World Watch Monitor reports the story of Christians around the world under pressure for their faith.
Freedom of belief, guaranteed by the UN Declaration of Human Rights, plays a critical part in the unfolding, complex story of the 21st Century. We exist to tell this part of the story with accuracy and authority. We respect and uphold everyone’s right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; Our focus is on the global Christian Church.
World Watch Monitor is particularly concerned with reporting on the underlying causes of persecution. We aim to connect the dots to reveal the forces behind acts of violence and injustice.
We strive to be the most trusted and consulted source of news about Christians who suffer for their faith. World Watch Monitor editors commission journalists around the world to report on persecution, from breaking news to in-depth analysis. We seek authentic voices on the ground, always with the aim to place such incidents within a broader narrative to explain context. We are committed to classic journalistic principles and practices: We pursue truth; employ the discipline of verification; maintain independence; keep the news in perspective; and publish journalism that aims to be transparent.
However, wherever the freedom to believe is denied, there is fear, secrecy and often danger. So, we will name our sources when we can, and will protect them with anonymity when we must. Our reporters, whose work can anger those who oppress minority Christians, often work in places where police protection cannot always be expected, where orthodoxy can be enforced at the end of a gun, and where the rule of law doesn’t always run as it should. For those reasons, in most cases we do not publish the name of a story’s author. But neither do we make up fake reporter names.
We know the story of the Christian Church under pressure is larger than World Watch Monitor’s engagement with it, so we link to credible news and information about persecution that is published by others. Our goal is to be a valuable guide to the full breadth of this important story.
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About links
Persecution is a story as old and wide as the Church, well beyond the ability of any single news service to report it completely. That’s why World Watch Monitor frequently links to information sources around the Web.
We select links to Web pages that contain specific content that we have reviewed and believe to have value to World Watch Monitor readers. Such content may include, but is not limited to:
- News articles published by other agencies that contain pertinent information not originally reported by World Watch Monitor
- Reports, white papers, research, proclamations, statutes, and other original-source documents issued by governments, NGOs, advocacy groups, etc.
- Background information about a person, place or topic
When a World Watch Monitor article makes reference to an organization, a link to that organization’s home page may be provided, as a way to make it easier for readers to learn more about that organization.
However, we cannot be responsible for the content of external websites. This is because:
- World Watch Monitor does not produce them or maintain them
- World Watch Monitor cannot change them
- They can be changed without World Watch Monitor’s knowledge
In some cases, we may link to a website that coincidentally includes advertisements or commercial services, such as online purchases. World Watch Monitor has no connection to those commercial services, and does not necessarily endorse them.
A World Watch Monitor link to an external website should not be understood to be an endorsement of that website, any views expressed on the site, the site’s owners, or any products and services displayed on their site.