An article from La Croix recently reported that China is warning local Christians not to speak up about persecution. That call to silence is unnerving for a country with more frequent arrests and demolitions, increased censorship, and other intensive religious restrictions.
Scotland Yard awarded $3.056 to a street preacher they wrongfully arrested for racism in February.
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Global Human Rights and Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, welcomed last week’s release of the State Department’s annual International Religious Freedom Report.
Five children playing near a monastery and one woman on a nearby street were killed as a result of heavy shelling on the Syrian Christian town of al-Suqaylabiyah came under heavy assault on May 12, 2019.
Christians in Burkina Faso are mourning a deadly attack on a Protestant church as “a new turning point in terrorism” in the West African nation.
Coordinated bombings targeting multiple churches, as well as hotels, on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka highlight, once again, the growing persecution of Christians in South Asia and around the globe.
Those who report underground churches to authorities in China are going to be financially rewarded, according to Marcus Jones of London’s Premier Radio.
Top U.S. trade negotiators are coming off an important meeting with China officials late last week, and the Chinese special envoy charged with negotiating the U.S.-China trade deal is expected to arrive in America this week. Likewise, the Trump administration is claiming victory after China agreed to “treat all variants of the powerful opioid fentanyl as controlled substances,” which makes good on a promise President Xi Jinping made to President Donald Trump late last year.
