Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
India: ‘Anti-Conversion’ Law Takes Effect in Fifth State
Posted on Friday, May 2, 2008
The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat state has implemented an "anti-conversion" law passed in 2003, increasing Christians' fears that it will open the door to false accusations by Hindu extremists.
North Korea: Former Security Agents Tell of Infiltrating Christians
Posted on Friday, May 2, 2008
Former police and security officers in North Korea told a U.S. government body that their superiors had instructed them to play the role of Christians and infiltrate "underground" prayer meetings in order to incriminate, arrest, imprison and sometimes…
Macedonia Introduces Controversial Religion Law
Posted on Thursday, May 1, 2008
Macedonia's controversial new Religion Law was due to come into force Thursday, May 1, a move rights groups say is designed to prevent the Serbian Orthodox Church of gaining legal status and could target unregistered Christian groups and…
Islamist Militants Close Over 100 Churches in Indonesia
Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Christians in several parts of Indonesia faced another difficult day Wednesday, April 23, amid reports that Islamic militant groups and local governments in Indonesia have closed at least 110 churches from 2004 to 2007.
India Dalit Christians “Forced” To Reconvert To Hinduism
Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2008
There was uncertainty Monday, April 21, about the status of hundreds of Dalit Christians who church leaders said were likely forced to re-convert to Hinduism, in what organizers called the "first ever mass conversion" in India's state of…
China Detains Dozens Of Christians In Xinjiang
Posted on Friday, April 18, 2008
Chinese security forces detained dozens of House Church Christians in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, forcing them to show allegiance to the government as part of crackdown similar to a campaign against Buddhist monks in nearby Tibet, rights watchers said…
Algeria: Christian Sentenced for ‘Proselytism’
Posted on Monday, April 14, 2008
An Algerian Christian was handed a two-year suspended sentence for “proselytism” yesterday amid an ongoing government crackdown on 26 of Algeria’s 50 Protestant congregations, a church leader said.
Russia Closing Down Methodist Church
Posted on Monday, April 14, 2008
Members of a United Methodist congregation in Russia were without a church Sunday, April 13, after authorities closed it for running a Sunday School without government permission, the latest in a series of police raids targeting Christian education,…
Uzbekistan Christian Missing After Police Raid
Posted on Monday, April 14, 2008
A charismatic Christian in Uzbekistan remained missing Saturday, April 12, more than a week after he was reportedly detained as part of a government crackdown on Protestant believers and other religious communities in this Islamic nation.
Vietnam Christian Prisoner Tortured To Death, Friends Say
Posted on Tuesday, April 8, 2008
A Vietnamese Degar Montagnard Christian who refused to join the Communist-backed church in Vietnam’s Central Highlands has been tortured to death in prison, while other detainees were beaten for declining to renounce their faith in Christ, representatives told…
China Detains House Church Leaders For Running “Evil Cult”
Posted on Tuesday, April 8, 2008
House church leaders and other Christians remained detained Sunday, April 6, in China’s Sichuan Province, on charges of running an "evil cult" after security forces raided their house church and Sunday School, fellow Christians said.
Uzbekistan Police Raid Christian Gathering
Posted on Tuesday, April 8, 2008
A devoted Christian in Uzbekistan’s second largest city faced more police interrogations Saturday, April 5, after security forces broke up a Christian home meeting, a well-informed rights group told BosNewsLife.
Indonesia: 110 Churches Closed in Three Years
Posted on Thursday, April 3, 2008
Islamic extremist groups and local governments in Indonesia closed 110 churches from 2004 to 2007, according to religious and human rights organizations.
Algeria Continues Widespread Church Closures
Posted on Monday, March 31, 2008
Groups of devoted Christians in Algeria were without places to worship Saturday, March 29, after authorities closed down more than a dozen Protestant churches amid anger over alleged attempts by evangelical believers to convert Muslims.
India: Hindu Extremists Assault Christian Family
Posted on Friday, March 28, 2008
Hindu extremists in a village in Madhya Pradesh who have harassed and threatened local Christians beat the grandparents and aunt of a 15-year-old girl last weekend when the Christian family refused to allow the group to rape her.
Egypt: Ex-Muslims Blocked from Declaring Conversion
Posted on Thursday, March 27, 2008
Christian-born converts to Islam in Egypt wishing to return to their former faith have found their way blocked by an appeal before the country’s Supreme Constitutional Court.
India: Rajasthan Passes New ‘Anti-Conversion’ Bill
Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008
The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Rajasthan state on Thursday (March 20) passed a new "anti-conversion" bill with more stringent and arbitrary provisions than previous legislation stalled by objections from the former governor.
India: Intolerant Hindus Attack Easter Services
Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Hindutva (Hindu nationalist) extremists stormed two Easter Sunday services and beat at least 16 Christians, including two pastors, in the Karnataka state capital of Bangalore and in Shimoga district.
