Where God Weeps - the suffering church in focus
List of Countries
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For Christians in Egypt the rise of Islamist political groups and a spate of violence targeting churches suggest that the cataclysmic events of the past 12 months have turned Arab Spring to Winter.
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Victory for Umaru Yar'Adua in the April 2007 presidential elections could prove crucial in determining the outcome of Nigeria's long-running religious tensions.
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When Iraq's new ambassador to the Holy See presented his credentials to the Holy See recently, Pope Benedict XVI stated unequivocally that the Church there was engaged in a struggle for its very survival.
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With its economy in tatters and its people devastated by poverty and mass unemployment, the crisis engulfing Zimbabwe has touched the lives of almost everybody in the country.
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Lebanon is experiencing a period of serious tension as it makes the long road to recovery following the 2006 'July War' between Hezbollah, a Shi'a hard-line movement, and neighbouring Israel.
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Even though religious freedom is enshrined in the 1995 constitution (Article 2), there are alarming cases of discrimination and violence.
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The Christian community in India is still overshadowed by the 2008 attacks against them.
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Amid increasing international alarm, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has pressed ahead with inculcating 'revolutionary' ideas into the life-blood of this, the world's main Shia Muslim nation.
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China's dream of an Olympics show-casing the country's record-breaking progress was beset by a series of setbacks during the run-up to the Beijing games.
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2010 was a disastrous year for Haiti.
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World religious leaders have called on Churches in the West to help Christians in the Holy Land who are threatened by religious intolerance and deepening poverty.
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The Communist regime under Enver Hoxha considered Albania an "atheist country" and tried to eliminate religion in both the public and private sphere.
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Six people – including two children – were burned alive in anti-Christian attacks on 1st August 2009.
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Since 2005 the Ukrainian government has taken various steps to grant religious organisations the status of a legal person, which gives them, for example, the right to set up their own schools as well as exempting their clergymen and aides from military service.
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The Constitution recognises religious freedom and the government protects it.
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The serious political problems that in 2008 resulted in armed clashes with Russian troops have not, generally speaking, influenced religious freedom in the country.
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Over the last few years both the United States and the Holy See have acknowledged some improvements in the situation concerning religious freedom in the country.
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The road ahead for South Sudan isn't any easier than the years of bloodshed and oppression that lie behind.
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The State generally respects the right to religious freedom, although the fact that the part concerning the registration of religious groups contained in the 2007 law on their legal status was never completed, effectively prevents groups requesting registration from meeting the necessary legal standards to obtain it.
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During the past year there have been reports of a number of restrictions to the religious freedom of some minority groups, which have complained of intervention by government officials to prevent their proselytising, and interfere with their religious worship.
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The Constitution establishes the right to religious freedom, but in some cases the authorities restrict this right.
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When opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest in November 2010, it quickly became clear that Burma’s military junta were in no mood to compromise and concede ground to pro-democracy campaigners.