Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Pregnant Sudanese Christian Sentenced to Hang
Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2014
A Sudanese judge Thursday sentenced a pregnant Christian to hang for apostasy despite appeals by Western embassies for compassion, according to The Times of Israel.
Sudan: Pregnant Christian Convicted of Apostasy, Adultery
Posted on Tuesday, May 13, 2014
As the U.S. Celebrated Mother's Day, a Christian carrying her second child to term has been convicted of adultery and apostasy, penalties that are punishable in Sudan by 100 lashes and death, respectively, according to International Christian Concern.
Syria: Maaloula’s Christian Sites Sacked By Rebels
Posted on Tuesday, May 13, 2014
An official report by the Directorate General of Antiquities has documented the destruction inflicted on Maaloula and its historical sites by Islamist rebel fighters after pro-Assad forces had regained the Syrian city, according to International Christian Concern.
Eygpt: Exiled Christian Teacher Awaits ‘Blasphemy’ Appeal
Posted on Friday, May 9, 2014
One year after Islamists in upper Egypt accused her of committing blasphemy in front of a class of Muslim students, a Coptic Christian teacher fled to France where she remains in exile, according to Morning Star News.
Christians Can’t Bury Dead in Uzbek State Cemeteries
Posted on Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Christians in Uzbekistan are being blocked from burying their dead in state-owned cemeteries as secular officials bend to pressures from Islamic religious leaders, according to Barnabas Aid.
Nepalese minorities must ‘reconsider their faith’
Posted on Monday, May 5, 2014
The Nepali government just announced that though all its citizens will be provided with national identity cards, members of religious minorities must submit to greater scrutiny to get their IDs, according to AsiaNews.
Eritrea even persecutes ‘official’ Christians
Posted on Monday, May 5, 2014
Eritrea even persecutes its own officially recognized religions.
Just last week, five Christians about to be ordained in Eritrea's state sanctioned Evangelical Lutheran Church were arrested instead, according to Morning Star News.
Malaysian Hotels to Ban Bibles, Non-Islamic Books
Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2014
A decision to ban hotels from carrying books on non-Islamic religions is further proof of the erosion of the rights of non-Muslims in Malaysia, according to the Malaysia Chronicle.
Christians in India Outraged by Candidate’s Remarks
Posted on Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Christian leaders condemned the claim made by a Hindu nationalist party candidate when he denied any knowledge of the many attacks on members of their communities and its churches in India, according to International Christian Concern.
New Hungarian Law Strips Registration from Churches
Posted on Monday, April 28, 2014
The European Court of Human Rights recently ruled that a Hungarian law had violated the rights of churches and other religious groups by stripping them of their state registrations, according to Barnabas Aid.
Mental Torture is Common in Iranian Prisons
Posted on Friday, April 25, 2014
Life for minorities in Iran is deteriorating as the Islamic Republic continues to restrict religious non-Muslims by closing their churches, through mass arrests with lengthy sentences, or even exile to remote locales, according to Mohabat News.
Chinese Christians Block Church Destruction
Posted on Friday, April 25, 2014
Thousands of Chinese Christians in Wenzhou have once again formed a blockade to prevent the Communist government from demolishing the Sanjiang Christian Church, according to International Christian Concern.
