Edward Ross

Religious Freedom Correspondent

Articles by Edward Ross

19 Feb, 2025 05:06 EST

Middle East Religious Freedom

Islamists in Egypt employ new tactics in forced conversion of Christian women

By Edward Ross

On June 1, an 18-year-old, middle-class Coptic Christian woman in Upper Egypt went to school as usual – but was then caught in a web of Islamist students, administrators, police and sheikhs seeking to forcibly convert her and marry her to a Muslim.
15 Feb, 2025 06:45 EST

Europe Religious Freedom

Evangelicals in Ukraine oppose ceding territory for peace, rights advocates say

By Edward Ross

Evangelicals in Ukraine do not favor a peace agreement that grants territory to Russia, as the Russian military already seeks to end the evangelical presence in the areas it controls, according to sources from Ukraine.
11 Feb, 2025 10:17 EST

Middle East Religious Freedom

Two ‘pardoned’ Christians in Iran sent back to prison

By Edward Ross

Two Christians who were released from prison in Iran in 2022 and 2023 respectively were re-arrested on Thursday (Feb. 6), advocacy group Article 18 reported.
5 Feb, 2025 13:50 EST

Middle East Religious Freedom

Vance shows administration support of religious liberty at IRF Summit

By Edward Ross

Vice President J.D. Vance and actor Rainn Wilson addressed the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday (Feb. 5), giving the gathering a high-profile boost in the cause of religious liberty.
4 Feb, 2025 16:48 EST

US & Canada Religious Freedom

U.S. administration challenged at International Religious Freedom Summit

By Edward Ross

Participants in what organizers called the largest ever religious freedom gathering voiced hope that the new U.S. administration and Congress would include their cause in broader policies as the International Religious Freedom Summit opened in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday (Feb. 4).
25 Jan, 2025 19:45 EST

Latin America Religious Freedom

Evangelicals increasingly targeted in Nicaragua, report says

By Edward Ross

The sharp increase in attacks on Christians in Nicaragua the past two years included increased targeting of evangelical churches, according to a report by a European advocacy group devoted to human rights.
2 Jan, 2025 10:53 EST

Asia Religious Freedom

Christian leaders in India issue stern appeal to government for relief from violence

By Edward Ross

More than 400 Christian leaders in India ended 2024 with a strongly-worded appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to put an end to a surge in violence against Christians that was especially heightened during the Christmas season.
26 Dec, 2024 06:35 EST

Asia Religious Freedom

Proposal in Sri Lanka targets churches’ religious freedom, NCEASL says

By Edward Ross

A proposed regulation in Sri Lanka targets Christian churches in the Buddhist-majority country, according to an evangelical association.
13 Dec, 2024 06:12 EST

Europe Religious Freedom

Legislation in Russia would ban worship in residential complexes

By Edward Ross

Christian leaders in Russia are concerned about a bill introduced in parliament that would ban religious services in residential complexes, a publication based in Germany reported.
3 Dec, 2024 11:44 EST

Middle East Religious Freedom

Christian mother faces danger in Iran after Türkiye’s deportation order

By Edward Ross

Authorities in Türkiye have ordered the deportation of a Christian refugee back to Iran, where the pregnant mother would be in serious danger after having fled her country due to arrests for participation in church, sources said.
30 Nov, 2024 06:11 EST

Middle East Religious Freedom

Christians in Iran tortured amid charges of promoting non-Islamic religion

By Edward Ross

Three Christians in Iran were tortured before their release on bail on Nov. 17 amid charges of propagating religion contrary to Islam, a religious rights group reported.
22 Nov, 2024 06:11 EST

Asia Religious Freedom

Amid persecution of clergy in China, bishop speaks only of ‘Sinicization’

By Edward Ross

With 10 Catholic bishops in China in detention, “disappeared” or forced from their positions, the government-installed bishop of Shanghai at a conference this month spoke only on President Xi Jinping’s “Sinicization” of religion, without mentioning hoped-for pastoral plans.

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