Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Jail for practicing your religion?
Posted on Monday, April 8, 2013
In Kazakhstan, anyone who shares their faith could be jailed under proposed new laws that would increase the penalties for those practicing their religion.
Sudan uses Shari’a against its own Christians
Posted on Monday, April 8, 2013
After the South seceded in 2011, President Al-Bashir promised to make what remained of Sudan "100 percent" Islamic; to that end, the Sudanese government has enhanced its enforcement of Shari'a against any Christians who remain under Al-Bashir's rule.
Egypt Clashes Kill 4 Christians, 1 Muslim
Posted on Monday, April 8, 2013
At least four Christians and one Muslim, all men, were killed and a church damaged in sectarian clashes just outside Egypt's capital, security sources confirmed.
Church Walls Ordered Razed by Local Indonesian Officials
Posted on Monday, April 1, 2013
Crowds cheered as a demolition crew destroyed the newly erected walls of the Batak Protestant Church in the Bekasi district of Jakarta Thursday in yet another setback for Christians trying to survive in the planet's most populous Muslim…
‘Burma Troops Kill, Rape Christian Civilians; Churches Burned’
Posted on Sunday, March 24, 2013
Rights groups urged the world to pressure Burma to end a crackdown on ethnic and religious minorities after government troops reportedly killed and raped dozens of mainly Christian civilians while burning hundreds of churches and homes.
Thousands Of Trapped Christians Rescued In Sudan
Posted on Thursday, March 21, 2013
Some 1,500 Christians trapped in Sudan are on their way to neighboring South Sudan, as part of a massive rescue operation dubbed 'Exodus', an aid group told Worthy News.
Pakistan promises to rebuild Christian homes, but …
Posted on Thursday, March 21, 2013
Although the government of Pakistan promised to rebuild nearly 200 Christian homes destroyed by a Muslim mob in Lahore on March 9, many doubt it will bring the rioters to justice because anti-Christian violence perpetrated in Pakistan often…
Religious Police Force for Egypt?
Posted on Sunday, March 17, 2013
News of a religious police force to uphold Muslim morals in a nation now controlled by Islam's Muslim Brotherhood is the latest harbinger of Egypt's transformation into an intolerant Islamic state.
Initial Report on Riots in Lahore
Posted on Sunday, March 17, 2013
The Leadership for Environment And Development (LEAD) has just released an initial report concerning a case of alleged blasphemy in Pakistan that resulted in the repeated burning and destruction of Christian homes and property at the St. Joseph…
Cuba Closing Evangelical Church Amid Wider Crackdown
Posted on Sunday, March 17, 2013
Hundreds of Christians in Cuba were without a place of worship after security forces closed down the Full Gospel Church as part of a government attempt to "destroy" evangelical congregations on the Communist-run island, rights activists said.
Chairman withdraws Christian support from Muslim Politicos
Posted on Monday, March 11, 2013
The Chairman of the Pakistani American Association called on Christians not to vote for any Islamic political parties in the forthcoming elections unless Muslims promise to repeal their nation's notorious blasphemy laws while granting dual voting rights for…
Eritrea Jails 125 Christians In Campaign Against ‘Illegal’ Worship
Posted on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
There was uncertainty Tuesday, March 5, about the situation of 125 Eritrean Christians who were "beaten and detained" in western Eritrea as part of a new government campaign against Christians worshiping outside the state-backed churches, rights investigators said.
Iran Jails Two Christian Converts As Part Of Crackdown
Posted on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Two Christian converts are already over 50 days in Tehran's feared Evin prison as part of a crackdown on spreading Christianity in heavily Islamic Iran and it remains unclear when they will be released, Worthy News learned.
Muslims Siege Church in Search for Convert
Posted on Sunday, March 3, 2013
A mob threw firebombs and rocks at police Friday as dozens of Muslims attacked a church in southern Egypt that was suspected of harboring a woman convert to Christianity.
