Disaggregating Chaos: Analyzing Nigeria’s Four Patterns of Violence
IIRF Reports Vol. 15 – 2026/22: A regional typology of violent incidents
recorded in Nigeria, January–September
2025
Violent Incidents Database
The Data Behind Religious Freedom Needs You
The Violent Incidents Database has become essential infrastructure for documenting persecution. Now it needs subscribers to survive.
Shining a light on religious freedom: a new tool for global insight
One of the flagship initiatives of the International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF), the Violent Incidents Database (VID), represents a landmark contribution to the global
Keeping the door open at the US State Department
Although the transition to a new administration has brought many changes in the US government, President Donald Trump and his State Department have reaffirmed their
New reports based on Violent Incidents Database
Our Violent Incidents Database (VID) is expanding our ability to analyze incident data over time and to produce reliable reports spotlighting urgent situations where innocent
A productive year in 2024
As this is our first newsletter of 2025, it’s a good time to look back on the past year and see how we did. Overall,
The Violent Incidents Database: A Social Innovation for Religious Freedom
The Growing Sophistication of Religious Freedom Monitoring
Violence against Christians – A snapshot from India
As the VID raises its profile and its data gets presented in various attractive and accessible forms we hope this pathbreaking instrument will make a big difference in the world of supporting persecuted Christians.
Violent Incidents Database Report on Top Ten Non-Christian Victims (2022–2024)
Muslims in Myanmar Experience Highest Levels of Violence for their Faith in the World
Arrests, sentences and abductions
After killings, which we addressed in an earlier article, arrests, sentences, and abductions constitute three major categories of violent incidents that garner substantial coverage in the media.