Right to refuse being forced into another belief

Colombia is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a church leader. Around 2530 church leaders are assassinated each year in connection with their faith, and across the whole country there is a murder every twenty minutes.

尼泊尔

Nestled between India and China, Nepal is sometimes in danger of being overlooked. But religious extremism is a real threat in this country, and people across the whole of Nepal are endangered by the culture of impunity’ a situation where people come to believe that they can commit crimes without punishment

中国

Visitors to Beijing and Shanghai might be surprised to see Christian bookshops selling Chinese and foreign titles, and churches of hundreds or even thousands meeting in large hotels.

斯里兰卡

The beautiful island nation of Sri Lanka is struggling towards reconciliation and peace after three decades of civil war ended in 2009.

印度

India is the world’s largest democracy a country of millions of people, hundreds of languages and various religions. But the diversity isn’t always peaceful. In Kandhamal District, Orissa State in August 2008, a devastating wave of violence against the Christian community resulted in at least 90 deaths and an estimated 54,000 people forcibly displaced.

The right to choose your beliefs

After Mr Chu became a Christian in 2011, police arrested and beat him on his way back from Bible school. It wasn”’t just him who suffered ”’

巴基斯坦

The challenges in Pakistan today are enormous. Against a background of an energy crisis, political corruption, and high unemployment, religious intolerance and division are on the rise.

古巴

Earlier this year CSW released a major new report on persecution in Cuba. Our report highlights a sobering trend: that more brutal and public methods are now being used against religious believers, as part of an increasing political crackdown on freedom of religion.

土耳其

It is now six years since the Malatya murders, but still justice has not been served. In April 2007, in the city of Malatya, five young Muslims tortured and killed three employees of a Christian publisher. All three victims were members of the Malatya Kurtulus Church.

尼日利亚

It’s not a good time to be a Christian in Nigeria. With bomb and gun attacks on churches now the norm in many northern and central states, and the death toll rising all the time, thousands of people live in fear of their lives simply because of the faith they have chosen.

The right to choose your faith

Pastor Nadarkhani spent three years on death row in Iran because of his Christian faith. The courts accused him of apostasy in his case, he was considered to have abandoned Islam. Even though apostasy isn’t technically a crime, they handed down a death sentence.

越南

In Vietnam, some new Christians come under pressure not only from the authorities, but even from their own relatives and friends.