ADF International today filed a complaint requesting the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to declare Yahaya Sharif-Aminu’s prosecution contrary to international law.
Continue reading“Too many people are dying”: Human rights lawyers implore world leaders to show concern for Nigerian victims
More Christians were killed in Nigeria in 2021 than in the rest of the world combined.
Continue readingPakistani Christian convert granted protection at Europe’s top court
A Pakistani Christian fearing persecution in case of deportation has won his case at the European Court of Human Rights.
Continue readingSudanese couple faces criminal charges after conversion to Christianity
A married Sudanese Christian convert couple is currently on trial facing baseless charges after they converted to Christianity despite the decriminalization of apostasy.
Continue readingOpen letter to President Biden: Please don’t ignore “rampant violence” in Nigeria
46 leading global advocates and organisations for religious freedom call for Biden Administration to reinstate Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern”.
Continue readingPakistani Christians escape death sentence
The Lahore High Court has overturned a death sentence for a Catholic Pakistani couple. A session court had sentenced Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emmanuel to death by hanging in 2014 over blasphemy charges.
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