| Date | Country | Region / Locality | Casualties / Impact | Perpetrator | Incident Summary | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11–12, 2026 | Nigeria | Kum & Wereng-Camp villages, Riyom LGA, Plateau State | 9 killed (single Christian family, incl. infant); 1 critically injured; 4 suspects arrested | Suspected armed Fulani militants (Fass axis) | Suspected Fulani militants attacked Kum and Wereng-Camp communities late July 11, killing nine members of the James family — including a two-to-three-month-old infant — and critically wounding community head Pam Yohanna. Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo (COCIN) identified all nine as his extended family. Nigerian troops arrested four suspects on July 12; the Army was reported to have failed to respond despite prior warnings. Event date is July 11; named-victim reporting, arrests, and ICC's persecution framing fall inside the window. | Bulus "Nine Family Members "Terrorists Kill Nine Plateau Family Members "Nine People Killed by Fulani Terrorists in Riyom Were My… "Fulani Extremists Kill 25 Christians After Nigerian Army… |
| Jul 14, 2026 | DRC | Mangina and surrounding villages, near Beni, North Kivu (Ituri border) | ~14 civilians killed in-window (4 on Jul 14; ~10 on/around Jul 16); displacement across Mangina and nearby villages | Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) / Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP) | The ADF/ISCAP struck Mangina town on July 14, killing four civilians in Mbutaba and Vuthala neighborhoods, and returned around July 16 to kill approximately ten more. The Ugandan-origin Islamist militia has a documented record of attacking Christian communities and churches across the Beni/Ituri region. | "At Least 20 Killed in Jihadist Attacks in Eastern DRC "Al Menos Siete Muertos en un Ataque Atribuido a un Grupo… |
| Jul 19, 2026 | Myanmar | Maei Town (Wards 2/3), Taungup Township, Arakan (Rakhine) State | 1 Christian church destroyed; 5 civilians killed; 26 injured across three townships (incl. 1 monk & children); 20 civilian homes destroyed in Maei Town | Myanmar military junta (State Administration Council) | Junta jets dropped three 300-lb bombs on Maei Town at ~11:30 a.m. on July 19, destroying a Christian church and 20 civilian homes and killing five. Coordinated same-day strikes hit Thandwe Town and near Taungpauk Monastery — a broader Martyrs' Day bombing campaign against contested ethnic-minority regions. | "Myanmar Junta Conducted Coordinated Air Strikes Against … |
| Jul 12–13, 2026 | Ethiopia | Asako district (Dajam Yelew & Bahru Ali), East Arsi Zone, Oromia | 3 Orthodox Christians killed; families displaced with inadequate food, shelter, and medical care | No group claimed; regional pattern historically attributed to OLA/OLF-Shene per ACLED | Two targeted shooting attacks in as many days killed three Orthodox Christians in East Arsi — one killed July 12 in Dajam Yelew and two killed July 13 in Bahru Ali. Bodies were taken to Asako Debre Tzion St. Mary Church. Victim names were not disclosed. | "Ethiopia: Three Orthodox Christians Killed in Separate T… "Africa Overview – July 2026 |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Nigeria | Ondo community (near Akpachi), Otukpo LGA, Benue State | 2 Christians killed; highway protest by Christian youths | Suspected Fulani ethnic militia | Gunmen identified by residents as Fulani militants struck the Ondo community before dawn on July 14, killing two Christians despite prior warnings to a nearby Ogobia military outpost. Hundreds of Christian youths blocked the Otukpo–Agatu Federal Highway. Single-sourced (TruthNigeria). | "No Arrests After Benue Massacre of 18 Christians |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Nigeria | Wereng-Rim/Gwom Village, Rim District, Riyom LGA, Plateau State | 1 community sentry killed | Unidentified gunmen; pattern consistent with armed Fulani militia activity | A community vigilante (identified as Mangai/Markus Musa, 43) was shot dead at his post ~10 p.m. during a raid on a Berom Christian community. Troops recovered 7.62mm NATO ammunition casings. Two outlets report identical time, location, and circumstances — one incident with a name-transliteration discrepancy. | "Gunmen Kill Vigilante in Fresh Plateau Attack "Gunmen Kill Community Guard in Plateau Attack |
| Jul 11, 2026 | India | Govajang village, Kangpokpi district, Manipur | 1 Baptist church officer killed (9th Kuki civilian killing in ongoing pattern) | Alleged "Manipur Naga armed groups" (per Kuki Christian Leaders' Forum) | Haokholal Singsit, secretary of Govajang Baptist Church and treasurer of the Men's Society, Kuki Baptist Convention Parish No. 6, was killed ~4 p.m. while working in a paddy field with his wife. Kuki Christian Leaders' Forum issued a July 13 statement identifying this as the ninth Kuki civilian killing since the May 13 assassination of three peace-mission clergy. Killing itself falls just outside the window; condemnation, group attribution, and detailed reporting fall inside July 13–19. | "Kuki Christian Body Condemns Church Leader's Killing |
| Jul 12–13, 2026 | Cameroon | Mada, Far North Region (Diocese of Maroua-Mokolo) | 23 women widowed, 69 children orphaned (92 lives directly upended); homes and granaries burned; food reserves destroyed | Boko Haram factions | A nighttime Boko Haram raid devastated dozens of families in Mada, Far North Cameroon. Local churches and Christian missions within the Diocese of Maroua-Mokolo are organizing emergency humanitarian response. Report does not state an explicit death toll; widow/orphan counts imply significant loss of household heads. Single-sourced (Journal Chrétien). | "Extrême-Nord Camerounais : Une Attaque de Boko Haram Lai… |
| Jul 14–17, 2026 | Nigeria | Jol Ward, Riyom LGA, Plateau State | Sustained displacement pressure on ~1,200-person village; ~98% of farmland abandoned across 25-year conflict; no confirmed fatality count for this stretch | Fulani militants staging from Rankum, Fass, and Loton | Residents of Jol reported sustained Fulani militia raids July 14–17. Groups of 200–400 armed attackers approached on foot in evening raids after abandoning motorcycles at a river crossing. Berom Youth Moulders Association reported 121 killed across Riyom LGA between May and July 11, 2026. | "Nigerian Christians Report Increasing Coordination Acros… "Security Alert: Riyom Christian Villages Face Attacks |
| Jul 9, 2026 | Pakistan / EU | European Parliament (Brussels/Strasbourg); underlying case, Lahore | 1 minor (Maria Shahbaz) remains in alleged abductor's custody; formal EU diplomatic/trade pressure on Pakistan (potential GSP+ suspension); 210 documented Christian girl abduction cases 2019–2026 ("Stolen Girls" report) | Named individual: Shehryar Ahmad. State actor implicated: Pakistan Federal Constitutional Court | The European Parliament adopted an urgency resolution condemning Pakistan over the abduction, forced conversion, and child marriage of Maria Shahbaz, a Christian girl abducted in Lahore in July 2025 at age 12–13 by a 30-year-old Muslim neighbor. Pakistan's FCC upheld the marriage in early 2026, rejecting minor-status evidence. The July 14 EP conference released the "Stolen Girls" report documenting 210 abduction cases. | European Parliament "EU Parliament Condemns Forced Conversions in Pakistan "European Parliament Resolution Condemns Forced Conversions "Pakistani Court Sends 13-Year-Old Christian Girl Maria B… Ghouri |
| Jul 14–17, 2026 | Pakistan | Supreme Court, Islamabad; original crime Kot Radha Kishan, Kasur District, Punjab | Final judicial resolution of 2014 double-murder — no one now convicted; three defendants (Muhammad Irfan, Mehdi Khan, Muhammad Riaz Kumbh) acquitted; brick kiln owner Yousaf Gujjar also acquitted | State actor (judicial system failure); underlying 2014 mob violence | Pakistan's Supreme Court overturned the death sentences of the three remaining men convicted in the 2014 lynching of Shahzad Masih and pregnant wife Shama Bibi (burned alive in a brick kiln after false blasphemy accusations), citing inconsistent witness testimony. Pakistan's Catholic bishops decried "12 years on and still no justice." | "Court Acquits Men Convicted of Killing Christian Couple … "Bishops: 12 Years on and Still No Justice for Young Coup… "No One Convicted: Defendants Acquitted in Lynching of Ch… |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Pakistan | Faisalabad (court); Jaranwala, Punjab (underlying riots) | 1 defendant sentenced to 10 years — a rare conviction; underlying 2023 riots damaged 26 churches and 80+ Christian homes | Mob violence tied to blasphemy/Quran-desecration allegations | An anti-terrorism court sentenced crane driver Irfan Yousaf to 10 years for demolishing a church during the 2023 Jaranwala riots. NCJP noted this is a rare conviction — mob-attack defendants in Christian-community cases have typically been acquitted since 2009. Christian leaders welcomed the sentence while cautioning it falls short of full justice. Single-sourced (Catholic World Report). | "Pakistan Court Hands Rare Prison Sentence Over Anti-Chri… |
| Jul 8, 2026 | Pakistan | Islamabad (Senate); cases across Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan | 1 death in custody (Amir Peter, 61); Dennis Albert (37) acquitted after wrongful imprisonment; Senate confirms majority of 333 blasphemy cases fabricated | State actor (judicial/police system) enabling private accusers to weaponize blasphemy law | Pakistani officials told the Senate's Functional Committee on Human Rights that a majority of 333 blasphemy cases across five years and four provinces were fabricated, often for personal/financial motives. Report surfaces alongside newly disclosed cases: Dennis Albert acquitted July 6 and Amir Peter's July 1 in-custody death. Single-sourced (Morning Star News). | "Majority of Blasphemy Cases in Pakistan 'Fabricated |
| Jul 9, 2026 | Pakistan | Qazafi Colony, Baldia Town, Karachi, Sindh | No injuries (violence averted); family relocated under police protection | Non-state mob instigated by anonymous provocation; interfaith and state actors intervened | A desecrated Quran page bearing photos of Christian Azeem Javed and his mother — mailed to a local shopkeeper — sparked a mob siege of the family's home. Swift joint action by police, Muslim clerics, seminary students, and Catholic priests prevented an attack. Case is being investigated as a possible orchestrated provocation. | "Pakistan: Interfaith Action Averts Violence Against Chri… "Collaboration Between Religious Leaders and Civil Author… |
| Jul 8, 2026 | India | Maharashtra (statewide; audit centered in Nashik, Nandgaon, Aurangabad, Dhule, Nandurbar) | Statewide audit of church/missionary property titles (3-month timeline; report due ~Oct 2026); underlying Nashik fraud allegation involves ~₹300 crore and ~5,000 affected families | State actor: Government of Maharashtra (Mahayuti coalition), Revenue Department under Minister Bawankule | Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule announced a statewide, time-bound audit of land records held by churches, Christian missionary organizations, and related institutions — examining titles dating to the British colonial era. Trigger is an alleged ₹300 crore land-fraud case in Nashik. High-powered committees under divisional commissioners will verify records with a report due within three months. | "Explained: Why Maharashtra Has Ordered a Statewide Audit… "Maharashtra Government Orders Probe into Church Lands "Maharashtra Orders Audit of Christian Properties "Maharashtra Orders Inquiry into Church and Missionary La… "Churches |
| Jul 5–13, 2026 | India | Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh | 1 pastor arrested and jailed 3 days; health complications from detention | Hindu-nationalist-linked extremists filed complaint; state actor (police) executed arrest under anti-conversion law | Pastor Briton Phillips — whose leg was amputated two months earlier due to diabetes — was arrested and jailed for three days under Madhya Pradesh's Freedom of Religion Bill after extremists filed a complaint alleging he bribed people to convert. Extremists had forced their way into his home during a July 5 worship service. Phillips was released on bail with deteriorated health. Single-sourced (Barnabas Aid). | "Pastor Arrested and Charged in Madhya Pradesh |
| Reported Jul 13, 2026 (expulsion Jun 23) | India | Bharanda village, Chhattisgarh | 26 Christian families in ongoing forced isolation from outside clergy | Village leaders and residents; state-level anti-conversion law enables the accusations | 26 Christian families were ordered to leave Bharanda village on June 23 over "conversion" accusations; they were later allowed to return only on condition they receive no visits from pastors, ministry workers, or outside Christians. Chhattisgarh's March 2026 Freedom of Religion Bill underlies the accusations. Single-sourced (Barnabas Aid). | "Twenty-Six Christian Families Expelled from Home Village… |
| Jul 4–5, 2026 (advocacy through Jul 19) | India | Multiple districts across West Bengal — Murshidabad, Bankura, South Kolkata, Palbari, Faridpur, Buri Bot Tala | At least 4+ separate mob incidents in one Sunday; 1 pastor beaten and arrested; congregation members beaten; property destroyed; Bibles confiscated; 200,000-rupee extortion demand | Non-state/communal Hindu-nationalist-linked mobs; state actor complicity alleged (police arrested pastor instead of attackers) | Christians across West Bengal reported a surge of coordinated mob attacks on churches, prayer meetings, and homes following the BJP's May state election win. Attacks in a single Sunday include a widow's home raided with land demanded for a temple, a Protestant prayer service raided and Bibles confiscated, a Presbyterian church altar destroyed, three rooftop crosses destroyed at a half-built church, and Grace Church pastor Anup Ghosh and worshippers beaten and robbed — with Ghosh then arrested by police on conversion allegations. Bangiya Christiya Pariseba (BCP) launched a two-week advocacy campaign running through July 19. | "Christians in Indian State Face Mob Attacks After BJP Wi… "Spate of Violence "পশ্চিমবঙ্গে চার্চে হামলা: কী ঘটেছিলো সেখানে?" BBC News B… |
| Jul 12–15, 2026 | Iran | Central Tehran (St. Peter's Evangelical / Qavam Church compound) | 10-acre historic church compound (homes, offices, two schools) forcibly emptied; 27 Christian residents / 20 families evicted; 79+ Christians detained/imprisoned in Iran (UN cumulative) | State actor (Iranian regime; Revolutionary Court; Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order) | UN Special Rapporteurs Mai Sato and Nazila Ghanea publicly condemned Iran for confiscating the 10-acre St. Peter's compound and evicting its 27 resident Christians (20 low-income Armenian/Assyrian families) — the last resident departed July 12. The seizure was executed by the "Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order" on a 1998 Revolutionary Court order. UN experts also cited the June 2026 demolition of a Presbyterian church in Mashhad and the 2019 Assyrian Presbyterian church closure in Tabriz. | "Christians in Iran Continue to Face Arrest "Iran Must Reverse Church Confiscation |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Egypt | Qena Governorate | Church-legalization negotiations under Egypt's 2016 Church Construction Law disrupted; formal complaint by three major Egyptian church bodies | State actor (Qena Governorate administration under Governor El-Beblawy) | A joint delegation of Coptic Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical church representatives walked out of an official meeting on church legalization after being instructed to surrender their mobile phones (containing legalization files, maps, official decisions, and photos) before the discussion. The demand was imposed only on the church delegation. Governor El-Beblawy proceeded without them. Single-sourced (Coptic Solidarity). | "Church Delegation Ordered to Surrender Mobile Phones Bef… |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Egypt | St. Catherine's Monastery, Sinai | Ongoing pressure on 15-century-old monastery's legal status; nationality decree withheld for newly elected Archbishop | State actor (Egyptian government litigation and administrative process) | Coptic Solidarity released a report warning that Egyptian state litigation and administrative pressure on St. Catherine's has reached a "decisive stage," with authorities pushing toward a state-ownership-with-leaseback arrangement altering the monastery's centuries-old autonomy. Advocacy report rather than a discrete new incident; included given direct bearing on active institutional pressure. Single-sourced (Coptic Solidarity). | "New Report Warns St. Catherine's Monastery Has Reached a… |
| Jul 11–17, 2026 | China | Yueyang, Hunan Province | 6 church leaders/workers in custody after 7+ days; biometric surveillance files created; Christian literature confiscated | State actor (Chinese police / religious-affairs enforcement) | Six house-church leaders remained in custody a week after coordinated police raids on multiple congregations in Yueyang. Detainees: Pastor Huang Lei, Elder Yang Jianjun, Preacher Hu Hongtao, Pastor Luo Kaimin, Sister Yang Chun, and Brother Fu. They were subjected to fingerprinting, DNA/blood collection, video recording, forced statements, and creation of surveillance files. Officers branded independent Christians as belonging to a "cult." Single-sourced (ChinaAid). | "Six Christian Leaders Still Detained After House Church … |
| Jul 13, 2026 | China | Wuhan, Hubei Province (Cedar Tree Church) | 1 pastor escalated toward criminal prosecution; church meeting place sealed; two minor children (14 and 15) without clear guardianship | State actor (Chinese public security / religious affairs) | Authorities in Wuhan transferred house-church pastor Guo Xiaolin to a formal detention center rather than releasing him as scheduled after 15 days' administrative detention, signaling likely criminal prosecution. His wife Liang Cuili's status remains unknown. Cedar Tree Church was sealed following the June 24 raid during worship. Single-sourced (ChinaAid). | "Pastor and Wife Detained as China's House Church Crackdo… |
| Jul 13, 2026 | China | Beijing | 7+ defendants facing criminal charges (fraud and/or illegal business); largest single house-church crackdown in China in recent years | State actor (Chinese state prosecutors/procuratorate) | The Zion Church "10.9" case was transferred to the procuratorate for review ahead of possible indictment. Named defendants: Wang Zhong and Wu Qiuyu (illegal business); Yin Huibin, Gao Yingjia, Wang Cong, Liu Zhenbin, and Lin Shucheng (fraud); Pastor Wang Lin ("Franklin Wang") charged with both. Thirteen members released on bail. Founding pastor Ezra Jin Mingri released to the US on July 3; eight other leaders remain jailed. Single-sourced (ChinaAid). | "Pastor Freed |
| Jul 19, 2026 | Vietnam | Gia Lai Province, Central Highlands | 119 individuals identified, investigated, and "handled" under enforcement measures in H1 2026; 4 defendants criminally charged | State actor (Gia Lai Provincial Police; Ministry of Public Security) | Gia Lai Provincial Police, under Major General Le Quang Nhan, disclosed at a July 19 briefing that 119 Christians in the Central Highlands were subjected to enforcement action in H1 2026 for alleged ties to Montagnard religious/ethnic self-determination movements ("FULRO" and "De Ga Protestantism"). Two criminal cases opened against four defendants. CSW warned Vietnam is branding lawful religious activity as separatism. Single-sourced (CSW). | "Authorities Charge 119 Christians in Central Highlands i… |
Patterns & Analysis — July 13 – July 19, 2026
This week's 25 documented incidents span 11 countries. Middle Belt Nigeria dominates the fatal toll (12+ killed in-window across Plateau and Benue) while the DRC's ADF/ISCAP resurgence killed roughly 14 civilians near Beni. Pakistan produced a rare cluster of judicial and diplomatic accountability signals — the EU Parliament resolution on Maria Shahbaz, the Jaranwala 10-year sentence, and Senate testimony that a majority of 333 blasphemy cases are fabricated — offset by the Supreme Court's acquittal of all remaining defendants in the 2014 Kot Radha Kishan lynching and an elderly Christian's death in custody. State legal and administrative pressure on Christian institutions accelerated across India (Maharashtra), Iran (Tehran church seizure), Egypt (Qena, St. Catherine's), and China (Zion, Wuhan, Yueyang).
Middle Belt Nigeria — sustained Fulani militia campaign. The Kum/Wereng-Camp attack (9 James family members killed including an infant), Wereng-Rim sentry killing, sustained multi-day raids on Jol village, and the Ondo/Benue attack together account for at least 12 documented Christian deaths in-window from suspected Fulani militia activity. Berom Christian communities in Riyom LGA face coordinated, staged assaults; Nigerian Army units at nearby checkpoints repeatedly fail to intervene despite prior warnings. TruthNigeria's mid-week security alert enumerating Riyom-area villages under threat proved predictive within days. The Berom Youth Moulders Association reported 121 killed across Riyom alone between May and July 11 — indicative of sustained displacement pressure, not sporadic violence.
Pakistan — rare accountability signals offset by a landmark acquittal and a custody death. The EU Parliament's July 9 resolution over Maria Shahbaz ties Pakistan's GSP+ trade preferences to religious-freedom compliance and elevates the "Stolen Girls" documentation of 210 abduction cases (2019–2026). An anti-terrorism court sentenced a 2023 Jaranwala rioter to 10 years — a rare conviction the NCJP called the first meaningful accountability for that attack. Yet the Supreme Court acquitted all remaining defendants in the 2014 Kot Radha Kishan brick-kiln lynching, and Senate committee testimony confirmed most of 333 blasphemy cases are fabricated — even as Amir Peter died in custody awaiting bail. Karachi's interfaith intervention in the Azeem Javed case shows de-escalation is possible when clerics, police, and Catholic clergy act quickly; the structural vulnerability has not changed.
State legal/administrative pressure on Christian institutions accelerated across three continents. Iran's judiciary confiscated the 10-acre St. Peter's Evangelical compound in Tehran and evicted 27 Christian residents (20 Armenian/Assyrian families); UN Special Rapporteurs formally condemned the seizure. India's Maharashtra government initiated a three-month audit of church and missionary property titles dating to the British colonial era. China's Zion Church "10.9" case was transferred to prosecutors, a Wuhan pastor was moved from administrative to formal detention, and six Yueyang house-church leaders remain in custody after coordinated raids. Egypt provided two data points: a Qena governorate meeting on church legalization collapsed over a phone-confiscation demand, and Coptic Solidarity flagged St. Catherine's Monastery at a "decisive stage" in the dismantling of its 15-century legal status.
India — coordinated pressure across four states. West Bengal saw a documented Sunday wave of attacks on churches, prayer meetings, and Christian homes following the state's May BJP election win, culminating in a pastor's arrest by police rather than his attackers. Maharashtra's church-property audit and Madhya Pradesh's arrest of a disabled pastor under its Freedom of Religion Bill fit the anti-conversion-law pattern documented by Barnabas Aid and ICC. Chhattisgarh's 26 expelled Christian families remain isolated from outside clergy under village-council pressure enabled by that state's March 2026 anti-conversion law. Manipur's ninth Kuki civilian killing since May — Baptist officer Haokholal Singsit — extended the ethnic-Christian conflict pattern in the northeast.
Central Africa — ADF/ISCAP resurgence and Boko Haram raid. The Allied Democratic Forces killed at least 14 civilians in coordinated attacks on Mangina (Beni, North Kivu) on July 14 and July 16, continuing a documented pattern of ADF assaults on Christian communities across the Beni/Ituri region. Across Lake Chad, a nighttime Boko Haram raid on Mada in Far North Cameroon left 23 women widowed and 69 children orphaned within the Diocese of Maroua-Mokolo — homes and granaries burned, food reserves destroyed. Ethiopia's East Arsi zone recorded two targeted shooting attacks in two days killing three Orthodox Christians, matching a pattern ACLED attributes to OLA/OLF-Shene (a claim OLA denies).
Sourcing note. 25 incidents across 11 countries. Multi-sourced incidents: #1 (Plateau/James family, 5 outlets), DRC ADF, Wereng-Rim vigilante, Kot Radha Kishan acquittals, Maria Shahbaz/EU (5 outlets), Maharashtra audit (5 outlets), West Bengal wave, Iran Tehran church. Single-sourced incidents flagged: Benue Ondo (TruthNigeria), Ethiopia (Borkena with regional ACLED corroboration), Cameroon Mada (Journal Chrétien), Jaranwala sentence (Catholic World Report), Pakistan Senate blasphemy (Morning Star), MP pastor arrest (Barnabas), Chhattisgarh (Barnabas), Qena walkout (Coptic Solidarity), St. Catherine's (Coptic Solidarity), Yueyang, Wuhan, Zion (all ChinaAid), Vietnam (CSW). Cameroon (#8) was surfaced via pan-African French-language sweep as bonus finding.
Aggregate Toll — July 13 – July 19, 2026
Metric
Count
Documented incidents
25
Countries affected
11 (Nigeria, DRC, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Myanmar, India, Pakistan, Iran, Egypt, China, Vietnam)
Christians killed (in-window events)
25+ (12+ Nigeria; 14 DRC; 3 Ethiopia; 5 Myanmar; 1 India Manipur; 1 Pakistan in-custody death — Amir Peter)
Christians physically injured (named/counted)
26+ (Myanmar Arakan strikes across three townships)
Named minors in confirmed abduction/forced marriage
1 (Maria Shahbaz)
Churches attacked, seized, sealed, demolished, or under state action
6+ (St. Peter's/Tehran; Cedar Tree/Wuhan sealed; Zion Beijing; Yueyang cluster; Maei Town/Myanmar destroyed; multiple West Bengal churches; St. Catherine's/Sinai pressure)
Christians in state detention (named this window)
20+ (China: 6 Yueyang + Wuhan pastor + Zion defendants; Iran: 79+ cumulative UN figure)
Custodial deaths
1 (Amir Peter, 61, Pakistan)
Aggregate figures reported in-window
210 Christian girl abduction cases in Pakistan 2019–2026 ("Stolen Girls" report); 333 Pakistan blasphemy cases majority fabricated (Senate briefing); 79+ Christians detained in Iran (UN); 121 killed in Riyom LGA May–July 11 (BYM); 119 Vietnamese Christians investigated H1 2026 (Gia Lai Police)
Fabricated blasphemy cases (parliamentary review, Pakistan)
333
State-actor incidents
12 (Iran, Egypt x2, India Maharashtra & MP, China x3, Pakistan judicial x3, Vietnam)
Non-state armed-group incidents
5 (Nigeria x3 Fulani; DRC ADF; Cameroon Boko Haram; India Manipur; Myanmar junta counted as state)
Non-state communal / network incidents
5 (India Chhattisgarh, West Bengal; Pakistan Karachi mob; Ethiopia East Arsi; India MP complaint filers)
Judicial or diplomatic accountability actions
3 (EU Parliament resolution; Jaranwala rioter sentenced; Pakistan Senate blasphemy briefing)
Weekly Incident Tracker — Incident Maps
Geographic context for the reporting window above. Marker size, where shown, scales with reported casualties.
