persecution
Three Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to six or more years in Russian prison for their faith
By Kathryn Post — July 29, 2021
(RNS) — Since 2017, 14 Jehovah’s Witnesses have been sentenced to six or more years of prison in Russia, where they are considered an extremist group.
The Church of Almighty God members detail arrests in China, seek asylum
By Thomas Maresca — March 25, 2019
SEOUL (RNS) — Leaders of the Church of Almighty God, which has been labeled a cult by Chinese officials, say thousands of their fellow worshippers have been arrested over the past year. Some church members have fled to South Korea to seek asylum.
Former Chinese internment camp detainee denied US visa
By Dake Kang — October 21, 2018
BEIJING (AP) — Kazakh national Omir Bekali was asked to travel to Washington in September by the chairs of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.
China says internment camps are ‘free vocational training’
By Yanan Wang — October 16, 2018
BEIJING (AP) — The ruling Communist Party's resistance to Western pressure over the camps highlights China's growing confidence under President Xi Jinping, the country's most powerful leader in decades.
Pakistanis hopeful as Pope Francis elevates country’s second-ever cardinal
By Katelyn Beaty — June 26, 2018
LAHORE, Pakistan (RNS) — Pakistan’s second-ever cardinal of the Catholic Church is slated to be installed on June 29. The country's Christian minority hopes the appointment will draw attention to religious persecution.
Hindus in India are converting to Buddhism to protest treatment of lower castes
By Jason Overdorf — May 3, 2018
NEW DELHI, India (RNS) — Though it is illegal in India to discriminate on the basis of caste, the nearly 3,000-year-old social stratification system — while not as determinant in the life of many Indians as it used to be — still holds sway.
Pope dives into Rohingya crisis upon arrival in Myanmar
By Nicole Winfield — November 27, 2017
(AP) — Rohingya Muslims have faced state-supported discrimination in the predominantly Buddhist country for decades.
UN demands Tajikistan free detained Jehovah’s Witness
By Kimberly Winston — October 25, 2017
(RNS) — Daniil Islamov, an 18-year-old Jehovah's Witness, is being detained for refusing to join the military.
Family looks for answers after Christian boy beaten to death in Pakistan
By Amel Ghani — October 20, 2017
(RNS) — A fellow student will face trial for kicking a 17-year-old boy to death — a crime committed out of hatred toward Christians, the dead teenager's parents say.
Christians and Yazidis in Iraq stand on the brink of extinction
By Chris Smith — October 5, 2017
(RNS) — U.S. Rep Chris Smith, R-N.J., blames 'U.S. government bureaucrats' for the failure to provide promised aid to persecuted religious minorities in Iraq.
Are Chinese Christians persecuted? Not exactly
By Richard Mouw — July 12, 2017
I saw no sign of it last month when I visited Harbin, a city of ten million in the northeastern province of Heilongjian.
Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia intensifies and targets children
By Lauren Markoe — June 1, 2017
(RNS) For weeks the Jehovah's Witnesses had not felt the full force of the ban on the group. Now more authorities are invoking it to halt worship and harass even the youngest Witnesses.
‘Faithkeepers’ film is a not-so-subtle attack on Islam
By James Zogby — May 18, 2017
(RNS) The film mixes real stories of Christians and others who have suffered at the hands of ISIS with the insidious insinuation that such persecution is at the heart of the Muslim faith, writes James Zogby.
Franklin Graham calls persecution of Christians ‘genocide’
By Lauren Markoe — May 10, 2017
(RNS) The controversial preacher and son of the Rev. Billy Graham described violence against Christians in the Middle East and Africa as part of a larger, global antagonism toward the faith.
Pope Francis tells Egyptian Christians to show extremism only in love of others
By Christopher Lamb — April 29, 2017
CAIRO (RNS) 'The only fanaticism believers can have is that of charity,' the pontiff told his embattled minority flock at a Mass before returning to Rome.
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