Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
China Increasing Crackdown On House Churches, Report Shows
Posted on Thursday, February 7, 2008
China's Communist government increased its crackdown on house churches, detaining hundreds of Christians across the country throughout 2007, according to a new report released Wednesday, February 6.
Bangladesh: Elderly Convert From Islam Dies from Burns
Posted on Tuesday, February 5, 2008
A 70-year-old woman convert from Islam died on Friday (February 1) from burns she suffered when unknown assailants in a Muslim-majority area about 150 miles northwest of the capital set her home on fire last month.
Egypt: Court Rules Against Convert
Posted on Friday, February 1, 2008
In a blow to religious freedom in Egypt, a Cairo court has ruled against a Muslim convert to Christianity who requested that his religious affiliation be changed.
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.
