Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
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.
Pakistan’s Persecution of Christians even after Death
Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2014
Religious minorities in Pakistan face discrimination even after death as Christian cemeteries outside of Islamabad are allowed to fall into disrepair while Muslim plots nearby remain in excellent condition, according to The Express Tribune.
Uzbek Police Raid Christians’ Homes
Posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2014
A Christian in Uzbekistan has been fined and threatened with further punishment after religious literature was seized from his home during a raid by Uzbek police in August, according to Barnabas Aid.
Deported Messianic Jew to Appeal Supreme Court
Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2014
A British messianic Jew deported from Israel last year for participating in an evangelistic outreach will appeal his case to the nation's supreme court, according to Morning Star News.
Iraq: Nothing Done for Displaced Christians
Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2014
An Iraqi bishop whose community has taken in more than 70,000 displaced Christians is dismayed that the government in Baghdad has failed to offer any assistance, according to Patheos.
Christian Women Raped by ISIS
Posted on Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Barnabas Aid has learned that women and girls being held captive by ISIS at Mosul's Badush Prison have been given the choice to either convert to Islam, or suffer rape on a daily basis until they change their…
Islamic State Destroys Armenian Church
Posted on Monday, October 6, 2014
Jihadists from the Islamic State have destroyed a Syrian church that memorialized the Armenian Genocide in which more than a million Armenian and Assyrian Christians died at the hands of Turkish Muslims.
Seven Christians Arrested in Laos
Posted on Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Local officials in Laos have arrested seven Christians for worshiping together on Sunday, according to Morning Star News.
