Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
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…
Egypt Again Detains Christian Brothers; Believer Kidnapped
Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009
Two Christian brothers were behind bars again Sunday, May 31, just weeks after being released from an Egyptian prison where they were held for a year on false charges of murdering a Muslim in Mallawi, Upper Egypt.
Iran Security Forces Raid House Church Amid Crackdown
Posted on Saturday, May 30, 2009
Iranian family members and friends were still searching Saturday, May 29, for several former Muslims who converted to Christianity, after Iranian security forces detained them during a raid at a house church.
Rights Groups Demand Release Thousands Of Eritrean Christians
Posted on Friday, May 29, 2009
Supporters of five religious rights groups have demonstrated outside the Eritrean embassy in London against “human rights violations” in Eritrea where up to 3,000 Christians remain detained without charges, organizers said Friday, May 29.
China To Sentence Uyghur Christian To Labor Camp, Mother Says
Posted on Thursday, May 28, 2009
The mother of imprisoned Uyghur Christian Alimujiang Yimitihas urged the international community to help "rescue her son" after learning that China's main law enforcement agency plans to sentence her son "secretly to three years of re-education through labor"…
China Releases House Church Christians
Posted on Monday, May 25, 2009
Amid international pressure Chinese authorities have released early the last 16 Christians of a house church group who remained detained in Henan province, their supporters confirmed Monday, May 25.
Outrage Over US Military Bible Burnings In Afghanistan
Posted on Friday, May 22, 2009
The president of a US-based group helping Christians persecuted for their faith has expressed outrage that United States military personnel have burned confiscated Bibles in Afghanistan.
Concerns Over Detained Egypt Priest Amid Attacks
Posted on Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Representatives of Egypt's Christian minority, already rocked by several attacks in recent weeks, continued their attempts Wednesday, May 20 to obtain the release of a priest they say was sentenced to five years hard labor for crimes he…
Christians In Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan Face New Restrictions
Posted on Saturday, May 16, 2009
Azerbaijan's president Ilham Aliev was to receive for signing the final version of controversial legislation "limiting freedom of religion" while Christians elsewhere in Central Asia faced similar restrictions Saturday, May 16, rights investigators and local believers said.
