Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Series on Jesus Pulled from Lebanese TV After Uproar
Posted on Monday, August 16, 2010
Two Lebanese channels one of which is linked to Hezbollah stopped broadcasting an Iranian-made television series depicting the life of Jesus after receiving complaints from Christians.
North Korea Executes 3 Christians, Detains 20 Others
Posted on Sunday, August 15, 2010
North Korea arrested twenty-three Christians who were meeting in an underground church. Three of which immediately tried and given the death penalty, which was swiftly executed. The others were sent to labor camps, Worthy News has learned.
China Briefly Detains Influential House Pastor
Posted on Saturday, August 14, 2010
An influential Chinese house church pastor was briefly detained in southern China shortly after authorities evicted his congregation from a hotel, his church and rights investigators said Friday, August 13.
Christian Watchdog Rejects Burma Elections
Posted on Saturday, August 14, 2010
Christian rights investigators have urged the international community to reject plans by Burma’s military rulers to organize parliamentary elections on November 7.
Pakistan Cleric Pledges To Withdraw Blasphemy Case
Posted on Friday, August 13, 2010
An impoverished Christian family in Pakistan faced uncertainty Thursday, August 12, after a Muslim cleric pledged to withdraw a case of blasphemy against them, officials familiar with the procedures said.
Three International Aid Groups Banned in Somalia
Posted on Thursday, August 12, 2010
Al-Shabaab, an Islamic militant organization with close ties to al-Qaeda, recently banned three Christian Aid organizations from Somalia on charges of "actively propagating Christianity", Worthy News has learned.
Chinese Government Destroys Christian-Owned Factory
Posted on Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Last September, a mob of over 200 men led by Chinese Communist officials injured at least thirty people and demolished a Christian-owned factory in Linfen, along with its house church, Worthy News learned on August 11.
Mob Surrounds Church in Indonesia, Christians Attacked
Posted on Monday, August 9, 2010
Hundreds of Muslim militants surrounded and attacked a Protestant church in Indonesia’s province of West Java, injuring at least a dozen Christians including a pastor on Sunday, August 8.
Uzbekistan Jails Baptists, Threatens Church
Posted on Monday, August 9, 2010
Police in Uzbekistan jailed ten Baptists for three to five days, and fining them 80 times the monthly minimum wage, according to a religious rights group, Worthy News learned on Monday, August 9.
Humanitarian Aid Workers Massacred by Taliban
Posted on Monday, August 9, 2010
Six American and two European aid workers were murdered in northern Afghanistan along with two Afghan colleagues as they were returning to Kabul from a medical mission in a remote mountainous area, Worthy News learned on Sunday, August…
North Korea Urged To Release American Christian Amid War Games
Posted on Monday, July 26, 2010
Rights investigators expressed concerns Monday, July 26, about the plight of a jailed American Christian in North Korea, while U.S.and South Korean warships practiced anti-submarine maneuvers off the Korean peninsula to warn Pyongyang against aggression.
NEWS WATCH: Experts Exhume Bodies of Romanian Dictator, Wife
Posted on Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Forensic analysts have exhumed what are believed to be the bodies of late Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, who were executed in 1989. It comes after relatives raised doubts that the couple was really buried…
Muslim Lawyer Apologizes For Anti-Christian Leaflets
Posted on Sunday, July 18, 2010
A Muslim lawyer has apologized for thousands of anti-Christian leaflets distributed in Pakistan at a reconciliation meeting with Christian leaders who said they forgave him because they are followers of "the Prince of Peace," according to delegates attending…
Pakistan Politician Facing Death Threats For Defending Christians
Posted on Sunday, July 18, 2010
A high-ranking Pakistani politician, who negotiated the release of kidnapped Christians and fought against controversial blasphemy laws, says he and his family are in life danger after receiving threatening phone calls from suspected Islamic militants.
BREAKING NEWS: Pentecostal Pastor Shot Dead In Dagestan
Posted on Friday, July 16, 2010
The pastor of the largest Pentecostal church in Russia's violent, mainly Muslim republic of Dagestan, has died after being shot in the head, in an apparent bid to intimidate converts from Islam, Christian rights activists and police said…
