December 14, 2017 Life after ISIS: Christians say they can't go home without international protection Residents of this small Christian town in northern Iraq were forced to flee when ISIS militants overran it in 2014. But now that the town has been liberated by Iraqi forces, the Christians who have trickled back are desperate to leave once again.
November 23, 2017 ISIS sexual violence victims: Minorities targeted more than documented, face honor killings if returned Yazidi women aren't the only members of minority communities whom the Islamic State has held as sex slaves.
November 22, 2017 Violence against Rohingya Muslims in Burma is 'ethnic cleansing,' US declares The United States on Wednesday labeled as “ethnic cleansing" the Burma military operation against Rohingya Muslims that has sent over 600,000 refugees flooding into Bangladesh, and said it would consider possible "targeted sanctions."
November 8, 2017 ISIS victims in Iraq, Christians and Yazidi, desperately need global aid, Vatican says The religious minorities of Iraq and Syria have recounted horrific accounts of their abuse at the hand of ISIS as the Vatican calls on the global community to address the plight of Christians and Yazidi communities and bring them back from the verge of extinction.
November 6, 2017 Syria's Antioch Church patriarch: US sanctions are hurting Christians too His Beatitude John X, the Damascus-based leader of the Antioch Christian Church, wrapped up his recent visit to the United States with a desperate appeal for American leadership to bring an end to the suffering in Syria, assist in locating the whereabouts of three kidnapped church leaders, and help secure the future of Christianity in the volatile region.
November 2, 2017 Series of attacks in Egypt targeting Coptic Christians forces churches to close Egypt has been one of the worst places for Christian persecution in recent months.
October 25, 2017 Iraqi Christians forced to flee homes again after skirmishes between Kurds and central government The first Iraqi Christians to return home after their village was freed from Islamic State control were forced to flee yet again Tuesday as Peshmerga forces stormed the area, a dark turn in what was broadly considered a “success story” of rebuilding in Northern Iraq.
October 25, 2017 North Korean defector describes 'life of hell' for Christians Choi Kwanghyuk is one of the lucky ones. He was able to free himself from the clutches of a brutal dictatorship in his native North Korea where he was persecuted by the government for his Christian faith.
October 3, 2017 Kurdish referendum inspires Iraq's Christians to fight for their own independence amid fears of being caught in crossfire Kurds in Iraq voted overwhelmingly last week in favor of seeking full independence from the central government in Baghdad – setting off a firestorm of international retaliation, including strong objections from the U.S.
September 27, 2017 Photos of religious minority children pleading for Trump's help show urgency for Iraq aid As the deadline looms for the State Department to provide over $1 billion in aid to the religious minorities in Iraq, the children of Christian and Yazidi refugees are pleading directly to president Trump to take action.