Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
NEWS ALERT: Libya Releases Christian Converts From Prison
Posted on Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Amid international pressure, Libya has released four Christians who were detained for converting from Islam, after nearly three months of imprisonment, Worthy News learned Tuesday, April 21 from a key advocacy group involved in the case.
Pakistan Christians Fear Spread Of Islamic Law
Posted on Monday, April 20, 2009
Pakistani Christians and advocacy groups remained concerned Monday, April 20, that militant Muslims will impose strict Islamic law across Pakistan after parliament approved such legislation in a key area of the country, while dramatic television footage showed the…
China Court Refuses Release Christian Bookstore Owner
Posted on Friday, April 17, 2009
Chinese Christian Shi Weihan, the owner of a Christian bookstore and a well-known house church leader, remained detained Friday, April 17, after a Beijing court refused to immediately rule on his future, trial observers said.
NEWS ALERT: Saudi Arabia Releases Christian Blogger
Posted on Thursday, April 16, 2009
Saudi Arabia has released Christian blogger Hamoud Saleh Al-Amri who was jailed after openly writing on the Internet about his conversion from Islam to Christianity, rights investigators confirmed Thursday, April 16.
India State Jails Pastor For “Conversion”
Posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2009
By Worthy News Asia Service
NEW DELHI, INDIA (Worthy News)-- A pastor in India's Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh state remained detained Wednesday, April 15, for his alleged involvement in "conversion activities", Christians said.
Laos Police Destroy Village Church
Posted on Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Worthy News Asia Service NOMSOMBOON, LAOS (Worthy News)-- Christians in a village of Laos' Borikhamxay province were without a church building Tuesday, April 14, as police destroyed their property as part of a crackdown on Christians in rural…
Eritrea’s Government Involved In Attacking Rights Activists Abroad, Group Claims
Posted on Monday, April 13, 2009
Christian rights activists have expressed concerns over the alleged international efforts by Eritrea's government to intimidate opponents of its policies, after an Italian human rights defender was seriously injured when Eritrean government supporters apparently threw rocks and bottles…
Pakistan Christian Journalist Facing Death Threats
Posted on Sunday, April 12, 2009
A Christian journalist in Pakistan feared for his life Easter Sunday, April 12, after receiving threatening letters for publishing pro-democracy columns in a national daily and refusing to convert to Islam.
NEWS ALERT: Chinese Christian Bookstore Owner To Stand Trial
Posted on Thursday, April 9, 2009
Worthy News Asia Service BEIJING, CHINA (Worthy News)-- A house church leader and founder of a Christian bookstore, who has been detained since last year for the "illegal distribution of Bibles and Christian literature," was to stand trial…
Chinese House Church Leader Receives “Death Threats”
Posted on Tuesday, April 7, 2009
The leader of the 250,000 member Chinese House Church Alliance was free Tuesday, April 7, after he was apparently briefly detained in Beijing by over a dozen police officers and "threatened with death", following a baptism service.
Pakistan Christian Dies In Prison; Police Attacks Reported
Posted on Monday, April 6, 2009
A Pakistani widow wanted to know Monday, April 6, why authorities allegedly let her imprisoned Christian husband die of asthma in Pakistan's Punjab province, while a father there complained that his Christian son was detained on "false" charges.
Pakistan Christian Killed For Refusing To Convert To Islam
Posted on Thursday, April 2, 2009
An impoverished father was no longer expecting justice Thursday, April 2, over a month after his Christian son was killed in Pakistan's troubled Pubjab province for "refusing to convert to Islam", the latest in a series ofanti-Christian incidents…
Iran Detains Christian Women
Posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Two Iranian Christian women have been detained because of their Christian activities, supporters of the Iranian Christians said Tuesday, March 31.
Morocco Expels Christian Missionaries
Posted on Sunday, March 29, 2009
Morocco said Sunday, March 29, it has expelled five Christian missionaries because they were "ilegally" trying to convert Muslims to Christianity.
Lawyer Prosecuted Turkish Christians Plans European Court Case
Posted on Saturday, March 28, 2009
The lawyer of two Turkish Christians on trial for "insulting Turkishness” plans to take their case to the European Court of Human Rights after they were fined for taking "illegal" church offerings, trial observers said in comments monitored…
India Government Urged To Tackle Deadly Violence
Posted on Friday, March 27, 2009
Human rights investigators have urged India's government to tackle extremist groups and to improve protection of the country's Christian minority after "the most severe anti-Christian violence seen in post-independence India," which killed scores of people and displaced thousands,…
Chinese Christian Lawyer “Held Hostage” For 50 Days
Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2009
Abducted Chinese Christian human rights attorney Gao Zhisheng was missing 50 days on Thursday, March 26, amid "increasing concern for his life," human rights investigator said.
