According to data from Portes Ouvertes ("Open Doors"), published in Le Figaro, approximately 365 million Christians around the world experienced persecution in 2023, 5 million more than for the previous year.
Portes Ouvertes is a Non-Governmental Organisation whose mission is "to support persecuted Christians worldwide and strengthen what remains."
Two countries highlighted are Nigeria and India:
- In Indian prisons there are currently 2332 incarcerated Christians, persecuted for their beliefs - over half the total number of Christian prisoners of conscience in the whole world. (India is today the most populous country in the world, the home of over a sixth of the world's population.)
- Nigeria, however, is the most dangerous country in the world for Christians: 4118 Christians were murdered for their religion out of the global total of 4998 such crimes in 2023.
Sources: portesouvertes.fr, PAP, X
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