Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Turkish Court Jails Officers Over Killings Christians
Posted on Monday, March 21, 2011
A Turkish court on Monday, March 21, ordered five military officers and two civilians jailed as part of an investigation into the 2007 killings of three Christians at a Bible-publishing house.
Nigeria Bombers Killed Before Attacking Church
Posted on Sunday, March 20, 2011
Two people suspected of planning to bomb a Nigerian church were killed before they reached their destination in the central city of Jos, adding to tensions in an area already troubled by deadly religious and ethnic violence, officials…
BREAKING NEWS: Pakistan Christian Found Dead In Prison
Posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2011
A Christian man sentenced to life imprisonment for blasphemy against Islam's Prophet Muhammad has been found dead in his prison cell in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi after receiving death threats, his family and lawyer confirmed Wednesday, March…
Iran Burns Bibles, Jails House Church Christians
Posted on Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Five Iranian house church Christians were behind bars Wednesday, March 15, after being sentenced to one year imprisonment on charges of "crimes against the Islamic order" and there were reports that Iranian authorities have been burning Bibles.
Pakistan Police Rescue Kidnapped, Raped, Christian Mother
Posted on Sunday, March 13, 2011
A Christian mother of seven who last August was kidnapped, raped, sold into marriage and threatened with death in Pakistan's Punjab province was free Sunday, March 13, after police rescued her, right activists and Christians said.
Egypt Military Meet Christians After Deadly Clashes
Posted on Thursday, March 10, 2011
Egypt's military leadership held talks Thursday, March 10, with Christian protesters demanding more security, after Muslims burned a church sparking clashes that killed 13 people and injured about 140 others, officials said.
Pakistan Bombing Kills 25 Near Home Of Murdered Minister
Posted on Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Some 25 people were killed and over 100 others wounded in a car bombing in Pakistan's Punjab province near the home of Christian government minister Shabaz Bhatti, who was assassinated last week, police officials said Tuesday, March 8.
China Court Upholds 15 Year Imprisonment For Pastor Yimiti
Posted on Sunday, March 6, 2011
An ethnic minority house church leader remained detained in China's troubled northwestern Xinjiang region Sunday, March 6, after a court rejected an appeal to review his 15 years prison sentence on charges of revealing state secrets to overseas…
BREAKING NEWS: Thousands Attend Funeral Of Murdered Pakistan Minister Bhatti
Posted on Friday, March 4, 2011
Christians warned Friday, March 4, that Pakistan should stand up against religious extremism at an emotionally charged funeral for the country's Minister for Minorities Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti, who was assassinated after publicly opposing controversial blasphemy legislation.
BREAKING NEWS: Pakistan’s Christian Minister Bhatti Assassinated
Posted on Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Gunmen have shot and killed Pakistan's Minister for Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti, a Christian, who publicly challenged the country's controversial blasphemy laws and demanded more rights for minority Christians in the mainly Islamic nation.
Vietnam To Jail Frail Prominent Priest; Dissident Detained
Posted on Tuesday, March 1, 2011
A Vietnamese Catholic priest known for publicly expressing views on democracy and human rights faced a difficult month Tuesday, March 1, as he was due to be imprisoned again on charges of spreading "propaganda" against the state", despite…
Laos Christians Face Starvation, Authorities Cutting Off Food, Water
Posted on Saturday, February 26, 2011
Scores of terrified villagers faced starvation in the jungles of Laos on Sunday, February 27, after they were driven from their village at gunpoint for refusing to give up Christianity in this predominantly Buddhist nation, residents and rights…
