More than 80 countries ‘favour’ one religion over others – Pew Research Center
Over 80 countries favour a specific religion, either officially as a state religion or tacitly through special treatment, according to a new report by the US-based Pew Research Center. Islam is the...
View ArticleAmnesty: ‘Discrimination rife in all regions of the world … with deadly...
In April 2017, Buddhist monks led a protest near a church in Sri Lanka. This banner reads: “Why should there be a church when there are no Christians in the area?” (World Watch Monitor) A review of the...
View ArticleCommonwealth worst offenders urged to face up to poor levels of religious...
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari received Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, at Nigeria’s High Commission in London on 11 April 2018. (Photo: Facebook) A charity that supports persecuted...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Facebook told to block religious hate speech
During anti-Muslim riots last month, the government temporarily blocked all use of Facebook. (Photo: World Watch Monitor) Civil society groups in Sri Lanka have asked Facebook to do more to prevent...
View ArticleOngoing religious freedom challenges in the Commonwealth
Embed from Getty ImagesUK Prime Minister Theresa May with other Commonwealth Heads of State today at Windsor Castle. A new report on religious freedom in Commonwealth member states says minorities in...
View ArticleReport: UN weakness on religious freedom undercuts its authority on human rights
Dressed in the saffron colour, groups such these are promoting the nationalist cause for India to be a Hindu nation. (Photo: World Watch Monitor) The UN cannot strengthen, promote and protect human...
View ArticleSri Lankan Christian: ‘They took everything from us’
This is the story of a Sri Lankan brickmaker who received death threats after his conversion to Christianity, which is often seen as a “foreign” religion, even though it arrived in the Indian...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Sharp increase in violence against Christians
Buddhists visiting a temple in Sri Lanka. (Photo: World Watch Monitor) Christians in Sri Lanka have experienced a sharp increase in attacks this year, with 67 reported cases between January and...
View ArticleSri Lankan Christians grapple with aftermath of Easter bombings amid fears of...
Poster memorials and crosses for Christians who died in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Easter Sunday, 2019 (Photo: Vishal Arora) Sri Lankan Arasaratnam Verl is deep in mourning. His son Jackson (13) and sister...
View Article176 children lost one or both parents in Sri Lanka Easter bombings
Woman kneels at altar, St Anthony’s shrine, Colombo where 54 died on Easter Sunday, 2019 (Credit: World Watch Monitor) At least 176 children lost either one or both of their parents in the Sri Lanka...
View ArticleMain suspect behind Sri Lanka Easter churches’ deaths arrested
Sri Lanka’s Zion Church congregation had not let Easter bomb stop them meeting, Dec, 2019 (Credit: Open Doors) Detectives have arrested the man suspected of being the ‘handler’ of the bomber of Zion...
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