USCIRF highlights surging violence against Christians in Nigeria, urges U.S. action
WASHINGTON (BP) – Almost daily, news surfaces of Islamic extremists or Fulani militants killing Christians in northern or central Nigeria, with law enforcement either lacking or inadequate to intervene.
‘A Faith Under Siege’ documents Russia’s persecution of Christians in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (BP) – Christian faith threatens Russian President Vladimir Putin because it is out of his control. As such, his war on Ukraine has centered on the systematic persecution of Christians, their families and their churches.
Kidnapped American pastor in South Africa rescued after shootout
JOHANNESBURG (BP) – Josh Sullivan, the pastor who was abducted by armed and masked men last week as he preached, was rescued yesterday (April 15) by police after a shootout with his captors in a nearby township.
La USCIRF insta al Departamento de Estado a denunciar a los países que violan la libertad religiosa
WASHINGTON (BP) — La Comisión Estadounidense para la Libertad Religiosa Internacional (USCIRF) sigue pidiendo que Nigeria, Afganistán, India y Vietnam se añadan a la lista estadounidense de Países de Especial Preocupación (CPC) por violaciones a la libertad religiosa.
USCIRF urges State Department to call out nations for violating religious liberty
WASHINGTON (BP) -- The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) continues to call for Nigeria, Afghanistan, India and Vietnam to be added to the U.S. list of Countries of Particular Concern (CPC) for religious liberty violations.
Christian impact of Syrian violence unfolding as civilian death toll exceeds 1,500
LATAKIA, Syria (BP) – The number of Christians killed in the March 6 Alawite uprising and responsive attacks through March 9 is still unclear, but Christians have suffered collateral losses in sectarian violence that continues, Global Christian Relief (GCR) told Baptist Press.
Christian leaders seek pardon for Nigerian farmer given unjust death sentence
ADAMAWA STATE, Nigeria (BP) – Nigerian Christian leaders are seeking clemency for a Christian farmer given the death sentence for killing a Fulani herdsman during an attack on his farm, it was widely reported.
Unknown number of Christians among civilian deaths in Syrian violence
LATAKIA, Syria (BP) – An untold number of Christians were among nearly 1,000 civilians massacred in renewed violence on Syria’s western coast before the government announced a ceasefire and peace deal March 10, according to reports.
Congolese Southern Baptists support, pray for DRC homeland as death toll rises
NASHVILLE (BP) – March 8 holds painful memories for Ezekiel Batsi Batende, pastor of Swahili Baptist Church at Woodmont. On that day in 2008, he and his family fled their home in the Democratic Republic of Congo as rebels burned Machumbi village.
Russia seriously violates religious freedom in Ukraine, latest report echoes
OSLO, Norway (BP) – Russia seriously violates religious freedom in the land it illegally occupies in Ukraine, Forum 18 said in a new report.
