

Created on 10 September 2020

2. Nigerian Church Leaders: Violence Against Christians Continues, but Government in Denial

... has been criticized for its inaction which, according to Amnesty International, has led to an escalation of the conflict between herders and farmers. As World Watch Monitor has reported, the attacks are ...

Created on 27 August 2019

3. Authorities Evict 10-Year-Old Church for 'Noise Pollution

... formed, you have to look for another place and leave the current place within 30 days", the letter said. "This is really a surprising move", a source, unnamed for security reasons, told World Watch Monitor. ...

Created on 18 June 2019

4. 'Oldest Church in the World Is Perilously Close to Extinction

The Islamic State's three-year occupation of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul and its surrounding villages ended nearly two years ago, yet the city and its diminished number of Christian residents remain ...

Created on 13 June 2019

5. Supreme Court Frees Christian Falsely Convicted of Murder

...  we were convicted (in 2013), it was a shock. It was very stressful for me when I put behind bars for murder, despite being innocent" Chalanseth told World Watch Monitor as he walked free. "10 years, fiv ...

Created on 23 May 2019

6. After Brunson's Release, Turkish Protestants Face Intense Hate Speec

Turkey's high-profile criminal case against Protestant pastor Andrew Brunson has triggered a significant increase in public hate speech against the nation's small Protestant community, creating what its ...

Created on 17 April 2019

7. Children Forbidden From Attending Church

Tajik authorities implementing a new religion law are barring children from attending religious services and have burned thousands of calendars with Bible verses. Amendments to Tajikistan's Religion Law ...

Created on 19 March 2019

8. Pastor Killed While Leaving His Church, Congregation 'Terrified

A Colombian pastor was killed as he left his church last week in the northwest of the country, in a region that has been plagued by violence from armed groups, local sources told World Watch Monitor. Pastor ...

Created on 19 February 2019

9. Pastor Thrown Behind Bars: 'I Must Denounce This Wickedness Openly

... on Feb. 1, saying they were a violation of religious freedom and that Christians in China should resist them. As World Watch Monitor has reported, Christians and the church are an enigma to the Chinese ...

Created on 02 January 2019

10. Christian Sentenced to Prison for 'Insulting Islam' on Faceboo

... 200km south of Cairo, was accused in July of publishing a post on his Facebook page that insulted Islam, as World Watch Monitor reported. In his post, Adel had compared Islam's prophet, Muhammad, with Jesus. ...

Created on 28 December 2018

11. 114 Christians Arrested in Past Week, 150 in the Past Month

... been arrested in "10 or 11 different cities" across the country and belonging to different Christian groups. Borji told World Watch Monitor that most of those arrested were allowed to go home after a few ...

Created on 05 December 2018

12. 2 Pastors Slaughtered in Islamic Raid

... country. They also kidnapped 13 people, adults and children, a local source told World Watch Monitor. Among those kidnapped was a pastor, Rev. Josias Kapanga Katembo from Boyikene village, whose body was ...

Created on 04 December 2018

13. Christian Student: Intruders Slaughtered 10 Family Members Right in Front of Me

... armed men entered Blessing's family compound, killing 10 members of her family. Only Blessing and one of her cousins survived the attack, but they, too, sustained injuries. Speaking to World Watch Monitor, ...

Created on 23 October 2018

14. Christians Arrested, Forbidden From Praying in Church

... meet include poor access to education and under-developed infrastructure. World Watch Monitor recently told the story of a pastor from the Chin minority who explained the discrimination a Christian can ...

Created on 18 October 2018

15. 2 Christian Teachers Shot to Death While Trying to Escape Fire

... 2016, while Wekesa had joined the institution in 2017. Both men were Christians, the Rev. Nicholas Mutua, a Catholic priest, told World Watch Monitor. The attack comes as fear is growing that Al-Shabaab, ...

Created on 17 October 2018

16. Kidnapped Christian Women Spared From Execution, Will Be 'Slaves for Life

... keep the negotiations open and continue to work to free the innocent women who remain in the custody of their abductors." World Watch Monitor has learned that Ngaddah's mother, Sarah, died of trauma just ...

Created on 16 October 2018

17. Radicals With Political Ties Level Worst Attacks Against Christians, Churches Ahead of Elections

Hindu nationalists vandalized two Christian places of worship in the northern Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Assam in the last two weeks, reports AsiaNews. On Sept. 29, a statue of Saint John Bosco, ...

Created on 11 October 2018

18. Christian Schoolchildren Forced to Check 'No Religion' Bo

... stating that they did not follow a religion, World Watch Monitor has been told by a trusted local source. While "it is normal for a school to ask parents to fill out a form which includes questions of faith ...

Created on 03 October 2018

19. 27 Church Members Slaughtered in Latest Attack

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, dozens are feared killed as armed men believed to be Islamist militants from the ADF group stormed the eastern town of Beni, in the volatile province of North Kivu, ...

Created on 26 September 2018

20. 20-Plus Christians Drown Trying to Escape Radical Islamists

... of them drowned as they attempted to escape via the local river. Various sources contacted by World Watch Monitor confirmed that the attacks took place between 13 to 16 September, and affected the villages ...

Created on 21 September 2018