anti-Christian violence

Pakistan expert says acquittal not enough on false blasphemy charges
- Jun 5, 2021
After an illiterate Pakistani Christian couple who spent years on death row over false blasphemy charges was acquitted this week, an expert and long-time Asia watcher has called for those responsible to be punished.

By Elise Ann Allen
Police arrest 11 suspected militants in Indonesia’s Papua
- May 31, 2021
Indonesian police said Monday they have arrested 11 suspected Islamic militants accused of plotting attacks at several Christian churches in easternmost Papua province.

By Niniek Karmini
Majority of world’s population live in countries that violate religious freedom, report says
- Apr 20, 2021
A papal charity says that at least two thirds of the world’s population live in countries where religious freedom is not upheld, and the most persecuted religious group are Christians.

By Inés San Martín

Egypt: 3 militants involved in Christian’s slaying killed
- Apr 19, 2021
Egypt police killed three suspected militants allegedly involved in the slaying of a Coptic Christian man kidnapped more than five months ago in a restive part of Sinai Peninsula, the Interior Ministry said Monday.

By Samy Magdy

Bishop warns ‘democracy is in danger’ in India after anti-Christian attack
- Jan 7, 2021
One bishop in India is warning that “democracy is in danger, and the principles of secularism at risk” after the latest anti-Christian incident in the Hindu-majority nations.

By Nirmala Carvalho
In predominantly Christian Uganda, some still fear attacks
- Dec 20, 2020
millions of Christians in Uganda who face persecution from radical Muslims and some members of traditional African religions.

By Tonny Onyulo, CNS
Genocide in Nigeria ‘happening before our eyes,’ congressman says at hearing
- Dec 19, 2020
The Catholic bishop of Gboko, Nigeria, and the Knights of Columbus added their voices to a Dec. 17 congressional hearing spotlighting sectarian violence in Nigeria in which thousands of Christians have been killed simply for their faith identity.

By Kurt Jensen
Egyptian court acquits men accused of abusing Coptic woman
- Dec 18, 2020
An Egyptian criminal court acquitted three Muslim men accused of stripping naked an elderly Coptic Christian woman and parading her through the streets of a village in southern Egypt in 2016, the state’s official news agency reported.

By Associated Press