World News: Abducted Christian girl freed
Police in Pakistan’s Faisalabad area have freed a 12-year-old Christian girl, five months after Muslim men allegedly abducted, forcibly converted her to Islam, and one of them married her. Police […]
World News: Rising violence in Pakistan
As concern grows over increased violence against Pakistan’s religious minorities, the recently formed National Commission for Minority Rights (NCMR) has expressed its grievances for the first time in public. “We […]
World News: UN accuses Myanmar
Myanmar’s military may again be carrying out crimes against humanity in Rakhine and Chin states in the conflict-ravaged country, a United Nations rights expert has warned. Yanghee Lee, the UN’s […]
World News: China’s War on the Soul
China today is facing the worst crackdown on human rights since the Tiananmen massacre 31 years ago and the most severe assault on freedom of thought, conscience and religion since […]
World News: Court protects Dalits
India’s top court has restored provisions of a law designed to protect socially poor indigenous and Dalit people from atrocities, eliciting applause from Christian leaders and rights groups. The Supreme […]
World News: Justice for all, Bibi pleads
Asia Bibi, the Catholic woman acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row in Pakistan, has appealed for justice for victims of the country’s harsh laws. The 54-year-old […]
World News: Extremist Group Reborn
Banned Indonesian extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir (HTI) has reincarnated and has returned under a different guise, moderate Muslim organisations have warned. The group, which wanted to see the establishment of […]
World News: November 2018
US admits fewer refugees The United States, under President Trump, has admitted 40% fewer Christian refugees in the past year, US broadcaster NBC News has reported. As the Trump administration […]
World News: May 2018
EU intervenes for Bibi The European Union’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief, Jan Figel, told Pakistani officials during a recent visit that the renewal of their export […]