Kazakh church leaders are reporting an upswing in harassment during church services by government officials. “In four different churches on the outskirts of Almaty since the end of December, police have showed up, interrupted services and demanded names and IDs,” said a Front-Line Worker . He said that this seems like a new tactic: “In the past, pressure from the government has mostly been against radical Islam, not against churches.” Pastors and leaders at these churches ask

On 24 December 2025, Muslim leaders insisted on an official ban and pressured a local pastor in West Java province to cancel his church’s planned holiday worship services. Religious and government leaders cited the potential for attacks from radical Islamist groups but could not identify a specific threat. While a public announcement was made that the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day celebrations were canceled, the 70-member church decided to continue their services as planned

The kidnapped girl's parents are praying for her safe return. In 2025, a 16-year-old Pakistani Christian named Reena took a job at a restaurant to help support her family. An older Muslim man who worked there tried to convert her to Islam repeatedly, but she refused. In January 2026, as she was walking home, she was grabbed and forced into a van. Her family told authorities and tried to confront the man at her workplace but were told Reena had converted to Islam and married h

SOURCES: Assist News; The Voice of the Martyrs USA; Voice of the Martyrs AU Yousaf Masih, a Pakistani Christian sanitary worker has sustained critical injuries to his eye and head after Muslim fruit sellers assaulted him on Monday, 23 February. Masih, 38, was collecting garbage when he asked the fruit sellers, who were sifting fruit, to stack the garbage in one place. Suddenly, at least four Muslim fruit sellers began hurling obscenities at Masih before severely beating him u

Cuban pastor Luis Guillermo Borjas requests urgent prayer for the release of his son from prison on fabricated charges. In June 2025, the pastor’s disabled son, Kevin, was conscripted into the army, an act that the family believes was retribution for their ongoing Christian ministry. Kevin was court-martialed when he could not complete his service and is now being held in a military prison in deplorable conditions without adequate food. Kevin’s mother, Roxana, had to be hospi

Sources: Voice of the Martyrs Canada, International Christian Concern, Premium Times, Vanguard, Punch Photo Source: International Christian Concern In a rare court case, nine Fulani herdsmen are facing trial for their roles in the massacre of more than 200 Christians in Benue State during the month of June 2025. Prosecutors filed a total of 57 charges against the accused individuals, and additional suspects are still being pursued by authorities. The leader of the violent gro

In the crackdown against Chengdu Early Rain Covenant Church that began on 6 January 2026, the children of the affected families have been left especially vulnerable. Elder Li Yingqiang and his wife, Zhang Xinyue, were apprehended by police in an early morning raid on their home and have remained in detention. Li Yingqiang has since been charged with “inciting subversion of state power”; charges against Zhang Xinyue have not been disclosed yet. Their two children, ages 11 and

A new Christian being baptized in Niger, a country where they face increasing threats. In November 2025, a Nigerien pastor was abducted by Islamists in the middle of the night, driven across the nearby border of Niger into Nigeria and taken to a remote area. His captors told him they had brought him to a place where they regularly executed Christians and said they were going to kill him as well. They tied him to a tree and then went to sleep. As they slept, the pastor untied

On 24 November 2025, jihadi militants attacked the small village of Langnoassi in the northern part of Burkina Faso, killing four men. They also burned homes, storage buildings and several motorcycles and bicycles. Two pastors managed to escape, but they lost their homes, household belongings and motorbikes in the attack. Christian villages in Burkina Faso have been regularly attacked by Islamist rebel groups in recent years. The rebels, some aligned with the self-proclaimed

Villagers in Chhattisgarh state reacted violently against local Christians who buried a non-Christian man on their property. The burial of Chamru Ram Salam on 16 December 2025, was conducted according to the rites of a traditional tribal religion. However, because half of Salam’s family, including three of his five sons, are Christian, the mob called the burial an insult to their deities. More than 500 villagers with wooden sticks and slingshots attacked mourners at the grave