VOV, is a nonprofit/non-governmental organization based in TRENTO ITALY and plays an essential role in guaranteeing a strong persecuted Christian community by providing accessibility, mobility, choice and freedom.

Its key aims are to bring the scattered persecuted Christian communities under the guardianship of VOV and build their capacity for raising collective voice to fully end discrimination and untouchability and to influence the state in formulating laws and policies to benefit the Christian persecuted communities in the world.

Washington, DC — The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released its 2025 Annual Report. The report documents religious freedom conditions in 2024 and recommends policy to the White House, Congress, and State Department to advance freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) abroad. Congress mandated USCIRF’s Annual Report in the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) of 1998.

We welcome the news that the Thai Ministry of National Defence has promoted a study to allow exemption from reserve military service for conscientious objectors. Once again, the initiative takes its cue from the firm position of a Jehovah's Witness who is faithful to his beliefs.

We receive and publish this appeal by the British Asian Christians Association in support of five Christian pastors arrested on charges of forcibly converting Hindus. They are also accused of distributing copies of the Bible and other Christian literature. It is always sad to report such news of intolerance, which often inflames the animosity of crowds and results in acts of violence.