The five countries with the most Christian prisoners
Through prison sentences, governments prevents Christians from spreading the Gospel and discourage others confessing their faith.
Thirty-five Christians arrested during prayer meetings in Eritrea
Prison conditions are some of the harshest in the world, with inmates kept in shipping containers and believers often tortured.
Two Christians sentenced to prison and heavily fined in Algeria
The two men have appealed their conviction and sentence.
Twenty-one Christians released from prison in Eritrea
Some 171 Eritrean Christians have been freed from prison since last August.
Seventy Christians released from jail in Eritrea
Eritrean troops are participating in serious human rights violations and violence that may amount to genocide.
Eighty-three-year-old Jesuit priest is imprisoned in India
The eighty-three-year-old Indian Jesuit, Father Stan Swamy, was arrested more than one hundred days ago, on the 8th of October.
ACN calls for release of imprisoned Jesuit in India
The eighty-three-year-old Jesuit Fr. Stan Swamy has been incarcerated since the 8th of October.
Seventeen inmates have been baptised in Mississippi jail
Hundreds of well-wishers congratulated the inmates on their decision.
Iran: Christian man was almost sent back to prison, some months after his relese
Ebrahim Firouzi was accused of propaganda against the State.
Alarmingly high bail leveled against Iranian Christians
The government is demanding 3 billion tomans ($150,000) for the release of both an Armenian church leader and a Christian convert