Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Islam Dominates List of Top Persecutors
Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Eight of the top 10 persecutors of Christians worldwide are Islamic states, according to the Open Doors’ 2013 World Watch List.
Iran sentences American Pastor to eight years
Posted on Sunday, January 27, 2013
An American pastor already imprisoned in Iran for evangelizing was sentenced Sunday to eight years in prison for attempting to entice Iran's youth away from Islam through his network of underground house churches.
Syrian rebels rob religious sites
Posted on Sunday, January 27, 2013
In their battle to topple the Assad regime, rebel jihadists of the Free Syrian Army have also looted religious sites in Northern Syria, according to Human Rights Watch.
Accused Christians remain in jail for years
Posted on Sunday, January 27, 2013
Seven Christians who were accused of killing Hindu nationalist leader Laxmanananda Saraswati back in 2008 remain imprisoned while thousands of their fellow believers still live in fear of further reprisals resulting from his political assassination, according to International…
Wife Jailed Iranian-US Pastor Denies Bail Claims
Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2013
The wife of a jailed Iranian-American pastor has denied Iran's claims that her husband will be released on bail as an attempt to "silence the international media."
China’s Pledge to End Labor Camps Doubtful
Posted on Monday, January 14, 2013
The secretary of the Central Politics and Law Commission said China would end the practice of sending its citizens to labor camps without the benefit of a trial, but critics remain skeptical.
India Christians Refused Water; Church Attack Injures Dozens
Posted on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Impoverished Christian villagers in India's western state of Maharashtra were refused water and firewood Tuesday, January 8, after a Hindu attack on their house church injured some 30 believers, a chief investigator told Worthy News.
Iran Pastor Nadarkhani Freed From Jail; Others Remain Detained
Posted on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Iran on Monday, January 7, released Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who was jailed on Christmas Day to serve the remainder of a sentence for evangelism among Muslims, his evangelical house church movement confirmed.
Syria Christians Attacked Ahead Of Presidential Speech
Posted on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Beleaguered Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was to deliver a speech on Sunday, January 6, a day after rights activists said a shell hit a Christian area of Damascus and a car bomb exploded elsewhere in the Syrian capital.
Burma Government Admits Bombing Christian Kachin
Posted on Friday, January 4, 2013
Burma's government admitted Thursday, January 3, that the military is involved in airstrikes against the mainly Christian Kachin, a week after Worthy News and other media carried reports about a massive offensive in the north of the country.
Sudan Army Kills 11 Christians In Airstrikes; Priests Detained
Posted on Friday, January 4, 2013
Christians in Islamist-run Sudan have ushered in the New Year amid ongoing airstrikes by Sudanese government forces that killed at least 11 believers before and after Christmas, while two priests remained detained for converting a Muslim.
13 Crushed To Death At Evangelism Vigil In Angola
Posted on Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Up to 13 people were crushed to death and some 120 injured as they tried to enter an overcrowded stadium for an evangelism gathering of a Pentecostal church in Angola's capital Luanda, officials confirmed late Tuesday, January 1.
Bomb kills two in Libyan church
Posted on Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Egypt's Foreign Ministry reported that an explosion at a Coptic church in Misrata, Libya, killed two Egyptian citizens and wounded two others Sunday during preparations for New Year's Eve mass.
