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Religious persecution in Colombia takes many forms – pastors threatened, disappeared or murdered, religious activity forbidden, churches forced to close and Christian communities forced out of their area. Despite a government-supported demobilisation of paramilitary organisations, new groups have emerged, meaning that in parts of Colombia paramilitary or guerrilla groups are the only real authority. Christians [...]

Armed men have broken into a jail in Nigeria using bombs and heavy gunfire, freeing 119 inmates, officials say. A prison service spokeswoman told the BBC the armed men killed a jail officer during the attack, in the central Kogi state, on Wednesday evening. Most of the prisoners were awaiting trial and none were high-profile [...]

The Syrian uprising against President Bashir al-Assad, which began almost a year ago, has put families in the region in serious danger, and Christians trapped in the crossfire are in critical need of help, a charity organization says. … The uprising began last March when Syrians initiated protests against the regime of President Assad, hoping [...]

The Ethiopian community in Washington, D.C. and Christian supporters of a group of Ethiopian Christians detained in Saudi Arabia plan to hold a protest in front of the Saudi embassy next week. The supporters call for the release of a group of 35 Ethiopian Christians detained on Dec. 15, reportedly unlawfully, in Jeddah, a city [...]

A Pakistani Christian woman convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to death has successfully appealed a court’s ruling, just as a petition demanding her release has reached over 500,000 signatures. Asia Noreen Bibi, whose case has received global interest, was sentenced to death by hanging in 2011 after spending more than a year in a Pakistani [...]