World Watch Monitor

North Korea orders death of 33 people connected to missionary
Government claims they were building a network of underground churches
Nigeria is 'at war' with Boko Haram
The Nigerian President's spokesman has said that the conflict with Boko Haram is a "war situation".

Turkey: Suspects in Bible worker killings expected to walk free
Proposed Turkish laws make them eligible for immediate release

India: Andhra Pradesh becoming hotbed of anti-Christian violence
Church leaders in India are alarmed over a dramatic increase in attacks on Christians in the state of Andhra Pradesh, where in recent weeks one pastor has been murdered, others beaten, and churches demolished.

Central African Republic: Christian and Muslim leaders plead for ceasefire
Christian, Muslim leaders insist religion should play no role in violence
Nigeria: Dozens killed in Boko Haram raid on secondary school
Dozens of boys killed after Boko Haram sets dormitory on fire; death toll could be as high as 100
Nigeria attack: Army was nowhere to be seen
The Islamist Boko Haram sect swept out of the hills and bush of the Gwoza Mountains and into eight villages across Borno and Adamawa states on February 15, killing at least 200.

Knife attack kills Christian woman in southern Egypt
An Egyptian pharmacist has been arrested in connection with the stabbing death of a Christian woman earlier this month.
CAR Church leaders call again for aid
Church leaders in the Central African Republic have reiterated their opposition to the ongoing violence in the country and demanded more troops on the ground.

Life for Christians around the world 'has deteriorated'
Freedom of religion and belief is an issue "whose time has come", the vice chairwoman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said yesterday.

'Ugly' charges against Turkish pastor dropped
Prosecutor rules that accusations contained no solid, 'believable' evidence

Indonesian churches still closed after protests
West Java churches shut since December by order of local officials

Female church workers raped and killed in South Sudan
Reports of a horrific attack on female church workers, several of whom were elderly, in the South Sudanese town of Bor
Pastor killed amid tensions in Mombasa
An assistant pastor at a church in Mombasa, Kenya was killed on February 2 while guarding his church during the night.
Algeria: Christian family refused permission to bury their son in public cemetery
A Christian family in Algeria has been refused permission to bury their son in the local public cemetery because he was not a Muslim.

Priest says Egypt church attack was retribution by Muslim Brotherhood supporters
Around 70 churches were attacked in Egypt last summer following the ousting of Mohamed Morsi