Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Deadly Blasts Rock Nigerian Churches
Posted on Monday, December 27, 2010
Authorities in northern and central Nigeria tried to restore calm Saturday, December 25, after suspected Muslim militants targeted churches and other sites in Christmas Eve attacks that killed as many as 38 people, police and church leaders said.
Egypt Jails 130 Christians, Including Children, Missionaries Say
Posted on Monday, December 27, 2010
Some 130 Christian worshipers, including children, remain imprisoned in Egypt, a month after some 2,000 security forces attacked their church under re-construction, killing several people, American and local missionaries told Worthy News.
Vietnam Security Forces Crack Down On Christmas Celebrations
Posted on Monday, December 27, 2010
Christians of house churches and other non-recognized groups prepared Friday, December 24, for a tense Christmas, after security forces halted Christmas celebrations and detained believers in several areas of Vietnam, Vietnamese Christians and rights investigators said.
U.S. Commander Urged To Help Free Detained Afghan Christians
Posted on Friday, December 17, 2010
Human rights campaigners on Friday, December 17, urged the U.S. commander in war-torn Afghanistan, David Petraeus, to pressure the Afghan government to release two detained Christians who face the death penalty for "apostasy", or abandoning Islam.
Pakistan Evangelist Set on Fire, Christians Say
Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010
A Pakistani evangelist and pastor was still recovering Thursday, December 16, after he was set on fire by hard-line Muslims in Pakistan's Punjab province, Christians and rights activists said.
India’s Hopegivers Founder Dies At 74
Posted on Saturday, December 11, 2010
The often prosecuted founder of one of India's largest evangelical mission groups that rescues orphans and abandoned children has died after a long battle with health problems, his family and organization confirmed Saturday, December 4.
Egypt Urged To Free Kidnapped African Refugees
Posted on Friday, December 10, 2010
Rights activists urged Egypt's government Friday, December 10, to free hundreds of Eritrean and other African refugees, including Christians, who they said have been held as hostages by human traffickers in the Sinai Desert for over a month,…
Group: Christian Children Injured As Egypt Police Open Fire On Copts
Posted on Thursday, December 9, 2010
Scores of Coptic Christian children are recovering from injuries and nearly two dozen minors remain detained after Egyptian security forces opened fire on unarmed Copts protesting against the authorities' decision to halt the construction of a church, rights…
Iraqi Christians Murdered, Hundreds More Flee
Posted on Thursday, December 9, 2010
Hundreds of Iraqi Christian families are fleeing Iraq's capital Baghdad and the town of Mosul as murderers target families in their own homes and workplaces, a well-informed advocacy group said Wednesday, December 8.
Europe Urged to Halt Death Sentence of Iranian Pastor
Posted on Tuesday, December 7, 2010
A Christian member of the European Parliament urged the European Union's executive body, the European Commission, on Wednesday, December 1, to prevent the death sentence of Iranian house church leader Yousef Nadarkhani.
Chinese Christian Rights Group Under ‘Cyber Attack’
Posted on Monday, December 6, 2010
An advocacy group with close links to Chinese house church Christians said Thursday, December 2, that two of its Websites have collapsed under cyber attacks possibly originating from China.
Pakistan Christian Teenager Nearly Stoned To Death In Prison
Posted on Sunday, November 28, 2010
A Christian teenager "wrongly" convicted of "blasphemy" against Islam was still recovering Sunday, November 28, after Muslim inmates nearly stoned him to death in a prison in Pakistan's northwest Punjab province, Christians and medics said.
Iraq Detains Militants Over Deadly Church Siege
Posted on Sunday, November 28, 2010
Iraq said Saturday, November 27, that its security forces have detained a dozen militants suspected of helping take Christians hostage in a church siege that killed scores of worshipers and two priests last month.
Hindu Militants ‘Attack Christians’ As Police Watch
Posted on Sunday, November 28, 2010
A tense calm remained Saturday, November 27, in several villages of India's troubled state of Orissa after Hindu militants reportedly attacked local Christians as police forces watched nearby.
Eritrea Refugees Detained In Sinai Desert, Group Says
Posted on Sunday, November 28, 2010
There was international concern Friday, November 26, over the situation of 80 Eritrean refugees who rights activists said have been held hostage by people smugglers on the Egypt-Israel border for about a month.
