Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
China Arrests Overshadow Release Of Long-Time Prisoner
Posted on Wednesday, June 24, 2009
News that China released a Christian woman after serving over two and a half years in prison for protesting the destruction of a mega-church has been overshadowed by the ongoing detention of Christians in a similar case, Chinese…
Vietnam Continues Crackdown On Protestant Christians, sources
Posted on Monday, June 22, 2009
Several Protestant Christians in Vietnam, including Degar-Montagnards, were uncertain Monday, June 22, where to worship as government forces raided and destroyed churches in recent weeks, church sources and rights investigators said.
Pakistan Christian Student “Too Ugly” To Study Science
Posted on Saturday, June 20, 2009
A talented Christian student has been denied admission to Science studies at a girls high school in Pakistan because the Muslim school principal regards her as "too ugly" to participate, her father said Wednesday, June 17.
Pakistan Police Arrest Christian Mentally Challenged Girl For “Blasphemy”
Posted on Friday, June 19, 2009
Pakistani police detained and interrogated a mentally challenged Christian girl for allegedly burning pages of the Koran, seen as a holy book by Muslims, amid mounting international concern about Pakistan's controversial blasphemy laws, an advocacy group said Friday,…
China Continues House Church Raids; Website Closed
Posted on Thursday, June 18, 2009
At least six Christians from China's Henan province were behind bars Thursday, June 18, after security forces stormed their house church following a similar raid on a house church in Sichuan province, Christian rights investigators said.
Pakistan Taliban Threatens To Kill, Rape, Non Muslims
Posted on Monday, June 15, 2009
A loose Pakistan-based umbrella group of factions linked to the militant Taliban organization has threatened to kill or rape all non-Muslims to enslave their children and take away their properties, unless they meet tough conditions.
Austria, South Africa Mourn Murdered Missionary
Posted on Sunday, June 14, 2009
Austrian and South African Christians mourned the death of a third priest known to have been killed in South Africa this year, BosNewsLife learned Sunday, June 14.
Iran Riots After “Victory” Ahmadinejad; Activists Detained (Update)
Posted on Sunday, June 14, 2009
(ADDS DETAINED ACTIVISTS, CHANGING LEAD)
At least 10 reformists were detained before dawn Sunday, June 14, hours after Iranian officials said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was re-elected in a landslide victory, the Voice of America (VOA) network reported.
Nepal Detains Suspect In Deadly Church Blast
Posted on Saturday, June 13, 2009
Christians in Nepal tried to worship Saturday, June 13, after police detained a Hindu militant for alleged involvement in a bomb blast that killed three people and injured over a dozen others at a Roman Catholic Church, and…
NEWS ALERT: China Detains More House Church Leaders
Posted on Saturday, June 13, 2009
Over a dozen Chinese house church leaders faced another day of detention Saturday, June 13, and some of them the prospect of years imprisonment, after security forces raided a house church in China's Sichuan province, Christians said. There…
Pakistan Christian Killed For Drinking Tea From “Muslim Cup”
Posted on Friday, June 12, 2009
A Christian man was beaten to death in Pakistan's Punjab province for drinking from a tea cup “designated for Muslims,” the latest in several attacks against the Christian minority in this region, local Christians and rights investigators said…
Pakistan Authorities “Attack” Christian Cemetery, Church (UPDATE)
Posted on Thursday, June 11, 2009
Amid rising Islamic extremism, Pakistani Christians have demanded a halt to the destruction of a Christian cemetery in Punjab province and the return of a seized church in the provincial capital Lahore, Worthy News monitored Thursday, June 11.
BREAKING NEWS: Burma Army Attacks Christian Orphanage; Many Flee
Posted on Friday, June 5, 2009
A Christian-run orphanage in Burma near the border with Thailand has been attacked by the Burmese army, amid a fresh crackdown on the predominantly Christian Karen people in the area, officials and children told Worthy News Friday, June…
US University Prohibits Thanking Jesus At Graduation
Posted on Wednesday, June 3, 2009
A professor at the government-funded University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) has prohibited a graduating student from saying "I want to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ," in her own graduation speech, amid a heated debate…
