Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
China: House Church Pastor Detained
Posted on Friday, August 8, 2008
Chinese police detained house church leader Zhang Mingxuan, along with his wife Xie Fenlang and co-pastor Wu Jiang He, at a police station in Hebei after a BBC journalist attempted to interview him on Monday (August 4).
American Christian “Deported” From China After Beijing Detentions
Posted on Friday, August 8, 2008
Three American Christian leaders were deported from China Thursday, August 7, after being arrested for the second time in as many days for publicly praying and protesting against China's "religious persecution", the "policy of forced abortion" and other…
Bangladesh Christians Flee After Attack On House Church
Posted on Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Muslim militants raided and destroyed a 'house church' in Bangladesh as part of an operation to expel Christians from the region, a group representing the believers said Tuesday, August 5.
Iranian Christian Couple Dies from Police Attack
Posted on Wednesday, August 6, 2008
An Iranian Christian couple in their 60s died last week from injuries sustained when secret police raided a house church service hosted at their house and severely beat them, a source told Compass.
China: Authorities Banish Pastor From Beijing Prior to Games
Posted on Wednesday, August 6, 2008
As U.S. President George W. Bush attends Olympic events in Beijing this week and a church service in the capital next Sunday, Chinese authorities have banished house church pastor Zhang Mingxuan from the city for the duration of…
Saudi Arabia to Deport 15 Christians
Posted on Tuesday, August 5, 2008
The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org has learned that Saudi Arabia is deporting 15 Christians on Tuesday, August 5th, for holding private worship meetings in a house in the city of Taif.
Nigeria State Orders Christians To Leave Damaged Churches
Posted on Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Christians in two churches that were were extensively damaged last year during religious violence in northern Nigeria were without places of worship Sunday, August 3, after authorities reportedly ordered them to vacate their premises.
Vietnam “Kills” Christians In Central Highlands
Posted on Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Vietnamese security forces reportedly murdered two Degar Montagnard Christian men in the Central Highlands after they returned from a protest against the detention of fellow believers, BosNewsLife monitored Monday, August 4.
Christian Family Under Islamic Gunfire
Posted on Monday, August 4, 2008
Tensions remained high Saturday, August 2, in a village on the outskirts of the Pakistani city of Sargodha, where gun wielding Muslim militant ransacked a Christian family's home, family members and police told BosNewsLife.
Indonesia: Students Demand Safe Return to College
Posted on Friday, August 1, 2008
For a second consecutive night some 580 students from the Arastamar Evangelical School of Theology (SETIA) in East Jakarta slept in the lobby of Indonesia’s parliament yesterday following demonstrations against the school that left at least 17 students…
Iran: Jailed Christian in Critical Condition
Posted on Friday, August 1, 2008
A diabetic Iranian Christian jailed for two months is in critical condition due to lack of medical treatment, even as new reports of arrests against Christians surfaced this week.
Muslim Mob Stones Christians in Eastern Ethiopia
Posted on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
A mob of Islamic extremists stoned Seid Ahmed and Musa Ibrahim [names changed for security reasons] in Jijiga, a city on border with Somalia. The attack is the latest attack against Christians in Ethiopia where the spread of…
Belarus Fined Christian For Bible Study Group
Posted on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
A Christian in Belarus has been fined the equivalent of nine months minimum wage salary for attempting to organise an informal Bible study and discussion group, Christian rights investigators said Wednesday, July 23.
