CIC Persecution News Headlines
News of persecution, human rights violations, and other articles of interest.
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PERSECUTION NEWS HEADLINES - for the week ending January 3, 2026
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Drone Strike on Christmas Day Kills Christians in Sudan Others in procession to worship service seriously wounded. |
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Iran unrest signals deeper frustration with leadership What started as economic frustration may now be momentum. Protestors in Iran – mostly shopkeepers and students – were in the streets again Wednesday for the fourth day in a row, calling out Iranian leadership for economic failures and abuse of power. |
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Church in Indonesia Celebrates Christmas despite Ban, Threat Muslims force pastor to say services were cancelled. |
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ChinaAid 2025 Wrapped – Uncensored News from China Looking back at the year's biggest stories of faith under fire. 2025 was a year of intensified persecution, but also unbreakable courage. From nationwide raids on house churches to ongoing surveillance and arrests, China's believers faced a full-scale assault on religious freedom. Yet, their faith endures. |
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A bombing then protests rock Syria’s Alawite community In the past year since the Assad regime fell, minorities in Syria have experienced hope tainted with tragedy. |
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The murder of a Pakistani pastor has taken a dramatic turn, with police saying his wife and her alleged lover were the “masterminds” behind the killing, which investigators say was carried out by hired assassins. |
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Muslim Rapes 14-Year-Old Christian Girl in Pakistan, Family Says Assailants threatened her after dispute with her brother. |
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Evangelist Killed after Event in Uganda Convert led many Muslims to faith in Christ. |
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Pastor's Wife, Muslim Arrested in Clergyman's Killing in Pakistan Church leader's spouse was in relationship with suspect, police say. |
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Christians Blocked From Christmas Worship In Indonesia’s West Java Amid Extremism Concerns Christians in Indonesia’s West Java province were weighing their options Sunday after Muslims reportedly formed a human wall to block members of a Protestant church from reaching their Christmas worship service, in an incident that has underscored concerns about Islamic extremism in the Asian country. |
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Nigeria Says It Provided Intelligence For U.S. Strikes Nigeria says it has provided intelligence support to the United States ahead of Christmas Day airstrikes targeting militants linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) group in the country’s northwest, where Christians had been among those suffering from Islamic extremism. |
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Christian Father Of Three Killed In Pakistan For Faith A Christian father of three was murdered in Pakistan’s Punjab province by Muslims over the Christmas holiday because of his faith in Christ, confirmed sources told Worthy News on Friday. |
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Bethlehem Marks Christmas After Ceasefire As Jenin Church Arson Raises Concern Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, marked its first Christmas celebrations since a ceasefire was announced between Israel and Hamas, though concern lingered among Christians following an arson attack near a church elsewhere in the West Bank. |
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