Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Protestant Christian Faces 15 Years Prison In Uzbekistan
Posted on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
A Protestant Christian leader in Uzbekistan faces up to 15 years in prison on charges that include teaching religion without official approval and encouraging people to read "prohibited Christian literature," a major religious rights group said Monday, July…
Yemen: Arrests May Spark New Wave of Persecution
Posted on Monday, July 14, 2008
On 18 June Yemeni news source Al Sahwa reported that Yemeni political security forces in Hodiada province had arrested a "missionary cell" of seven people and charged them with promoting Christianity and distributing the Bible. One of those…
Christian Community Again Attacked In India’s Orissa State
Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008
Christian orphans were without shelter Wednesday July 9, as Hindu militants attacked their orphanage, a Jesuit Residence and a nearby Christian village in the troubled state of Orissa, where believers are still recovering from recent anti-Christian violence, BosNewsLife…
Iran: Ex-Muslims Detained for ‘Apostasy’
Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008
Iranian authorities have detained two converts to Christianity in the southern city of Shiraz for eight weeks on suspicion of "apostasy," or leaving Islam. In Iran, apostasy is a crime that can be punishable by death.
Indonesia: Church in West Java Bulldozed
Posted on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Public Order officials on June 26 demolished a church building in Cimahi regency of Bandung district, West Java, to make way for a new shopping mall and bus terminal after church leaders failed to convince authorities that they…
China Detains House Church Missionary And Co-workers
Posted on Tuesday, July 8, 2008
A key member and missionary of an unofficial 'house church' in China's Heilongjiang Province faced difficulties Monday, July 7, to worship with fellow believers after Chinese security forces briefly detained him and two co-workers, representatives said.
Chinese Security Forces Raid House Church At Coal Mine
Posted on Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Chinese security forces raided a house church at a coal mine in China's Gansu Province and detained several Christians as part of a crackdown on unauthorized worship services in the Communist nation, a Christian rights group said Monday,…
American And Other Christians Facing “Torture” In Yemen Prison
Posted on Monday, June 30, 2008
Seven arrested Christian missionaries, including an unknown number of Americans, apparently remained detained in Yemen Sunday, June 29, and there was international concern they may face torture for spreading Christianity, several sources said.
Iran Police Tortures And Detains Couple For Converting To Christianity
Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2008
Iranian security police in Tehran have detained and tortured a married couple who recently converted from Islam to Christianity and threatened to put their 4-year-old daughter in an institution, a Christian news agency reported late Wednesday, June 25.
