In commemoration of the 30th annual release of the World Watch List, we interviewed Frans, the director of World Watch Research, to tell us more about the list, the past 30 years since it was first released and how it…
Violent sub-Saharan Africa faces catastrophic collapse Open Doors International released its 2023 World Watch List (WWL)* on 18 January. This annual list, which is now in its 30th year, shows the top 50 countries where Christians experience the worst persecution…
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In recent years, local partners have been active in working with the youth on the eastern side of Malaysia. Young people are often the targets of forced conversion and sometimes even tricked into converting to the country’s dominant religion. In…
The FIFA World Cup kicked off on 20 November, in Qatar, which currently ranks #18 on the 2022 World Watch List. Thousands will be gathering from different nations to celebrate the love of soccer, a sport known to promote peace,…
Qatar, a country known for its wealth and monarchy, has been in the spotlight in the past months as the official host of the FIFA World Cup 2022, taking place from the 20th of November to the 18th of December.…
Women burning their headscarves on the street, crowds screaming ‘death to the dictator’ and upheaval in one of the country’s most infamous prisons: Iranians have been protesting the death of Mahsa Amini in huge numbers, and they seem unstoppable. The…
Three church leaders and siblings, Hung*, Long*, and Viet*, belonging to the Hmong tribe, were arrested by the local police this week in central Vietnam. According to the authorities, the three believers allegedly stole rice from other families in the…
On 13 September 2022, a rebel from the Coalition Patriotique pour le Changement (CPC) group sexually assaulted Igna* (36) from the Central African Republic in her house. Igna lives in an informal Internally Displaced People’s (IDP) camp in the eastern…
Dear Friend of the persecuted Church, Brother Andrew once said, “When we have an enemy image of any political or religious group or nation, the love of God can’t reach us to call us to do something about it.” His…