Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Vietnam “Kills” Christians In Central Highlands
Posted on Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Vietnamese security forces reportedly murdered two Degar Montagnard Christian men in the Central Highlands after they returned from a protest against the detention of fellow believers, BosNewsLife monitored Monday, August 4.
Christian Family Under Islamic Gunfire
Posted on Monday, August 4, 2008
Tensions remained high Saturday, August 2, in a village on the outskirts of the Pakistani city of Sargodha, where gun wielding Muslim militant ransacked a Christian family's home, family members and police told BosNewsLife.
Indonesia: Students Demand Safe Return to College
Posted on Friday, August 1, 2008
For a second consecutive night some 580 students from the Arastamar Evangelical School of Theology (SETIA) in East Jakarta slept in the lobby of Indonesia’s parliament yesterday following demonstrations against the school that left at least 17 students…
Iran: Jailed Christian in Critical Condition
Posted on Friday, August 1, 2008
A diabetic Iranian Christian jailed for two months is in critical condition due to lack of medical treatment, even as new reports of arrests against Christians surfaced this week.
Muslim Mob Stones Christians in Eastern Ethiopia
Posted on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
A mob of Islamic extremists stoned Seid Ahmed and Musa Ibrahim [names changed for security reasons] in Jijiga, a city on border with Somalia. The attack is the latest attack against Christians in Ethiopia where the spread of…
Belarus Fined Christian For Bible Study Group
Posted on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
A Christian in Belarus has been fined the equivalent of nine months minimum wage salary for attempting to organise an informal Bible study and discussion group, Christian rights investigators said Wednesday, July 23.
Indonesian Pastor Battling Order to Demolish Home
Posted on Thursday, July 24, 2008
Officials in Cipayung district, East Jakarta, have ordered Pastor Chris Ambessa of the Protestant Church of Indonesia to dismantle the newly constructed second floor of his home and to cease all religious activity in the area.
Iran: Tortured Christian Flees
Posted on Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Days after his release from a month of interrogations and severe torture under secret police custody, Iranian Christian Mohsen Namvar has fled across the border into Turkey with his family.
India: State Admits Few Complaints of ‘Forced’ Conversions
Posted on Friday, July 18, 2008
The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party government in Gujarat state has disclosed that there were only three complaints of alleged "forcible" conversions in the state in the last 10 years, and only two of those concerned Christian conversions.
Spike in Attacks against Egyptian Coptic Christians
Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008
The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org has learned that a recent increase in attacks against Egypt’s Coptic Christians has prompted various Christian groups to organize demonstrations condemning fanatic Muslims engaging in these attacks…
Muslim Mob Attack Protestant Church In Pakistan
Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008
A tense calm returned Tuesday, July 15, to the outskirts of Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, after several Christians, including a pastor, were injured when Muslim militants stormed a Protestant church during a prayer service, officials told BosNewsLife.
Indonesia: Religious Tensions Rise in West Papua
Posted on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Authorities in West Papua, Indonesia, must move fast to prevent tension between Christian and Muslim communities escalating into a Malukan-style conflict, according to a recent report by the International Crisis Group (ICG).
Uzbekistan “Bans” Bibles
Posted on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Thousands of Christians in Uzbekistan were without anticipated Bibles and related Christian literature Sunday, July 13, as authorities have reportedly imposed a ban on Bible imports, a major Christian publishing group said.
