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“Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.”
Hebrews 13.3
INDIA – Christians injured and ‘traumatised’ by mob attack
A partially blind girl was among those beaten by a mob of masked Hindu extremists during a recent attack on a church in Uttar Pradesh, northern India.
PASTOR ANDREW BRUNSON RELEASED FROM JAIL IN TURKEY
A US pastor accused of spying in Turkey has been released from prison and placed under house arrest following international pressure. Christians aroun…
ARCHBISHOP THANKS RELEASE FOR REPORTING NIGERIA ATTACK
Nigerian Archbishop Benjamin Kwashi has thanked Release International for raising international awareness of the recent attack against his home. Armed…
Pakistan elections – Christians likely losers as extremists tilt agenda
Whoever wins today’s Pakistan elections, Christians and religious tolerance are likely to be the losers, as extremists press into the mainstream…
PREMIER RADIO – INTERVIEW WITH PETR JASEK, CHRISTIAN WORKER IMPRISONED IN SUDAN FOR SPYING
Listen to Petr Jasek being interviewed on The Profile at Premier Christian Radio today (Saturday July 21st) at 4pm. If you can’t make that time,
Pastor Andrew Brunson sent back to jail
American pastor Andrew Brunson’s hopes of being released from jail in Turkey have been dashed yet again. Yesterday, a judge ordered Pastor Andre…
New developments in Eritrea
A report from our Eritrean partner: After Ethiopia appointed a new prime minister, Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali, in April 2018, things started to change quickl…
Algerian Christians under growing pressure
Our Algerian family is facing mounting pressure – but standing strong. Officials in Algeria are using ‘legal technicalities’ to clos…
Laurie’s 4000ft Cross-Scotland Trek
That’s not just walking 4000 feet – it’s walking across Scotland from Aberdeen to Fort William, up and down NINE 4,000 ft hills alon…
EXTENDED INTERVIEW WITH PETR JASEK, CHRISTIAN WORKER IMPRISONED IN SUDAN FOR SPYING
Listen here to an extended interview with Andrew Boyd in conversation with Petr Jasek. (You can also download a transcript of the interview here if yo…
Tortured For Christ – The film: NOW SHOWING THROUGHOUT THE UK
Fourteen years in communist prisons could not break his faith! In Autumn 2017 Release started to show a new 70-minute film produced by Voice of…
Will You Join Hands…
…With Persecuted Believers Today? PLEA 5 ‘We must join hands with members of the underground church and give them the financial means to t…
Express reports Release concerns about Nigeria attacks
The Express has picked up on Release International’s story about the ongoing attacks against Christian in Nigeria. Their story headlined, Christ…
ATTACK ON HOME OF NIGERIAN ARCHBISHOP BEN KWASHI
Fulani raiders claim 11 more lives. Release warns of campaign to drive Christians from northern Nigeria, calls for government protection Cattle rustle…
AUDIO REPORT: Nigeria violence death toll ‘exceeds 200’
Andrew Boyd is interviewed on Premier Christian Radio about the continuing violence in northern Nigeria which has resulted in the deaths of over 200 p…
CHRISTIAN DEATH TOLL IN NIGERIA RISES. RELEASE WARNS OF STRATEGY TO DRIVE CHRISTIANS FROM NORTH
Release International warns of strategy to drive Christians from north Nigeria and asks: ‘Who is arming and training the attackers?’ As th…
200 Nigerian Christians slaughtered in village attacks
200 Nigerian Christians slaughtered in village attacks More than 200 people in mainly Christian villages in Plateau are reported dead after Fulani her…
100 churches closed in China province
Scores of churches have been shut down in a central China province as the crackdown on Christianity continues. By the end of May, almost 100 house chu…