The persecuted church

Christians

A man who declared his faith in Christ is beheaded in Tunisia.

12 Copts in Egypt are given life sentences, following the aftermath of an attack on a Copt village. They were the only individuals to be sentenced for these incidents.

A suicide bomber kills 21 worshippers outside a church in Nigeria.

An Orthodox priest is beaten up and shot in Bosnia. Police are not sure whether this is a simple robbery, or a religiously-motivated incident.

A pastor is brutally murdered in India, with tracts found near his body. Police are not sure whether this is a simple robbery, or a religiously-motivated incident.

Christians in Indonesia are pelted with bags of urine, as police watch on.

An entire Christian congregation is arrested in Iran, partly due to their “links with Zionist organisations”.

Pastor Nadarkhani is alive still, as he awaits execution, imprisoned in Iran.