Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Pakistan Academy Dismisses Christian Teacher, Students Over Bible Row
Posted on Friday, March 13, 2009
A Christian teacher says he has been dismissed and two students suspended from an academy in Pakistan's Punjab province over allegations they "humiliated Islam" and "blessed the Jewish descendants" of Abraham, the Biblical arch-father of the people of…
Hope For Kidnapped Pakistan Christian Teenager, Group Says
Posted on Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Christian rights activists were hopeful Wednesday, March 11, that they would be able to "free" a Christian teenager who was allegedly abducted by a Muslim man last year in Pakistan's Punjab province, and forced to marry him.
Pakistan Christian Hostel Chief Receiving Death Threats
Posted on Wednesday, March 11, 2009
A Christian chief of a major hostel for nursing students in the Pakistani city of Lahore faced possible dismissal Wednesday, March 11, after she already receiving death threats from Muslim colleagues and militants for allowing Christian students to…
China Closes ‘House Church’ Law Firm
Posted on Monday, March 9, 2009
One of China's prominent law firms, known for defending house churches and other human rights cases, was weighing its legal options Monday, March 9, after it was forced to shut down for six months for "illegally" hiring a…
One Killed, Several Injured In Pakistan Church Shooting
Posted on Friday, March 6, 2009
One person was killed and at least 11 injured when Muslim militants opened fire on Christian worshipers during a prayer service of a Presbyterian Church in Pakistan's Punjab province, Christian rights investigators and police confirmed Friday, March 6.
Christians In Nigeria, Kenya Await Justice
Posted on Friday, March 6, 2009
Nigeria's government came under pressure Friday, March 6, to set up an independent commission investigating deadly attacks against Christians by Muslim extremists, while elsewhere in Africa, in Kenya, an evangelical church expressed concerns over Muslim militants.
Christian Woman Kidnapped In Pakistan By Muslim Militants
Posted on Sunday, March 1, 2009
An impoverished father of a young Christian woman was still knocking at the doors of Pakistan's justice system Sunday, March 1, a year after his daughter was kidnapped by Muslim gunmen who apparently tried to “convert” her to…
Vietnam Police “Kill” Cristian Farmer Amid Rural Crackdown
Posted on Friday, February 27, 2009
Degar Montagnard Christians and other believers in several areas of Vietnam's Central Highlands faced another day of persecution Friday, February 27, after at least one Christian peasant was hacked to death by security forces and an angry mob,…
Nigeria Releases Jailed Christian
Posted on Thursday, February 26, 2009
A Nigerian Christian who was serving a three-year prison sentence since May 2008 on charges of “blasphemy” against Islam has been released, Worthy News learned Thursday, February 26.
Kidnapped Italian Nuns Freed; “Prayers Answered”
Posted on Thursday, February 26, 2009
Two Italian nuns kidnapped by Somali gunmen in a cross-border raid into Kenya in November were spent another day in freedom Thursday, February 26, after they were suddenly freed, missionaries confirmed.
BREAKING NEWS: China Releases Four House Church Leaders
Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Chinese authorities have released the last four house church leaders who were among dozens of evangelical officials detained in Central China this month, an advocacy group told Worthy News Tuesday, February 24.
Azerbaijan Pastor Receives “Corrective Labor” Sentence
Posted on Monday, February 23, 2009
A well-known Baptist pastor in Azerbaijan was weighing his legal options Monday, February 23, after receiving a two-year "corrective labor" sentence for allegedly possessing an "illegal" weapon, trial observers said.
Pakistan Christian Students, Hostel Head Expelled Over Blasphemy
Posted on Monday, February 23, 2009
The Christian head of a hostel and two Christian students from a nearby medical college in Pakistan's Punjab province have been expelled after Islamic extremists wanted to kill them on "false" charges of "desecrating the Koran", seen as…
Christian Killed In Orissa; More Violence Feared
Posted on Sunday, February 22, 2009
Christians in India's volatile state of Orissa feared more violence Sunday, February 22, after a Christian man was killed and hard-line Hindus forced nearly two dozen Christian families to "convert" to Hinduism, local residents and rights investigators said.
