Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Algeria: Christian Sentenced for Carrying Bible
Posted on Monday, May 12, 2008
An Algerian Christian detained five days for carrying a Bible and personal Bible study books was handed a 300-euro (US$460) fine and a one-year suspended prison sentence last week, an Algerian church leader said.
Turkey: Armed Men Threaten Church
Posted on Thursday, May 8, 2008
Three men, one of them armed with a gun and wearing gloves, threatened a Protestant church and its pastor in the Turkish capital city of Ankara yesterday. The culprits fled in a car before police could be summoned.
Indonesia: Islamists Threaten to Tear Down Church
Posted on Thursday, May 8, 2008
Muslim extremists and local government authorities last week threatened to tear down a church building under construction in North Sumatra even though church leaders met requirements of Indonesia’s draconian law on worship places, the church's pastor said.
Christian Leader Killed In India For “Black Magic”
Posted on Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Villagers in India's state of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, May 3, recalled that exactly one month ago a local Christian leader was killed because his faith in Christ was wrongly understood, BosNewsLife monitored.
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.
