ICC Global Digest: Are Journalists Covering the True Reason of Nigeria's Violence?

        Source:                       www.persecution.org
Date:                            May 12, 2025

A WEEKLY SUMMARY OF CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION NEWS

Finding the Right Narrative

Pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters in Christ in Nigeria, who are overwhelmed by violence in the North.

Pray for journalists who are covering the atrocities, that they would highlight the persecution angle of the violence. Also pray that churches in the West would share these stories.

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How Media Outlets Avoid the Religious Aspects of Violence in Nigeria  

It’s worth looking at specific excerpts that show exactly how media outlets get around the politically inconvenient reality of Nigerian Christians being hunted down on an ongoing basis.  

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Pray for an end to the death penalty in these countries, as it is unfairly used against religious minorities. 

Pray for Christians who are facing the death penalty. Pray they remember that this is not their home and that they have everlasting life in Christ.

BREAKING NEWS

Global Executions on the Rise in a Trend Led by the World’s Top Persecutors 

Amnesty International, a human rights watchdog group, last month released its annual report on global executions. The report documented 1,518 executions in 2024 — a 32% increase compared to 2023 and the highest global numbers in a decade.

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Pray for the gospel to continue spreading throughout China, and for true religious freedom in the communist country. 

Pray that every believer in China would have a copy of God's Word, unaltered by communist propaganda. 

BREAKING NEWS

Chinese Christian Media Ordered to Include More Communist Propaganda

China’s only legal church, the Communist Party-controlled Three Self Patriotic Movement (TPSM), has been ordered to publish more communist propaganda in its “Christian” media.

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Pray for an end to violence against Christians in Manipur and elsewhere in India. 

Pray for brave evangelists who are sharing the gospel with Hindu neighbors, knowing they could be persecuted for their faith in Jesus.

BREAKING NEWS

Indian Christians Observe Second Anniversary of Manipur Violence 

Christians in northeast India marked the second anniversary of violence that struck Manipur in 2023. As the anniversary passed, a lasting peaceful solution to the brutal ethnic and communal conflict that erupted between the Hindu-majority Meitei and Christian-majority Kuki-Zo communities in Manipur is still nowhere in sight.

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Pray for true peace, reconciliation, and justice.

Pray for the church in the DRC to be united during this time, and for it to have support from Christians around the world. 

BREAKING NEWS

DRC, Rwanda Reportedly Near Peace Deal 

Massad Boulos, a senior official in the U.S. Department of State focused on Africa affairs, announced this week that the DRC and Rwanda have submitted a draft peace proposal that may help to ease years of bloodshed in eastern DRC, where Rwanda-backed militants have made significant gains in recent months.

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