Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Terrorists Linked To Massive Killings Of India Christians, report says
Posted on Monday, March 28, 2011
India's anti-terror agency was under pressure Monday, March 28, to investigate anti-Christian violence amid allegations that right-wing terrorists played a key role in the massive killings of Christians in India's state of Orissa and violence in Karnataka state.
Germany Jails Christian Parents Over Sex Education Row
Posted on Monday, March 28, 2011
A Christian father spent another day in a German prison Saturday, March 26, after refusing to pay a fine for not allowing his children to attend government-run "sexual education" classes, his lawyers said.
Pakistan Militants Threaten To Kill Christian Rights Leader
Posted on Friday, March 25, 2011
Islamic militants have threatened to kill the director of a Christian advocacy group in Pakistan because he criticized controversial anti-blasphemy legislation on Pakistani television networks, his organization said Friday, March 25.
Bangladesh Jails Christian Evangelist; Appeal Planned
Posted on Friday, March 25, 2011
A young Christian evangelist has been sentenced to one year imprisonment for "creating chaos” by selling and distributing Christian books and other literature near a major Muslim gathering north of the capital Dhaka, trial observers said Thursday, March…
Saudi Arabia Jails Indian Christians For “Proselytizing”
Posted on Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Two Indian Christian men working in Saudi Arabia were behind bars Tuesday, March 22, after they were sentenced to 45 days imprisonment for allegedly trying to convert Muslims to Christianity, rights activists said.
Israel’s Messianic Jews Face Orthodox “Persecution”
Posted on Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Representatives of a Messianic Jewish community in the southern Israeli town of Arad said Monday, March 21, they face "increased persecution" by ultra-Orthodox Jews who accuse the believers of missionary activities and want them to leave Israel.
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.
