• Kidnapped Girl’s Church Calls on Buhari to Win Her Release from Boko Haram in Nigeria

  Islamic extremists in northeast Nigeria retained the only Christian among more than 100 kidnapped girls who were freed last week, prompting the head of her church denomination to call on President Muhammadu Buhari to obtain her release.

  

• Staff Members at Emergency Maternity Ward in Pakistan Kill Christian

  Medical staff and security guards at a major government hospital in Lahore, Pakistan on Monday (March 26) killed a Christian father of four and injured five members of his family, including the pregnant sister he had brought because she was in labor, sources said.

  

• Hindu Extremists Turn Tribal, Animist Villagers against Christians in India

  About 20 villagers questioning Christians gathered for worship in a home in Odisha state, India were animists who worshipped objects in nature and other gods, but Hindu nationalists had led them there.

  

• Sentencing of Pastor Adds to Uptick in Persecution in Algeria

  In the latest of a rash of persecution incidents in Algeria, a judge on Thursday (March 8) sentenced a pastor to a fine and a suspended prison sentence under a law that prohibits causing Muslims to doubt their religion, sources said.

  

• Christians in India Imprisoned on False Charges, Beaten by Inmates for 'Defiling Hinduism'

  After being framed on false charges earlier this year, two Christians in eastern India recently spent a month in jail, where inmates beat them after discovering they were accused of defiling Hinduism, sources said.