December 10, 2018 Human rights, Joshua Hilmy, Kidnapping, Malaysia, Raymond Koh

Raymond Koh’s wife ‘expects justice’ as inquiry into Malaysian pastor’s abduction ends

The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) has concluded its inquiry into the disappearance of church leader Raymond Koh, who was kidnapped in broad daylight by . . . Read More

December 7, 2018 Afghanistan, Andrew Brunson, China, Colombia, Dalits, Don Ossewaarde, Egypt, Ethiopia, Human rights, India, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Myanmar, New York, Pakistan, Religious freedom, Syria, Turkey, UN

70 years since universal declaration, human rights ‘ignored and abused all over the world’

Ahead of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Monday, 10 December, rights group ADF International has called for “recommitment” to the . . . Read More

December 5, 2018 Amin Afshar Naderi, Christmas, Ebrahim Firouzi, Evin Prison, Iran, Karaj, Maryam Naghash Zargaran, Prisons, Proselytism, Rajaei Shahr Prison, Tehran

Iran: ‘staggering’ number of Christians arrested – 114 in a week

Over 100 Christians have been arrested in Iran in the past week and nearly 150 in the past month, as part of the government’s attempt to . . . Read More

December 5, 2018 Islamic State, Justin Welby, Middle East, Prince Charles

­­­Prince Charles praises ‘extraordinary grace and forgiveness’ of Christians in Middle East

Britain’s Prince Charles paid tribute to Christians in the Middle East and their “extraordinary capacity for grace and forgiveness” at an event in London yesterday, 4 . . . Read More

December 4, 2018 Asylum seekers, Bangkok, Human rights, Imran Khan, Migrants, Minorities, Pakistan, PTI, Refugees, Thailand, UN

Pakistani Christian asylum seekers in Thailand ask for help

Death, disease, starvation, and continuous living in hiding from immigration authorities to escape permanent imprisonment in stinking dungeons – this is what life has become for . . . Read More

November 26, 2018 Central African Republic, Colombia, Education, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, Minorities, Religious freedom, Women

Persecution of minority Christian women ‘hidden, complex, and interwoven with “everyday” discrimination’

Five new reports – about Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, Colombia and the Central African Republic – unmask the multiple domestic, societal and state dynamics used in the . . . Read More