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• Beijing Christian Bookstore Owner Rearrested In China - Worthy News A bookstore owner in Beijing was still behind bars Saturday, April 19, a month after he was re-arrested for publishing Bibles and Christian literature, his wife said. Added: 04.22.2008 11:11 • China Detains Dozens Of Christians In Xinjiang - Worthy News Chinese security forces detained dozens of House Church Christians in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, forcing them to show allegiance to the government as part of crackdown similar to a campaign against Buddhist monks in nearby Tibet, rights watchers said Thursday, April 17. Added: 04.18.2008 10:04 • Uzbekistan Christian Missing After Police Raid - Worthy News A charismatic Christian in Uzbekistan remained missing Saturday, April 12, more than a week after he was reportedly detained as part of a government crackdown on Protestant believers and other religious communities in this Islamic nation. Added: 04.14.2008 10:03 • Russia Closing Down Methodist Church - Worthy News Members of a United Methodist congregation in Russia were without a church Sunday, April 13, after authorities closed it for running a Sunday School without government permission, the latest in a series of police raids targeting Christian education, Christians said. Added: 04.14.2008 10:01 • Algeria: Christian Sentenced for 'Proselytism' - Worthy News An Algerian Christian was handed a two-year suspended sentence for “proselytism” yesterday amid an ongoing government crackdown on 26 of Algeria’s 50 Protestant congregations, a church leader said. Added: 04.14.2008 09:04 • China Detains House Church Leaders For Running "Evil Cult" - Worthy News House church leaders and other Christians remained detained Sunday, April 6, in China’s Sichuan Province, on charges of running an "evil cult" after security forces raided their house church and Sunday School, fellow Christians said. Added: 04.08.2008 07:37 • Uzbekistan Police Raid Christian Gathering - Worthy News A devoted Christian in Uzbekistan’s second largest city faced more police interrogations Saturday, April 5, after security forces broke up a Christian home meeting, a well-informed rights group told BosNewsLife. Added: 04.08.2008 07:36 • Vietnam Christian Prisoner Tortured To Death, Friends Say - Worthy News A Vietnamese Degar Montagnard Christian who refused to join the Communist-backed church in Vietnam’s Central Highlands has been tortured to death in prison, while other detainees were beaten for declining to renounce their faith in Christ, representatives told BosNewsLife. Added: 04.08.2008 07:35 • Indonesia: 110 Churches Closed in Three Years - Worthy News Islamic extremist groups and local governments in Indonesia closed 110 churches from 2004 to 2007, according to religious and human rights organizations. Added: 04.03.2008 11:36 • "Wave of Persecution in China"; Group Smuggles Millions of Bibles - Worthy News Government initiated attacks in China against Christians and their churches are "the worst in years" with a "wave of persecution" reported across the Communist nation, a well-informed group revealed Tuesday, April 1. Added: 04.02.2008 10:39 • Algeria Continues Widespread Church Closures - Worthy News Groups of devoted Christians in Algeria were without places to worship Saturday, March 29, after authorities closed down more than a dozen Protestant churches amid anger over alleged attempts by evangelical believers to convert Muslims. Added: 03.31.2008 11:26 • India: Hindu Extremists Assault Christian Family - Worthy News Hindu extremists in a village in Madhya Pradesh who have harassed and threatened local Christians beat the grandparents and aunt of a 15-year-old girl last weekend when the Christian family refused to allow the group to rape her. Added: 03.28.2008 10:32 | |
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