Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Jordan: Authorities Expel Foreign Christians
Posted on Thursday, January 31, 2008
Jordan has increased pressure on foreign Christians living in the kingdom, expelling many long-time residents over the past 13 months in what local churches see as an attack on their legitimacy.
Protestant Pastor Shot Dead In Philippines
Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008
Christians in the Philippines on Saturday, January 26, mourned a Protestant pastor after police confirmed he was shot and killed, the second member of the Philippine clergy to die violently in nine days.
Egypt: Tempers Flare into Melee at Convert’s Hearing
Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008
An Egyptian judge is scheduled to rule next week on the case of a Muslim-born convert to Christianity whose court hearing threatened to turn into a brawl earlier this month, the convert’s lawyer said.
House Church Members Flee Somaliland Amid Government Crackdown
Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008
Members of a house church in the breakaway Somali republic of Somaliland have fled to neighboring Ethiopia after hearing that the government wants to arrest them as part of a crackdown on evangelical Christians, an influential human rights…
China Releases More House Church Leaders From Labor Camp
Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2008
China on Wednesday, January 23, released three female house church leaders "unconditionally" from their labor camp in Hubei province, in what their supporters described as "another legal stunning victory."
Death Toll Rising In Orissa Refugee Camps; Violence Spreading
Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008
An elderly pastor in India's Orissa state, who fled the deadliest Hindu-violence against Indian Christians there in recent memory, has died in a government-run refugee camp, a well-informed rights group confirmed Tuesday, January 22.
Malaysia: Government Confiscates Christian Children’s Books
Posted on Monday, January 21, 2008
Adding to the furor over whether non-Muslims have the right to use the word "Allah" in their publications and religious practice, on January 11 online news agency Malaysiakini reported that officials confiscated English-language Christian children's books because they…
Nearly 100 Christians Injured In New Attacks In India
Posted on Monday, January 21, 2008
An uneasy calm returned to a Christian missionary camp and another area Sunday, January 20, in India's Chhattisgarh state where up to 100 Christians were injured in attacks this week carried out by suspected Hindu militants, BosNewsLife learned.
China Releases Church Leaders From Labor Camp
Posted on Monday, January 21, 2008
Four Chinese house church leaders spent another day in freedom Saturday, January 19, after they were unexpectedly released from a labor camp following an "unprecedented legal victory" a Christian advocacy group involved in the case said.
Iraq: Serial Attacks on Churches Continue
Posted on Monday, January 21, 2008
A car-bomb exploded outside a Chaldean church in northern Iraq yesterday, injuring two people, a Baghdad bishop said. The blast is the 10th reported attack on Iraqi churches in two weeks.
Christian Leader in Xinjiang Province Arrested
Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2008
China Aid Association learned that a House Church leader in Kashi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was secretly detained on January 12. According to an eyewitness, Mr. A Li Mu Jiang was taken away from his home by State…
China Expels Children From Christian Orphanage
Posted on Monday, January 14, 2008
Children and their caretakers spent another Sunday, January 13, in uncertainty after they were expelled from their Christian-run orphanage in China's Hubei Province, as part of a crackdown on Christian activities by local authorities, an official said.
Turkey Releases Teenager Planning “Massacre” In Church
Posted on Wednesday, January 9, 2008
A Turkish teenager who vowed to kill the pastor of a Protestant church and "massacre" Christians in the Black Sea coastal city of Samsun has been released by a local court because he is "to young" Turkish media…
India Hindu Militants Attack House Church
Posted on Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Hindu militants have attacked a house church in the Indian state of Rajasthan, seriously injuring several worshippers, the latest in reported attacks against Christians across India, local believers told BosNewsLife Tuesday, January 8.
China Releases Christian Bookstore Owner And Employees
Posted on Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Chinese authorities have released on bail the owner of a Christian bookstore near Beijing's Olympic Village and fellow workers, amid international pressure, after detaining them last month on charges of "illegal printing and distribution of Christian literature," BosNewsLife…
Missionaries Concerned After Church Attacks In Russia
Posted on Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Christian missionaries have expressed concerns about the situation of Protestant Christians in Russia after attacks on a Baptist and Pentecostal church outside Moscow, apparently by members of a group supporting President Vladimir Putin, BosNewsLife established Tuesday, January 8.
