Tag: Religious Persecution
Catholic community in Vietnam continues to wait for government recognition
Thousands of Catholics in Vietnam have experienced discrimination because of their faith
Junta soldiers desecrate churches, destroy food stocks in Myanmar’s Chin state,...
"They were drinking and behaving in the local church in Chat Village of Mindat Township, as if it was a tavern”
Churches in Pakistan step up security following Taliban’s return in Afghanistan
Catholic and Protestant church leaders agreed to tighten surveillance and beef up armed protection, especially at Sunday services
Ethnic groups fear more repression after Chinese president’s speech
US and EU lawmakers have called for boycotts of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics unless China stops its repression of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang
Dozens more Tibetans arrested in Sichuan over Dalai Lama photos
Almost all of the Tibetans taken into custody in the recent raids were arrested for possessing photos of the Dalai Lama
Hindu mob attacks Christian pastor, family in India
The mob stormed into the house of Pastor Kawalsingh Paraste and damaged "articles of worship and household items, and tore scriptures"
Christians in Myanmar village reconsecrate church after military occupation
The soldiers reportedly used the structure "without any regard" and "did disgraceful things" such as throwing away Bibles and hymn books
Christian legal group decries conditions for Afghan religious minorities, urges aid
Christian leaders and aid organizations have warned that Afghanistan’s Christians are bracing for a new round of persecution
Living in fear and misery after church attacks in Bangladesh
A group of ethnic Christians in a remote hill village in Bangladesh are living in fear after their church was attacked by mobs
Police in China arrest minors, two others for attending Christian church...
Authorities in China were reported to have offered cash rewards to whoever would report “illegal religious activities”