Pakistani families flee after another false blasphemy charge
At least 10 Christian families in a village in Pakistan's Punjab Province have fled their homes after a throng of area Muslims accused a Christian of blaspheming Islam on Friday (June 10). .
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Vietnam: CSW calls for release of Christian activists convicted of subversion
Seven Vietnamese activists, including three Christians, have been convicted of subversion and given prison sentences of between two and eight years. Mennonites, Pastor Duong Kim Khai, Tran Thi Thuy and Nguyen Thanh Tam were active in peaceful campaigning for land rights and were convicted along with four others.
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Christian communities near town in Nigeria disappearing
In a village outside this Bauchi state town in predominantly Muslim northern Nigeria, what was once a Christian community has vanished.
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CSW calls for ceasefire and international support for refugees in Burma's Kachin civil war
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is calling for a ceasefire in Burma's Kachin state and urges the international community, including the United Nations (UN) and European Union (EU), to press Burma's nearest neighbours, China and India, to protect refugees who have fled the Kachin conflict to seek refuge in the border regions.
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Police in Pakistan torture sister of Christian who eloped
Sheikhupura police this month tortured a young Christian woman into revealing the whereabouts of the legal team helping her family after an influential Muslim family kidnapped her and her sister, sources said.
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Eritrean Christians facing 'unimaginable suffering' in Egypt
Eritrean Christians fleeing persecution in their homeland are facing imprisonment, torture, beatings and sexual assault in Egypt, reports Barnabas Fund.
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Christian rights group alarmed as Muslims call for Bible ban in Pakistan
International Christian Concern has reacted with alarm to a proposal by Muslim clerics and politicians for the Bible to be banned in Pakistan.
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CSW urges Indonesia to release west Papuan political prisoner Filep Karma and begin dialogue with Papuan representatives
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) today called on the Government of Indonesia to release the West Papuan political prisoner Filep Karma, and respond to the proposal made by Papuan people for a dialogue process, with international mediation, to resolve the serious human rights, humanitarian, political, social and economic problems in West Papua.
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CSW calls on Indonesia to protect pluralism and religious freedom
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) today expressed grave concerns over increasing violations of religious freedom in Indonesia, and called on the Government of Indonesia to take action to protect religious minorities, curb radical Islamist activity, bring the perpetrators of religious hatred and violence to justice, and defend the country's tradition of pluralism enshrined in the State ideology known as the 'Pancasila'.
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48 to stand trial for Cairo church attack
Egypt's public prosecutor has referred 48 people for trial at the criminal court for being involved in the deadly sectarian violence that led to the burning of a church in the Cairo district of Imbaba last month.
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Proposed criminal code makes evangelism difficult in Nepal
The Nepal government is drafting a new criminal code making it illegal for one person to convert another.
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Nepal plans new criminal code forbidding evangelism
Five years after it abolished Hinduism as the state religion, Nepal is working on a new criminal code forbidding a person from one faith to "convert a person or abet him to change his religion."