Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Indonesia: Authorities attack prayer gathering
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2016
Authorities in Indonesia opened fire on a peaceful meeting in Timika, West Papua, as thousands of protesters gathered to pray for an independence referendum on April 5.
Syria: Damage, destruction to churches
Posted on Friday, April 15, 2016
After the April liberation of an ancient Syrian town from the Islamic State's control, many of its churches and Christian buildings were found to have been destroyed, or badly damaged.
Chile: Christian churches set ablaze
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2016
Last month two churches in Chile were set ablaze by supporters of the Mapuche -- a Chilean movement that seeks to rid the region of religions contrary to their own indigenous beliefs.
Iran: Christian prisoner encourages fellow believers
Posted on Wednesday, April 6, 2016
During an official crackdown on Iran's house-church leadership, a Christian convert from Islam serving a sentence in Rajai Shahr Prison has secretly sent a message of encouragement to the Islamic Republic's persecuted Christians.
India: Attacks continue despite Congressional letter
Posted on Monday, April 4, 2016
Despite having received a letter last month from the U.S. Congress requesting that India's prime minister condemn the sectarian attacks on his nation's religious minorities, PM Narendra Modi remains unmoved.
China: Pastor of official church sentenced
Posted on Wednesday, March 23, 2016
The pastor of an official church in Zhejiang Province was sentenced after he dared to criticize Communist authorities about China's ongoing demolition of church crosses.
Iraq: IS burns Christian books
Posted on Monday, March 21, 2016
Last week the Islamic State posted an online video showing its jihadists throwing books bearing crosses on their covers into a bonfire in the city of Mosul, in northern Iraq.
Yemen: 16 Victims Shot Execution-Style
Posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Gunmen who stormed a Catholic-run retirement home in Aden, Yemen, went from room to room handcuffing their victims before fatally shooting 16 staff members, including four nuns.
Attack on Church Building in Samsun, Turkey
Posted on Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Four Muslim men detained by police for attacking a church building in the Black Sea region of Turkey last week shouted jihadist slogans after they were released from custody.
