Winning entries announced: video competition to #CelebrateGirlsforLife on International Day of the Girl Child 2020
NEW DEHLI (12 October 2020) – Every baby girl deserves the chance to grow up....
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Vietnam Releases Pastor after 4 Years of Prison
VIETNAM/WASHINGTON DC (5 October 2020) – Vietnam has released Pastor A Dao, leader of the Montagnard Evangelical Church of Christ, after 4 years’ imprisonment. Pastor A Dao was arrested in...
Published on 05 Oct 2020 - news
Indian campaign addresses skewed sex-ratio: “celebrating Girls for LIFE”
NEW DELHI (22 September 2020) – In India, thousands of girls are aborted every day simply because they are girls. To raise awareness of this human rights violation, ADF India...
Published on 22 Sep 2020 - news
Abduction, rape, blackmail: A Pakistani teenager’s fight for justice
LAHORE/NEW DELHI (9 September 2020) – In Pakistan, a fourteen-year-old girl and her family were forced into hiding after she escaped her abductor who forcibly married her. She escaped and...
Published on 09 Sep 2020 - news
UN Special Rapporteur on religious persecution in India: “solidarity with victims important.”
NEW DELHI (21 August 2020) – Amidst the COVID-19 crisis in India and a time when attacks and violence against religious minorities in...
Published on 20 Aug 2020 - news
Christian teenager in India murdered for his faith
NEW DELHI (10 June 2020) – Amidst the COVID-19 crisis in India, Christian persecution is on the rise. Recently, extremists murdered a fourteen-year-old boy in the state of Odisha, because...
Published on 15 Jun 2020 - news
Nepalese police arrest pastor for preaching about COVID-19
KATHMANDU (9 June 2020) – In Nepal, praying in public could mean prison time. Recently, the police arrested a pastor for allegedly spreading misinformation about Corona virus and praying for...
Published on 09 Jun 2020 - news
Experts raise Vietnam’s human rights violations against Christians in letter to US President
WASHINGTON, DC (28 May 2020) – Today, a group of international experts on religious freedom sent an open letter to the United States President raising concerns...
Published on 28 May 2020 - news
Indian lawyers become aid workers as poorest face humanitarian crisis
NEW DELHI (17 April 2020) – In India, teams of lawyers and advocates who would normally support persecuted Christians with legal aid have used their resources to bring food and...
Published on 17 Apr 2020
