Julia A. Seymour

• Overlap on Persecution Lists Reveals Danger for Christians
  The Open Doors annual watch list includes all of the U.S. State Department’s 10 countries of concern.
  Friday, January 26, 2018
• One Boy’s Christmas Wish for Peace in Iraq
  Christmas will be extra special for 13-year-old Noeh and his family this year. Like thousands of other Iraqi Christians, his family of eight had to flee Islamic State (ISIS) in 2014. This Christmas...
  Friday, December 22, 2017
• U.K. Raises Awareness of Persecuted Christians by Lighting Buildings up Red
  Parliament, churches light up red to raise awareness for martyred believers.
  Monday, November 27, 2017
• Indian Christians Accused of Kidnapping, Forced Conversion
  A court allowed seven Christian children in India to return to their families a week after Hindu radicals falsely accused their chaperones of kidnapping them to forcibly convert them.
  Monday, November 13, 2017
• Indonesian Church Forced to Cancel Reformation Event
  Muslim objections prompted the cancellation of an Indonesian prayer service meant to mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation last week. The act renewed concerns over deteriorating...
  Friday, November 3, 2017
• Hungary Steps Up to Fight Christian Persecution
  Under Prime Minister Victor Orban’s leadership, Hungary is taking the lead in helping persecuted Middle Eastern Christians.
  Monday, October 30, 2017
• Russian Anti-Missionary Law Mainly Hampers Christians
  Concerns among Russian Christians that the government’s antiterrorism legislation, adopted last year, would take away their religious freedom have been proven true.
  Friday, September 8, 2017
• Hindu Leaders Blame Nepal’s Church Growth on Greed
  Ministry groups say longing for equality, not money, pushes people toward Christ.
  Friday, August 25, 2017
• Indian Pastor Gunned Down as Persecution Increases
  Christians say more frequent, violent attacks accompany the rise of Hindu nationalism.
  Friday, July 28, 2017
• Religious, Ethnic Minorities Face Persecution in Kurdistan
  About 2 million people have fled to Kurdistan, in Northern Iraq, in recent years, escaping conflict, terrorism, and persecution in Syria and Iraq.
  Friday, June 16, 2017
• Christian Sites Destroyed in Iran
  Churches and cemeteries have been confiscated, vandalized, and neglected.
  Friday, March 10, 2017
• U.S. Lawmakers Plead for Mexico’s Persecuted Evangelicals
  Watchdogs groups hope international attention will encourage Mexican government to protect all citizens.
  Monday, September 26, 2016
• Eight Nepalese Christians Arrested for Illegal Proselytizing: The Country’s Controversial New Constitution Bans Converting Someone to Another Faith
  Eight Nepali Christians arrested in June, including one pastor and two teachers, could soon be tried for trying to proselytize children.
  Monday, July 25, 2016
• EU Appoints Special Envoy for Religious Freedom
  Due to mounting abuses of religious minorities, especially by ISIS, the European Commission created a new position to promote freedom of religion.
  Monday, May 23, 2016
• Former Soviet Republics are Central Asia’s Persecution Hotspot
  Worsening persecution in the Middle East and Africa commanded headlines in 2015, but Christians in many other countries also saw a deterioration of religious freedom or increased hostility last...
  Monday, February 1, 2016
• Irish Pastor Acquitted of Anti-Muslim Hate Speech
  A court in Belfast, Ireland, has acquitted an evangelical preacher accused of hate speech in 2014 for calling Islam “satanic.”
  Tuesday, January 19, 2016
• Christianity Growing in Northern India Despite Hindu Hostility
  The rise in persecution isn’t dissuading true converts, who are turning to Christ in larger numbers, according to new census data.
  Monday, December 21, 2015
• African Troops Free Boko Haram Hostages, Arrest Militant Fighters
  Troops killed and arrested hundreds of Boko Haram fighters in an offensive in Cameroon late last month.
  Monday, December 7, 2015