CIC Persecution News Headlines
News of persecution, human rights violations, and other articles of interest.
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PERSECUTION NEWS HEADLINES - for the week ending August 16, 2025
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Group Calls for Freeing of Christians Imprisoned in Libya Amnesty International seeks quashing of unjust convictions. |
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Pakistan Police Detain 80 Christian Villagers For ‘Terrorism’ (Worthy News Investigation) Pakistani Christians urged prayers Thursday after police reportedly detained some 80 Christian villagers, including children, in Pakistan’s Punjab province on disputed “terrorism” charges. |
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Please pray for Pastor Huang Yizi, an imprisoned Protestant pastor in China’s Zhejiang Province In 2 Corinthians 7:6 we read that God ‘comforts the downcast’. Let’s hold this in mind as we pray for Pastor Huang Yizi, an imprisoned Protestant pastor in China’s Zhejiang Province. |
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Nuns in India Jailed, Christians Assaulted amid Baseless Charges Hindu extremists fabricate 'human trafficking' allegations, victims say. |
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KYRGYZSTAN: Supreme Court permanently bans Reform Adventists as "extremist" On 4 August, a panel of three Judges at Kyrgyzstan's Supreme Court in |
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Picture worshipping in secret, your faith a crime, or fighting for justice only to be silenced. This week’s ChinaAid newsletter unveils stories of courage under persecution in China, calling you to stand with those whose voices are stifled. |
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Indian state boasts toughest new anti-conversion law The Indian state, Maharashtra, plans to roll out what could be the strictest anti-conversion law in the country this December. |
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Yemen: What will the U.S. State Department call the Houthis in their 2025 religious freedom report? What’s in a name? Labels like “Country of Particular Concern” or “Special Watch List” may sound like jargon at first. |
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Pakistan: Uncharted Ministries works to free Christians in bondage, one family at a time Religious intolerance is on in the rise in Pakistan—a country that already had a history of Christian persecution. |
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Nigeria Emerging as Hub for 22 Islamic Terror Groups, Report Warns A new report by the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (Intersociety) warns that Nigeria has become the headquarters for 22 Islamic terrorist groups operating across Africa. |
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Syria: The terrorist attack that didn’t happen You don’t always hear about the terrorist attacks that were prevented, but today we get that chance. |
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Hostility Against U.S. Churches Remains Historically High in 2024, New FRC Report Finds The Family Research Council’s latest annual analysis reveals that while the number of hostile incidents targeting U.S. churches dipped in 2024–down from a record high in 2023–it remains alarmingly elevated compared to pre-2022 levels. |
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A Christian laborer forced to work in Pakistan’s harsh brick kiln industry is recovering after falling victim to an organ trafficking scheme “that ignited outrage” across the nation, according to an investigation shared with Worthy News. |
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Church leaders in Haiti expressed concern Sunday about the kidnapping of nine people, including an Irish missionary and a child with disabilities, as violence spreads throughout the Caribbean nation. |
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Minorities in Pakistan Decry False Blasphemy Accusations, Discrimination Christians participate in National Minorities Day rallies. |
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US: Gunman Kills Two Women in Church Rampage After Shooting State Trooper in Lexington, Kentucky A Sunday morning turned into a tragedy in Lexington after a gunman shot a Kentucky state trooper and then opened fire inside Richmond Road Baptist Church, killing two women and injuring several others before being fatally shot by police. |
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Cuban Pastors Face Prison For Mentioning God Two Assemblies of God pastors in Cuba, Luis Guillermo Borjas and his wife, Roxana Rojas, faced a tense Sunday after their reported detention for mentioning God at their son’s military trial. |
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Eight Christians Killed, Farmland Destroyed in Fresh Fulani Attacks in Nigeria Fulani militias launched coordinated attacks on Christian communities in Nigeria’s Plateau State on May 14, killing eight people–mostly children and the elderly–and destroying over 740 acres of farmland. |
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Herdsmen Slaughter 42 Christians in Taraba State, Nigeria Three communities were attacked on Saturday. |
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Muslim in Pakistan Gets Custody of Kidnapped Christian Girl Judge ignores evident coercion behind victim’s statement of conversion. |
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