1.30.2015 COLOMBIA
Church Leaders Receive Death Threats

1.28.2015 BURMA
Chin State Government Orders Removal of Cross, Elder Prosecuted

1.27.2015 NEPAL
Future Uncertain After Constituent Assembly Misses Deadline

1.27.2015 MEXICO
Displaced Protestants Refused Re-Entry to Village

1.26.2015 CUBA
Religious Freedom Violations Continue to Increase

1.23.2015 INDIA
CSW Asks President Obama to Address Religious Minorities Situation

1.23.2015 BURMA
Religious Conversion Bill “Major Setback for Religious Freedom”

1.22.2015 BURMA
Rape, Murder of Kachin Teachers Condemned

1.14.2015 NIGERIA
Boko Haram Kills Hundreds in Several Villages

1.13.2015 SRI LANKA
President Urged to Uphold Election Pledge

1.7.2015 IRAN
Christian Released From Prison

12.22.2014 SUDAN
Christians Call Off Protest

12.16.2014 EGYPT
Christian Convert Facing Maltreatment in Prison

12.16.2014 IRAN
Charges Dropped Against Church of Iran Clergy

12.10.2014 SUDAN
Lawyers Appeal Eviction Notice

12.9.2014 IRAN
Second Appeal Hearing for Three Iranian Clergymen

12.8.2014 ARGENTINA
Lawyer Lobbies US Policymakers

12.4.2014 SUDAN
Authorities Demolish Church, Arrest 37 Christians

12.2.2014 NIGERIA
Tensions Rise Following Mosque Bombing

11.24.2014 COLOMBIA
Activists Raise Religious Freedom Concerns With US Policymakers

11.24.2014 IRAN
Lawyer for Christians Denied Access Before Second Trial

11.19.2014 NEPAL
Constituent Assembly Urged to Heed Commission Call

11.19.2014 MEXICO
Organizations Call for Pressure Regarding Religious Freedom

11.19.2014 NORTH KOREA
UN Vote Recommending Referral Welcomed

11.12.2014 PAKISTAN
Inquiry Called into Kasur Lynching

11.10.2014 GLOBAL
International Coalition of Parliamentarians for Religious Freedom Welcomed

11.10.2014 ARGENTINA
Church Wants Investigation Into Attempted Murder of Pastor

11.4.2014 MEXICO
Victims to Give First-Hand Testimony of Religious Freedom Violations

11.4.2014 CHINA
Latin American Lawyers Raise Case With Chinese President

10.31.2014 NORTH KOREA
CSW Welcomes UN Report, Urges Criminal Court Referral

10.28.2014 ARGENTINA
Attempted Murder of Baptist Pastor

10.21.2014 CUBA
Baptist Pastor’s Wife Arrested

10.20.2014 IRAN
Three Christians Face Six Year Sentences

10.20.2014 CAR
Clergy Targeted for Kidnapping

10.17.2014 PAKISTAN
Supreme Court Asked to Expedite Asiya Bibi Hearing

10.16.2014 MEXICO
Increase in Attacks on Roman Catholic Priests

10.16.2014 VIETNAM
Police Officer Arrested in Church Elder’s Death

10.16.2014 CUBA
Baptist Pastor Threatened with Criminal Charges

10.14.2014 LAOS
Christians Released, Pastor Still Detained

10.8.2014 NEPAL
Public Commitment to Guarantee Religious Freedom Welcomed

10.2.2014 IRAN
Capital Charges Faced by Three Christians Dropped

9.30.2014 LAOS
Christians Arrested for Religious Meeting

9.26.2014 INDIA
US Government Urged Not to Sideline Concerns of Religious Minorities

9.26.2014 EGYPT
Investigation Called for into Violent Police Raid

9.25.2014 SUDAN
UN Independent Expert Calls For Inquiry

9.19.2014 SUDAN
Meriam Ibrahim’s Lawyers to Make Constitutional Challenge

9.19.2014 PAKISTAN
Justice, Compensation Called For Near All Saints Church Bombing Anniversary

9.18.2014 NIGERIA
Terror Attacks in Three States

9.18.2014 ERITREA
CSW Calls for Compliance with African Commission Rulings

9.17.2014 COLOMBIA
Court Upholds Right to Conscientious Objection, Religious Freedom

9.16.2014 CHINA
Two More Nanle Church Detainees Sentenced

9.8.2014 MEXICO
Hidalgo State Official Defends Religious Freedom Violations

9.5.2014 IRAN
Christian Converts Charged with Capital Offenses

9.3.2014 IRAN
Pastor Irani Faces 18 New Charges

8.22.2014 NIGERIA
Boko Haram Overruns Town, Imposes Rule

8.22.2014 CHINA
Pastor Zhang Shaojie Loses Appeal

8.21.2014 INDIA
Church of England, Partners Observe Kandhamal Day

8.20.2014 IRAN
Pastor Pressured for False Confession

8.14.2014 CHINA
Rights Lawyer Unable to Access Medical Care

8.11.2014 NEPAL
New Briefing Highlights Concerns Over Proposed Anti-Conversion Clauses

8.8.2014 NIGERIA
Gwoza Residents Await Assistance in the Hills

8.8.2014 TURKEY
Prominent Human Rights Activist Dead; Others Receive Threats

8.7.2014 CHINA
Human Rights Lawyer Released

8.7.2014 CUBA
Religious Freedom Violations Continue to Rise

8.6.2014 LAOS
Christians Found Not Guilty Of Murder, Remain Detained

8.5.2014 IRAN
Pastor Charged With “War Against God”

8.5.2014 CHINA
Buddhist Leader, Followers Detained, Homes Searched

8.4.2014 NIGERIA
Gunmen Attack Catholic Church

8.1.2014 NIGERIA
Boko Haram Destroys Churches; Bombs Mosques

8.1.2014 MEXICO
Protestants in Palenque Threatened

7.31.2014 BURMA
Secretary Urged to Raise Religious Freedom Violations with Government

7.31.2014 VIETNAM
UN Expert Finds “Serious Violations” During Visit

7.28.2014 NIGERIA
Kano Bomb Attacks Claim Eight Lives

7.28.2014 CHINA
Concerns Raised About Church Demolitions, Removal of Religious Symbols

7.25.2014 NORTH KOREA
Pope Francis Urged to Highlight North Koreans Suffering

7.24.2014 SUDAN
Meriam Ibrahim Arrives in Italy

7.24.2014 NIGERIA
Kaduna State Capital Explosions Claim 70 Lives

7.23.2014 INDONESIA
CSW Asks President-Elect Joko Widodo to Address Rising Religious Intolerance

7.21.2014 VIETNAM
UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief Visits Vietnam

7.18.2014 CHINA
Human Rights Lawyer to be Released

7.18.2014 SUDAN
Appeal Challenging Meriam Ibrahim’s Acquittal Lodged

7.16.2014 SUDAN
Government Policy Denying New Permits to Build Churches Reaffirmed

7.9.2014 CHINA
Two Nanle Church Detainees Released; Pastor Sentenced

7.8.2014 CAR
Seleka Attack Church Compound Sheltering Displaced Civilians

7.8.2014 IRAN
Iranian Security Forces Arrest Christian Converts

7.4.2014 CUBA
Government Demolishes House Church

7.4.2014 CHINA
Pastor Zhang Shaojie Sentenced to 12 Years

7.2.2014 SUDAN
Authorities Demolish Church Building, Mosque Left Standing

7.2.2014 LAOS
Deceased Christian’s Friend Pressured to Recant

7.1.2014 NIGERIA
Breakthrough in Chibok Abductions After Week Marked by Violence