A new report shows that the persecution of Christians worldwide has "significantly worsened" in the last year, the Christian Today website reports today (Oct. 23, 2024).
In the report published this week, Aid to the Church in Need said that Christians are living under an increased threat of violence, discrimination, and other human rights abuses.
The report analyzed data across 18 countries of particular concern between summer 2022 and summer 2024. Key findings include a shift in the epicenter of militant Islamist violence from the Middle East to Africa, with Christians being "terrorized" by "extreme violence" for their faith in places like Burkina Faso, Nigeria, and Mozambique.
Christian children, especially girls, are living at increased risk of abduction, sexual violence, forced marriage, and forced conversion.
Christians are being imprisoned in several countries for their faith, including Eritrea, where around 400 have been imprisoned without a trial. In Iran, Christians detained for their faith rose from 59 in 2021 to 166 in 2023. The number of Christians estimated to be imprisoned in China ranges from the low thousands to around 10,000.
In India, there has been an increase in recorded attacks and other instances of persecution against Christians, rising from 599 in 2022 to 720 in 2023
In Myanmar, the military has been accused of destroying 85 churches.
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