Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Chinese Expel Shouwang Church Member from Beijing
Posted on Friday, July 1, 2011
Chinese authorities recently expelled yet another member of Beijing's largest unregistered house churches. Chuan Liang was the second member of the Shouwang "keeping watch" Church to be expelled from the city since authorities compelled the congregation to meet…
Christians attacked after rumors of Church Construction
Posted on Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Three people were injured when Muslim mobs burned down eight Christian homes in the Egyptian village of Awlad Khalaf Saturday after a rumor that a house currently under construction would instead become a church.
Islamist Boko Haram blamed for escalating violence in Nigeria
Posted on Wednesday, June 29, 2011
At least 25 Nigerians were killed Sunday when motorcyclists bombed several outdoor beer gardens in Maiduguri; although no one claimed responsibility for the bombings, local police said the attacks bore the hallmark of Boko Haram, an Islamic group…
Taliban Execute Man For Leaving Islam For Jesus Christ
Posted on Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Afghani Christians are warned of "dire consequences" should American forces leave Afghanistan, Worthy News has learned. "If U.S. troops are not in Afghanistan the Taliban will come to power," said Obaid S. Christ, an Afghan Christian exiled to…
Uzbek Christians Suffer as Regime Tightens Noose
Posted on Tuesday, June 28, 2011
At least four incidents of Christian persecution were reported from the former Soviet country of Uzbekistan this week. According to an analysis and report researched and written by Fernando Perez for the World Evangelical Alliance – Religious Liberty…
High Price To Pay For Being A Christian in Uzbekistan
Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2011
Being a Christian in Uzbekistan can be costly. Just ask Galina Shemetova who was ordered to pay a fine of 2,486,750 som, 50 times the minimum monthly pay for giving a colleague a children's Bible. This amounts to…
China Detains House Church Members in Beijing
Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Police detained 16 more members of Beijing's Shouwang House Church and placed others under house arrest: two were held in protective custody while the rest were sent to 10 different police stations; most were released by Sunday morning.
Uzbekistan: Police beatings, axe death threat, and more
Posted on Monday, June 20, 2011
Uzbekistan continues to persecute Christians exercising their religious rights. Recently a Christian in eastern Uzbekistan was beaten by police, another was threatened with death by an axe while a Baptist congregation was promised prison for failure to co-operate…
Middle East Christians facing ‘extremist atrocities’
Posted on Monday, June 20, 2011
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, warned that the vacuum left by failed autocratic regimes was being filled by extremists who have turned the Arab Spring into a "very anxious time" for Christians.
Poland Rescues Christian Refugees
Posted on Monday, June 20, 2011
Poland has granted asylum to 16 Christian refugees who accompanied Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski on a flight back from Tunisia.The Foreign Ministry said Friday, June 17, that the six adults and 10 children were "political refugees" from Eritrea…
India Asks U.S. “Evangelists” To Leave
Posted on Saturday, June 18, 2011
An international advocacy group urged the U.S. government Friday, June 17, to condemn Indian authorities for reportedly asking three American Christians to leave India because they allegedly participated in evangelism.
Pakistan Court Acquits Suspects Of Christian Massacre
Posted on Friday, June 17, 2011
Christians in Pakistan remained fearful Thursday, June 16, after a court in Pakistan acquitted 70 Muslims who were suspected of killing Christians in one of the country's worst sectarian clashes in recent memory.
Rights Campaigners Demand Release Of Vietnamese Activists
Posted on Friday, June 17, 2011
Christian rights campaigners on Wednesday, June 15, demanded the immediate release of seven Vietnamese activists, including three Christians, who were convicted of "attempting to overthrow the government" and jailed to between two and eight years.
