Donald Trump is being urged to step up his support for persecuted Christians and other religious minorities as a year passed since the US' genocide declaration with little action.
The Thai government is planning to cancel bail for all of Bangkok's male asylum seekers, forcing them - including many Christians - to move to detention centres immediately.
Two Iranian Christians have reportedly been arrested and detained by Iran's Revolutionary Guard, in the latest example of discrimination against Christians by the Muslim majority state.
Two Christian pastors in Vietnam recently had a taste of Vietnamese-style persecution when they were kidnapped, stripped, robbed and beaten with metal rods by a group of men who they suspect were working for the police.
Prominent evangelical leaders are backing religious freedoms for Muslims and other faiths as well as Christianity after a poll highlighted few Americans backing civil liberties for Islam.
As Coptic Christians flee the terror of ISIS in northern Egypt, Islamic authorities in the country have condemned the jihadist violence, standing in support of the Christian community.