Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
China Province To Destroy ‘Prayer Mountain’ Churches
Posted on Monday, July 16, 2007
Three "Prayer Mountain" church buildings in China's Wenzhou city of Zhejiang province are facing "imminent destruction" by the local government, fellow Christians and human rights watchers said Saturday, July 14.
Eritrea Denies Detentions Of 2,000 Christians And Religious Persecution
Posted on Thursday, July 12, 2007
Christian rights activists expressed concern Wednesday, July 11, over reports that a senior Eritrean government official has "categorically denied the existence of religious repression in Eritrea" and dismissed reports of mass detentions of Christians as "hyperbole".
Death of Pastor in India Remains Unsolved
Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Family and friends of Pastor Goda Israel, whose body was found in a pond in Andhra Pradesh in February, say they are still convinced that he was murdered, despite police claims of "accidental drowning."
Pentecostal Pastors Shot Dead In Colombia
Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Two Pentecostal pastors have been assassinated in Colombia by suspected leftist rebels, Christian rights activists said Tuesday, July 10.
China House Church Leaders Sentenced To Labor Camp
Posted on Monday, July 9, 2007
Two leaders of China's growing house church movement were in a labor camp Sunday, July 8, after being sentenced to "one year re-education through labor" in Shandong province on charges related to their Christian activities, BosNewsLife learned.
Two Protestants receive ten-day prison terms in Uzbekistan
Posted on Thursday, July 5, 2007
Two members of God's Love Pentecostal Church spent ten days in prison in June after being found guilty of violating laws on religion and "illegal" religious teaching, Protestant sources told a western news service.
Bangladesh: Christians Beaten; Mob Threatens to Burn Homes
Posted on Friday, June 29, 2007
Muslim villagers armed with bricks and wooden clubs savagely beat 10 Christian converts in Nilphamari district, Bangladesh, on Tuesday (June 26) and threatened to burn down their homes if they did not leave by today.
Iraq: Christians Targeted in Baghdad
Posted on Thursday, June 28, 2007
For one man, the release of eight kidnapped Christians from his hometown of Qaraqosh on Friday (June 22) was bittersweet.
Injured Pakistani Christians talk about Muslim attack
Posted on Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Describing an attack launched by Muslim residents of a Pakistani village in the province of Punjab, the Christian residents have said that Muslim residents mounted the attack in a bid to force them to cancel an Salvation Army…
Vietnam: Ethnic Christian Dies from Torture Injuries
Posted on Wednesday, June 27, 2007
A young Hroi ethnic minority man who refused to recant his Christian faith died from injuries received while under official interrogation, Compass confirmed as Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet met with U.S. officials. Triet met with President Bush…
Persecuted Indian Christians Appeal For Help At Gathering
Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007
Christians across India on Sunday, June 24, attended church services Sunday, June 24, following what organizers described as the "largest gathering of victims of religious persecution" in recent years.
Indonesia: Muslim Radicals Threaten House Churches
Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007
Muslim extremists demonstrating on June 14 in West Java threatened to close down churches operating in private homes, and a pastor on Sunday (June 17) received an anonymous letter promising to destroy his home if it is "still…
