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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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Pakistan’s Christian Slaves
Posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Thousands of Pakistani Christians live like slaves in Punjab's Muslim-owned brick kiln industry.
Blasts Rock Three Churches In Nigeria, Dozens Killed
Posted on Monday, June 18, 2012
Suspected Islamic militants attacked three churches in northern Nigeria Sunday, June 17, killing dozens of people and injuring over 100 others an evangelist and Worthy News reporter said, citing officials.
Tunisia: Muslims tape murder of Christian convert
Posted on Thursday, June 14, 2012
Talk show host Tawfiq Okasha recently appeared on "Egypt Today" by showing a video of Muslims beheading a man for the Islamic crime of apostasy: the "crime" of converting to Christianity and then refusing to renounce that conversion.
India Police Investigating Murder Pastor, Church Burning
Posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Police investigations continued Monday, June 11, into the reasons behind the murder of a Protestant pastor in southern India and the destruction of a church in the north where hundreds of Christians have reportedly fled their homes, Worthy…
Nigeria Church Attacks Kill 7; Christians ‘Gunned Down’
Posted on Monday, June 11, 2012
Islamic group Boko Haram claimed responsibility Sunday, June 10, for bombing a church and spraying another congregation with bullets in Nigeria's troubled northern and central region, killing at least seven people, including a suicide bomber and injuring over…
Iran Closing Down Tehran Evangelical Church
Posted on Monday, June 11, 2012
Evangelical Christians in Iran's capital Tehran were without a church building Sunday, June 10, after Iranian security forces closed it down as part of a wider crackdown, Iranian Christians and activists told Worthy News.
Laos Detains Pastor For Spreading Christianity
Posted on Monday, June 11, 2012
Police in northern Laos have detained a pastor "for attracting people to the Christian faith" as part of a wider crackdown on evangelism in the region, a representative told Worthy News Saturday, June 9.
Zanzibar Islamists Burn Churches
Posted on Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Hundreds of Muslims set fire to two churches during protests in Zanzibar last weekend in response to the arrest of senior members of their Islamist movement, police told Reuters.
Nigeria Church Bombing Kills Over Dozen People
Posted on Monday, June 4, 2012
Up to 15 people were killed and scores injured when a suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into an evangelical church in northern Nigeria Sunday, June 3, an evangelist and reporter told Worthy News.
Islamists Blame Copts for Egypt’s Election Run-Off
Posted on Monday, June 4, 2012
Last week, the official results for the first round of the Egyptian presidential elections ended in a run-off between Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsy and former Mubarak PM Ahmad Shafik.
Chinese Church “Requested” to Desist
Posted on Friday, June 1, 2012
Authorities in China’s Sichuan province have asked a large house church to stop all its activities, the church's pastor told Radio Free Asia.
Concerns Over Life Sentence For Egypt Christians
Posted on Monday, May 28, 2012
Christian rights activists remained concerned Saturday about the plight of 12 Christians who were sentenced to life imprisonment in Egypt over sectarian violence that killed three people last year.
Chinese Blind Activist Arrives in US
Posted on Monday, May 21, 2012
A blind Chinese activist who was supported by Christians in fighting against forced abortions and defending the disabled has left China for the United States, ending a near month diplomatic standoff between the two nations, witnesses said.
Activists Commemorate Massive Detentions Of Eritrean Christians
Posted on Monday, May 21, 2012
Activists from Britain and Ireland were taking part in a protest outside the Eritrean embassy in London on Thursday, May 17, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of mass detentions of Eritrean Christians, organizers said.

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