LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Prisoners from minority backgrounds, particularly Christians, face systemic bias in Pakistani jails and are subjected to abuse by prison staff and Muslim inmates, a new study shows. They are labeled as “untouchables” and given menial tasks like cleaning toilets, according to the study released on Aug. 15, “Hope […]
Prisons in Pakistan Mistreat Christians, other Minorities, Study Says
Abuse and discrimination documented in new report.
August 20, 2025 By -
Christian Mother, Baby Locked in Room in Somalia
Muslim relatives demand she return to Islam.
August 19, 2025 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian mother in Somalia has been locked in a room with her infant daughter since Aug. 6 after Muslim relatives relocated her following an earlier escape, sources said. “My child has grown very thin for lack of enough food,” Fatuma Hassan, 28, told her husband by phone from Afgooye […]
Former Sheikh Beaten, Loses Family after Vision of Christ
Christian in Uganda hospitalized for one week.
August 18, 2025 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim who put his faith in Christ after receiving a vision in a mosque in Uganda was hospitalized after relatives beat him, demolished his home and took in his wife and six children, sources said. Wambuzi Maka Uthman, a 39-year-old former sheikh (Islamic teacher), went to Friday prayers in […]
Justice Elusive 2 Years after Attacks on Christians in Pakistan
Demonstrators call for government to act.
August 18, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Two years after Islamist attacks on Christians in the Jaranwala area in Punjab Province, Pakistan, hopes for justice are dimming amid the sabotaging of prosecution efforts, advocates said. None of the perpetrators have been convicted after they ransacked and damaged more than 25 church buildings and 85 homes […]
Nuns in India Jailed, Christians Assaulted amid Baseless Charges
Hindu extremists fabricate ‘human trafficking’ allegations, victims say.
August 15, 2025 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Falsely accusing two nuns and a Christian man of trafficking three women in India, Hindu extremists with threats and assault forced the three tribal Christian women to sign a statement against their companions, sources said. “We will gang rape you if you do not do as we say,” the members […]
Group Calls for Freeing of Christians Imprisoned in Libya
Amnesty International seeks quashing of unjust convictions.
August 14, 2025 By -
(Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Amnesty International this week called for the “quashing” of the convictions of 11 Christians in Libya sentenced to prison under charges that included “insulting Islam.” The trials of the 10 Libyan nationals and one Pakistani man were grossly unfair, marred by egregious violations of due process and international human […]
Minorities in Pakistan Decry Blasphemy Law, Discrimination
Christians participate in National Minorities Day rallies.
August 11, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – On the eve of Pakistan’s annual National Minorities Day, a human rights advocate on Sunday (Aug. 10) called on parliament to address an alarming increase in false blasphemy allegations. With most rallies and seminars for the annual Aug. 11 National Minorities Day taking place on Sunday (Aug. 10) […]
Change in Religion on ID Card Ordered for Christian in Pakistan
Court mandates rare correction for convert from Islam.
August 5, 2025 By -
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – In a rare development, a high court in Pakistan last month ordered the government to issue a new identity card reflecting a woman’s conversion from Islam to Christianity, her attorney said. The woman, whose name is withheld for security reasons, renounced Islam and married a Christian man 15 […]
Fulani Herdsmen Kill 17 Christians in Plateau State, Nigeria
Predominantly Muslim raiders occupy nine villages.
August 5, 2025 By -
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen on Monday morning (Aug. 4) killed a Christian woman in a village in Plateau state, Nigeria, the latest of 17 Christians slain in the area since July 15, sources said. The herdsmen raided Njin village at about 10 a.m., said resident Dorcas Ishaya. “Fulani herdsmen are at it […]
Pastors Beaten in Custody after Arrests in India
Police detain Christians after Hindu nationalists disrupt worship.
August 4, 2025 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Five of six pastors jailed in central-eastern India on July 20 after false allegations of forcible conversion were assaulted in custody so severely they have laceration scars, sources said. Pastor Moses Logan of Bhilai, Durg District, Chhattisgarh state said the jailor and guards at Durg jail beat the five other […]