Tortured North Korean pastor finds freedom in US
Life in the USA is “heaven” compared to the “hell” of North Korea, according to a pastor who fled the communist country. Choi Kwanghyuk, 55, fled North Korea several years…
Nine-day massacre kills 48 in Nigeria
A terrorist rampage in central Nigeria left 48 Christians dead in nine days in October, including many women and children. The attackers were Islamic Fulani herdsmen – responsible for hundreds…
Persecution Watch Oct – Nov 2017
Rebuilding hope in Iraq Christians are slowly returning to the town of Karamles in Iraq after Islamic State (ISIS) was ousted. Over half of the houses in the town are…
“Time to engage with the bad guys” says Vicar of Baghdad
Canon Andrew White, St George’s Church of England Foundation School, Broadstairs, Kent, 4 June. Report by Iris Watson The strong reputation of Iraq based, wheelchair-bound, Canon Andrew White (the ‘Vicar…
PERSECUTION WATCH: APRIL – MAY 2017
Somalian family attacked in their sleep Terrorists wound father, kill wife and son Islamic extremists in Somalia shot a Christian family as they slept, seriously wounding the husband and killing…
PERSECUTION WATCH: FEBRUARY – MARCH 2017
Suffering Christians: an average of five churches are attacked every Sunday in Nigeria Plea to halt genocide in Nigeria Christian leaders and human rights campaigners in Nigeria are warning that…
PROOF THAT CHRISTMAS HAPPENED
If anyone doubted that Christmas had happened, they only need to look at how God’s power is still manifested today. In this paper, we report on extraordinary healings which have…
Putin, the Patriarch and a very strange pact
A ‘holy’ alliance? President Putin with Patriarch Kirill, who has declared that all Russian wars are holy wars In exchange for a ban on evangelism by other churches, the Russian…
Baroness Cox escapes assassination
Source: Daily Mail online Just over a week after Baroness Cox spoke passionately about the state of the nation and her work to protect Muslim women at an Emmaus Group…
Gasps and tears at a church ruined by Isis
There were gasps, followed by tears at a small church in northern Iraq as a group of Christians returned to their parish Sunday November 13 to find that everything had…
PERSECUTION WATCH Oct – Nov 2016
Girl kidnapped by ISIS appears on Facebook Two years after her abduction by ISIS, little Christine, whose kidnap we reported in HEART, is still missing – but hopes rose for…
ANDREA LEADSOM WAS ‘DISCRIMINATED AGAINST FOR BEING CHRISTIAN’
Andrea Leadsom: “driven out by ‘feral’ media attacks” Former Prime Ministerial hopeful Andrea Leadsom endured a campaign of vilification for her Christian beliefs, according to Conservative sources. A report sent…
Egypt: Muslims attack Christian homes in Alexandria
Recent visits by a Coptic priest to one man’s home in a village outside Alexandria gave locals reason to think a Christian place of worship was springing up in their…
Iran: Maryam back in prison after treatment
Maryam Naghash Zargaran before her imprisonment Maryam Naghash Zargaran, a Christian convert from Islam, has been in Evin prison for three years and urgently needed medical treatment which the prosecutor…
British bishops join Free Iran protest
Right Rev Rachel Treweek, Bishop of Gloucester – one of several bishops protesting against Iran’s treatment of Christians. Photo: Diocese of Gloucester Persecution of Christians in Iran is getting worse,…