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From Asia and Africa to the Middle East and Latin America, we work to amplify the voices of the persecuted, document violations of religious freedom, and bring biblically grounded context to the headlines.

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Crackdown On Evangelicals In Central Asian States
Posted on Friday, October 26, 2012
Authorities in three Central Asian nations have launched a crackdown on evangelical Protestant churches and several believers are reportedly mistreated, fined and detained.
Iran Releasing House Church Mother On Bail; Others Detained
Posted on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
An Iranian court has ordered the temporary release of a jailed devoted house church Christian and mother of two children, after her teenage son suffered a seizure, local Christians following the case.
Uzbek Math: 2 Bibles = 5 years
Posted on Monday, October 22, 2012
In Uzbekistan, having more than one Bible can make you a missionary, and being a missionary in Uzbekistan can get you five years in jail.
Iran Church Fears Detained Members Are Tortured
Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2012
An official of one of Iran's largest house church movement says recently detained church members are tortured and otherwise pressured to confess to crimes they did not commit.
Iran Launching Massive Arrests Of Evangelicals
Posted on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Massive arrests of evangelical Protestant Christians, including many former Muslims, are reported in Iran, with men and women being dragged to prisons across the Islamic nation.
Security agents scare parishioners from churches
Posted on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Although Halloween isn't celebrated in an Islamic Republic, state security agents have been scaring away potential parishioners from both St. Luke’s and St. Paul’s churches in Esfahan to prevent Iranians from following Christianity.
‘Iran To Prosecute Detained Christian Converts’
Posted on Friday, October 12, 2012
Five Christian converts will be tried in southwestern Iran on charges linked to their Christian activities, after spending eight months in prison, an Iranian Christian news agency reported.
Don’t get violent over Viral Videos
Posted on Friday, October 12, 2012
A open letter by the Bishop of Karachi reminded all religious that living in the Internet age means their faiths will be mocked and that the mockery will find its way to them anywhere in the world.
Pakistan Evangelical Pastor Shot By Militants
Posted on Wednesday, October 10, 2012
An evangelical Pakistani pastor was recovering of his injuries after he was shot by suspected Islamic militants who oppose his Christian activities, an advocacy group said.
Pakistan ‘Blasphemy Girl’ In Norway, Official Says
Posted on Wednesday, October 10, 2012
A mentally challenged Christian girl who was detained in Pakistan on charges of 'blasphemy against Islam' has fled to Norway with family members, a Christian official involved in the operation confirmed.
Egypt Frees Christian Boys Accused of Blasphemy
Posted on Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Egyptian authorities on released two Coptic Christian children who were accused of "insulting Islam" by allegedly urinating on a paper with verses of the Koran, prosecutors and other officials said.
Police: ‘Pakistan Christian Girl Innocent of Blasphemy’
Posted on Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Pakistani police say they have found no evidence that a mentally challenged Christian girl burned pages with verses of the Koran, deemed a holy book by Muslims, in a case that sparked international upheaval, Worthy News learned.
Kenya Church Attack Kills 1 Child, Injures 9
Posted on Monday, October 1, 2012
A grenade attack by suspected Islamist militants rocked an Anglican church in Kenya's capital Nairobi killing a nine-year-old boy and injuring several others, the church and police said Sunday, September 30.
Religious Expression Banned on Bourbon Street?
Posted on Monday, October 1, 2012
Last year, New Orleans’ Mayor Mitch Landrieu approved a ban prohibiting loitering on Bourbon Street "for the purpose of disseminating any social, political or religious message between the hours of sunset and sunrise."

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