Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
2009 “Worst Year” For Pakistan Christians
Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010
Last year was the worst period of persecution against Christians in Pakistan in thelast decade, with attacks, arrests and detentions that reportedly killed some 130 Christians across the Islamic country, an advocacy group said Thursday, January 21.
NEWS ALERT: Over 40 Killed After Attack On Nigeria Church
Posted on Monday, January 18, 2010
Over 40 people have been killed in the Nigerian city of Jos in the country's Plateau State, after around 200 Muslim youths attacked Christians near a Catholic Church sparking retaliatory violence, Christian rights investigators said Monday, January 18.
China Confirms Christian Rights Lawyer “Missing”
Posted on Saturday, January 16, 2010
Concerns remained Saturday, January 16, over the whereabouts of Chinese Christian human rights lawyer, Gao Zhisheng, after Chinese authorities for the first time admitted he went missing amid reports that he was tortured to death, Christian rights activists…
Islamists Burn, Loot Algerian Church
Posted on Monday, January 11, 2010
Islamists burned and looted a Protestant church in northern Algeria in an attack that was fueled by violence against Christians elsewhere in the Muslim and Arab world, church officials said Monday, January 11.
Malaysia Pentecostal Church Forgives Arsonists
Posted on Sunday, January 10, 2010
Worshipers of a Pentecostal church that was burned by suspected Islamic arsonists in a suburb of the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur have forgiven those who destroyed their building, a senior pastor said Sunday.
Arsonists Attack Fourth Church in Malaysia
Posted on Saturday, January 9, 2010
Arsonists in Malaysia attacked a fourth church in the capital Kuala Lumpur after a High Court decision to end a government ban on the use of the word "Allah" by non-Muslims, church officials said.
BREAKING NEWS: Suspects Copt Killings Surrender To Police; 7 Killed
Posted on Friday, January 8, 2010
Three suspects in a drive-by shooting in front of a church that killed six Coptic Christians and a Muslim policeman in southern Egypt surrendered to police, but Christian organizations urged authorities to do more to end "inter-faith tensions."
Iran Places Christian Mother Under House Arrest
Posted on Thursday, January 7, 2010
An Iranian court forced a Christian convert with a Muslim background to sign a confession that she is "mentally unstable" and placed her under three months of house arrest in the city of Mashhad, 850 kilometers (530 miles)…
Dozens of Pakistani Christians Injured in Muslim Violence
Posted on Wednesday, January 6, 2010
At least dozens of Pakistani Christians were recovering of injuries Wednesday, January 6, following attacks by Muslim extremists in and outside the capital Islamabad, Christians and rights investigators said.
Tajikistan Churches Face Closures, Uncertain Future
Posted on Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Devoted Christians in several areas of Tajikistan faced uncertainty Tuesday, January 5, over the future of their churches after the former Soviet republic introduced a new religion law that the United States has criticized as highly restrictive.
Algeria Mob Prevents Protestant Church Services
Posted on Monday, January 4, 2010
Tensions remained high in a northern Algerian city Monday, January 3, after a Muslim mob reportedly prevented Christian converts from holding a Christmas service and threatened to kill their church pastor.
