JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Weeks after human rights group Christian Solidarity International warned of impending genocide in Nigeria, Muslim Fulani herdsmen since March 1 have killed more than 60 Christians, including at least 13 Christians last week in Plateau state, sources said. Following a rash of attacks by herdsmen and Islamic extremist groups […]
Fulani Herdsmen in Nigeria Kill More than 60 Christians in Five Weeks, Sources say
Muslim militants attack in Plateau, Benue and Kaduna states.
April 5, 2020 By -
Police in Nepal Falsely Charge Pastors with Violating Coronavirus Lockdown, Sources Say
Cases of using COVID-19 as pretext for arresting church leaders rises to three.
April 3, 2020 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Police arrested two pastors in Nepal on Saturday (March 28), falsely charging them with holding worship services amid the Himalayan country’s lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19, sources said. Police jumped over a locked gate and intruded into the Nissi Church building in Surkhet District, Karnali Province as […]
Police Detain Christians Providing Aid to the Poor in Tamil Nadu, India
Hindu nationalist beats church members, officer slaps them, pastor says.
March 30, 2020 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Police in southern India’s Tamil Nadu state rushed to a slum where Christians were providing food and other aid earlier this month and detained them on false charges of forcible conversion, sources said. Marakkanam police in Viluppuram District humiliated the Christians, including the presbyter of the Viluppuram Church of […]
Baptist Church Recovers Truck Confiscated Eight Years Ago in Sudan
Christian leaders awaiting return of properties.
March 27, 2020 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Christian leaders in Sudan rejoiced when the new transitional government on Wednesday (March 25) released a truck confiscated eight years ago from a Baptist church. The Rev. Philemon Hassan Kharata, a well-known gospel music composer and singer and senior pastor of the church, confirmed the release of the […]
Police in Nepal Arrest Pastor for Touting Healing Prayer amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Church leader jailed after video appears of him encouraging congregation.
March 26, 2020 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Police in Nepal arrested a Christian pastor this week, accusing him of giving false information about COVID-19 by saying Christian prayer could bring healing from the disease, sources said. Pastor Keshab Acharya, 32, was taken into custody on Monday (March 23) from his home in Pokhara, Gandaki Pradesh Province, […]
Civilian Christians Killed amid Military Fighting in Western Burma
Unknown whether caught in crossfire or deliberately targeted.
March 25, 2020 By -
NAYPYIDAW, Burma (Morning Star News) – Burmese army jet fighters killed 21 civilians from the predominantly Christian, ethnic Chin group in airstrikes this month in western Burma (Myanmar), sources said. In Paletwa Township, Chin state, the army on March 14 struck Meiksa Wa villages 2 and 3, killing 12 civilians, area residents reportedly said. Eight […]
Christians Suffer Police Brutality, Illegal Arrests in Uttar Pradesh, India
Church members forced to pose like Christ on the cross during beating.
March 22, 2020 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Forcing them to pose like Christ on the cross, police last week beat Christians in custody on baseless charges in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state, sources said. On March 15 a church of 200 people was immersed in a Sunday service when 30 Hindu extremists brandishing hockey sticks and […]
Fearing for Children’s Lives, Christian Family in India Refrains from Reporting Assault to Police
Expelled and homeless in jungle, 9-year-old girl is attacked and threatened.
March 16, 2020 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Tribal animists in central India drove a Christian family into the jungle last week, with one later intercepting their 9-year-old girl and threatening to kill her if she went to school again, her father said. On Wednesday (March 11), two days after an attack expelling the Christians from Bilood […]
Sudan Orders Removal of Church Committees Appointed by Bashir Regime
Move lauded as first step to returning churches to their leaders.
March 12, 2020 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Sudan’s religious affairs ministry on Wednesday (March 11) abolished committees imposed on churches under former President Omar al-Bashir, a move expected to return oversight of churches to their rightful leaders, sources said. “All government-appointed committees are abolished as of today [Wednesday, March 11, 2020],” the order signed by […]
Christian Rohingya Refugees Attacked, Kidnapped in Bangladesh
Pastor and daughter abducted, makeshift church building destroyed.
March 11, 2020 By -
YANGON, Burma (Morning Star News) – A rights group has confirmed reports that suspected Muslim, ethnic Rohingya beat and kidnapped Rohingya Christians on Jan. 26-27 in a refugee camp in Bangladesh. At least 12 Rohingya Christians were hospitalized with injuries from an attack in Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar District on the evening of […]