• Pakistan Christian Teenager Charged with Blasphemy Waits in Jail

  A 16-year-old Christian in Pakistan is languishing in jail under a baseless blasphemy charge after a judge declined to grant him bail this month, his attorney said.

  

• Sudan Orders Demolition of at Least 25 Church Buildings, Christian Leaders Say

  State officials in Sudan plan to demolish at least 25 church buildings in the Khartoum area, according to Christian leaders.

  

• Christian, 70, Charged with Blasphemy in Pakistan as 106 Muslims Are Acquitted in 2013 Attack

  A 70-year-old Christian in Pakistan was jailed on blasphemy charges on the same day 106 Muslims accused in a 2013 attack on a Christian colony were acquitted.

  

• Pastor in Uganda Attacked after Sheikh Sent to Kill Him Becomes Christian

  Islamic extremists ambushed a church leader in eastern Uganda last week after a sheikh they had sent to assassinate him at a church service instead became a Christian, sources said.

  

• Christian Convert in Eastern Uganda Coerced by Muslim Relatives into Taking Poison

  Muslim relatives of a young woman in eastern Uganda who put her faith in Christ at a Christmas service coerced her into taking poison at a New Year's celebration, she said.