North Koreans who escaped the totalitarian country but were caught and are being held in China’s detention centers could be freed if South Korea’s president asks for their release. If forced back to North Korea, they face torture, imprisonment, and possible execution for the “crimes” of escaping the totalitarian country, and for some, being Christian. … Read more
Europe Parliament Stands up for Christian couple sentenced to death April 29, 2021 The European Parliament passed a bold resolution today supporting a Christian wife and her disabled husband in prison in Pakistan for “blasphemy” and calling for the possible withdrawal of Pakistan’s special trade status. Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagufta Kausar were sentenced to death in … Read more
Egypt is a key ally for the U.S. in the Middle East. Yet Christians in Egypt face unrelenting discrimination and violence. Now Congress has an opportunity to urge Egypt to right this wrong. Rep. French Hill has introduced “Supporting Coptic Christians in Egypt,” House Resolution 117. It clearly describes what Christians endure in Egypt and … Read more
Musa paid a high price – from his own family – for his new belief in Jesus. And Jesus has rewarded him. Medical missionaries Bert and Debbie Ourbre met Musa at their hospital in Chad. This is their story. (They gave CFI permission to reprint from their blog): Meet Musa- (name changed to protect the … Read more
Christians in Burma need our prayers. This Sunday is the Global Day of Prayer for Burma – and it comes right as Christians in Burma are courageously standing against a military coup. Burma was on a tentative path away from decades of brutal rule by a military junta that persecuted Christian ethnic minorities. But it … Read more
Shahbaz Bhatti, the highest Christian official in Pakistan and advocate for religious freedom, was assassinated on March 2, 2011. He had courageously fought for religious minorities and against the country’s blasphemy law, which outlaws insulting Islam. Anticipating his killing, Shahbaz arranged for a video interview to be sent to news agencies within hours of his death. … Read more
After tentative hope for a peace process, Burma’s military has renewed its attacks on Karen villages. In one area, over 200 people fled the shelling and are hiding in the jungle. Burma “has not specifically said it is because the Karen in the area are Christian, but have somehow made deals with any Buddhist villages,” … Read more
In 1975, following six centuries of monarchy and then colonization by France that ended in 1949, communists took over Laos and instituted socialism. Today, roughly 7.5 million people from 49 ethnic groups live in Laos, with just under two-thirds identifying as Buddhist, a third as no religion and less than two percent as Christian. What’s … Read more
Just like us in the U.S., every country is struggling with the COVID pandemic. But in some places it is an excuse to discriminate more against impoverished Christians. For Christians in Egypt – who already face kidnappings, forced conversions, and murder by extremists – the corona virus has led to being denied medical care and … Read more
Officials burst into Pastor Sohail’s house in the middle of the night. The authorities accused him of “terrorism” and threw him in jail – for months. His crime? Helping poor Christians in Pakistan whose homes were destroyed and whose land was seized by local henchmen. Pakistani Christians in the U.S. organized a campaign to fight … Read more