JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Egypt arrested a 16-year-old Christian boy from South Sudan without charges on April 12, part of a crackdown on immigrants both undocumented and legal from that country and Sudan, sources said. Like other immigrants from South Sudan and Sudan, Matiok Santino Matiok – who along with his […]
Police in Egypt Detain South Sudanese Christian Child
Part of wave of arrests of near church sites.
May 7, 2026 By - 1 Comment
Prison Conditions in Iran Worsen for Christians, other Inmates
War reduces food, medical care.
March 27, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
LONDON (Morning Star News) – Conditions in Iran for Christians imprisoned for their faith and other inmates have deteriorated dramatically since the U.S. and Israeli bombing of the Islamic regime in the past month, according to human rights groups. Guards and some prison officials across the country have largely abandoned their posts, leaving hardliners from the […]
Iran Adds Blame for Political Woes to Persecution of Christians
Number of arrested Christians nearly doubles in 2025.
February 23, 2026 By -
LONDON (Morning Star News) – As leaders of Iran continue to blame and punish Christians for their alleged part in the regime’s political and military troubles of last year, a new report outlines the persecution that Christians in the Islamic Republic suffered in 2025. Calling Iran’s “12-day war” of June 13-24 a pivotal moment that “impacted […]
Officials Affirm Egypt Will Not Seize Historic Monastery
Long-term legal status remains to be determined.
June 9, 2025 By -
LONDON (Morning Star News) – Meeting on a possible forced closure of the world’s oldest continuously active Christian monastery, Greek and Egyptian officials last week stated the monastery and its monks would be protected but provided no clear legal guarantees on how that would be achieved. Orthodox Christians were shocked when news leaked on May 28 […]
Two Christians in Egypt Released after Three Years in Jail
Converts held without trial finally freed.
February 4, 2025 By -
LONDON (Morning Star News) – Two Christian converts from Islam who were locked in an Egyptian prison and held for three years without trial have been released, religious rights advocates said. Abdulbaqi Saeed Abdo and Nour Girgis were released on Jan. 25. Both had been held in “pre-trial detention” since 2021 on blasphemy charges. Abdo, who […]
Prison Terms for Christians in Iran Shot Up in 2024, Group Says
Report on sham judiciary released as regime faces international review.
January 22, 2025 By -
LONDON (Morning Star News) – Bent on suppressing Christianity in Iran, Islamic courts handed down six times more prison time to persecuted Christians in 2024 than the previous year, according to advocacy group Article 18. Iranian courts last year sentenced 96 Christians across the country to 263 years in prison for practicing their faith – compared […]
Christian Woman in Iran Suffering in Custody, Relatives Say
Convert from Islam held without charges.
October 1, 2024 By -
LONDON (Morning Star News) – A Christian woman held without charges in Iran since Sept. 9 wept uncontrollably during the five minutes her mother was allowed to visit her on Monday (Sept. 30), a relative said. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps arrested Mojdeh Falahi, 36, a convert from Islam, when she went to the prosecutor’s […]
Attacks on Christians in Egypt Were Preventable, Group Says
State security services at fault, rights observers say
May 2, 2024 By -
CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – Attacks on two predominantly Christian villages in Egypt last week came after days of rising tensions, which the state’s security services did nothing to quell despite being notified of impending danger to Christians, according to a human rights group. On April 23 and then again on Friday (April 26), hundreds […]
Officials in Egypt Abet Kidnappers of Christian Woman, Father Says
Muslim Brotherhood ring behind abduction, sources say.
March 14, 2024 By -
(Christian Daily International) – Authorities in Egypt have abetted the kidnapping and forcible conversion to Islam of a Coptic Christian woman, according to a widely published expert on the Middle East and Islam. Irene Ibrahim Shehata, a 21-year-old medical student at Asyut National University, disappeared on Jan. 22 between mid-term exams in Asyut, according to […]
Christian Refugee from Iran Faces Possible Expulsion from Turkey
Convert from Islam was persecuted for his faith in his country.
February 23, 2024 By -
(Morning Star News) – An Iranian Christian convert faces possible expulsion from Turkey and a three-year prison sentence on a charge of spreading “propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran,” according to religious freedom advocates. The government of Turkish President Recept Tayyip Erdogan continued its crackdown on expatriate Christians with the Jan. 29 arrest of […]