Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Lao Hmong Evicted after Converting to Christianity
Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Six Hmong families who converted to Christianity were forced to leave their village after local authorities ordered them to renounce their faith, according to Barnabas Aid.
Police: Woman Slain in Pakistan Innocent of Blasphemy
Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Police in Pakistan said that the Christian couple tortured and murdered this month over accusations that the wife desecrated the Koran were false, according to Morning Star News.
Bakers Who Won’t make “Gay” Cake May Face Legal Action
Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2014
A Christian bakery in Northern Ireland must pay compensation or face legal action after an equality commission declared that it was guilty of committing "unlawful religious, political and sexual orientation discrimination" for declining to bake a "gay" cake,…
ISIS Militants Booby-trap Christian Homes
Posted on Thursday, November 13, 2014
A Christian who fled his village in northern Iraq claimed that ISIS jihadists are placing explosives in Christian homes just in case they decide to return, according to the Christian Post.
Schoolgirls Abducted by Boko Haram won’t be Freed
Posted on Thursday, November 13, 2014
On All Hallows Eve, the leader of Boko Haram announced that the 200 or more schoolgirls his Islamists had abducted in April from Chibok in Borno state, Nigeria, will not be freed as they have already converted to…
IS Publish Prices for Christian Slaves
Posted on Sunday, November 9, 2014
The Islamic State has published the prices that captured Christian and Yazidi women and children are to be sold for, according to Barnabas Aid.
Pakistan: Christian Couple Burned Alive
Posted on Sunday, November 9, 2014
A Christian husband and his pregnant wife were beaten and then burned to death Tuesday by a mob of angry Muslims at a brick kiln in Chak village, Punjab Province, Pakistan, according to International Christian Concern.
Despite ‘Reform,’ Iran’s non-Muslims Face prison, execution
Posted on Sunday, November 9, 2014
According to a soon to be released UN report, Iran's Islamic Republic has raided worship services, shut down licensed churches, arrested Christians and subjected converts to Christ to death threats and psychological abuse.
Kazakhstan: Two imprisoned for Christian Literature
Posted on Sunday, November 9, 2014
Two men were sentenced last month after Kazakhstani authorities confiscated the Christian books they were handing out near a market in Shchuchinsk, according to Barnabas Aid.
Indian Gov’t Denies Rights to Dalits
Posted on Sunday, November 9, 2014
Last month, India's minister for social justice said his new government will not grant Dalit Christians and Muslims the same rights afforded to Hindus, Buddhists and Sikhs.
India: Christians Attacked by Hindus
Posted on Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Twelve Christians were injured by a mob of nationalist Hindus in the Bastar district of India's Chhattisgarh state last week, according to Barnabas Aid.
China Continues to Tear Down Crosses after Dark
Posted on Sunday, October 26, 2014
By Joseph DeCaro, Worthy News Correspondent BEIJING (Worthy News)– About 4 a.m. on Oct. 17, hundreds of uniformed Chinese agents blocked all the entrances to Kaiyang village, then climbed over the Kaiyang Church wall, broke into the church…
Iranian Christians Sentenced to Six Years in Prison
Posted on Sunday, October 26, 2014
Authorities have sentenced Behnam Irani and two other Christian leaders to six years in prison for their involvement with Iran's underground house churches, according to Morning Star News.
Four Nigerian Schoolgirls Escape Boko Haram
Posted on Monday, October 20, 2014
Four schoolgirls seized by Boko Haram six months ago have escaped from a camp in Cameroon run by the Islamist group, according to Barnabas Aid.
