Tags

2024-11-21

  • Rape Cases Demonstrate Legal Inequality for Christians
    A girl is glancing back as she is walking between two brick buildings. There are more girls in the distance.
    Girls in Pakistan.
    Photo: Flickr / European Union (cc)

    Christians in Pakistan frequently face discrimination when having to deal with matters relating to governmental and/or legal concerns. Two recently occurring sexual assault cases demonstrate the ways in which believers often encounter unjust treatment from the authorities because of their faith. (To review other reports addressing the suffering of our Pakistani brothers and sisters in Christ, go to our country profile.)
  • Coordinated Church Raids Continue Throughout China
    A large group of Chengdu Early Rain Church members are kneeling in prayer together.
    Christian worshippers in China.
    Photo: ChinaAid

    Recent incidents of police action against churches in China demonstrate the ongoing persecution of believers throughout this Communist nation. These raids are only the latest to occur amid the government's intensifying crackdown on Christianity. To learn more about the governmental opposition experienced by Christians in China, go to our country report.