Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Egypt: Convert in Hiding After Lawyer Backs Out
Posted on Thursday, August 9, 2007
An Egyptian convert to Christianity who filed suit for his conversion to be officially recognized is in hiding after his attorney announced he would withdraw from the case yesterday.
Egypt: Muslim Sues for Right to Convert to Christianity
Posted on Wednesday, August 8, 2007
A Muslim convert to Christianity filed suit against Egypt last week for refusing to legally recognize his change of religion, sparking a reactionary lawsuit by Muslim clerics and death threats against his lawyer.
Turkmenistan Deports Baptist Pastor
Posted on Monday, August 6, 2007
A Russian Baptist Pastor spent another Sunday, August 5, without his family after he was deported from Turkmenistan for his church activities, fellow Christians and human rights watchers said.
Pastor Killed In Philippines Bomb Blast
Posted on Monday, August 6, 2007
Christians in the Philippines on Saturday, August 4, mourned the death of a Protestant pastor who was killed in one of two explosions that ripped through a bus terminal in southern Koronadal City. The blast Friday, August 3,…
Pakistan: Jail Officials Beat Christian, Halt Bible Classes
Posted on Monday, August 6, 2007
Pakistani officials have halted all Bible classes for Christian prisoners in a Punjab jail, isolating the inmate who taught the classes and barring a local pastor from his weekly visits, a non-governmental organization (NGO) working in prisons reported.
India: Christian Worker Beaten to Death in Assam
Posted on Monday, August 6, 2007
A Christian advocacy group has asked the chief minister of the northeastern state of Assam to provide protection to believers after unidentified assailants suspected to be Hindu extremists beat a Christian worker to death in Guwahati.
Kazakhstan Baptists Fear More Persecution
Posted on Monday, August 6, 2007
Baptist Christians in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan faced an uncertain weekend Saturday, August 4, amid reports that authorities barred a mother and her young child from entering their home because of their involvement in a Baptist…
Mexico: ‘Traditionalist Catholics’ Demolish Another Church
Posted on Monday, July 30, 2007
Chiapas state officials arrested 14 "traditionalist Catholics" following the destruction on Sunday (July 22) of an evangelical church in a community of San Juan Chamula, near San Cristobal de las Casas, in Mexico’s Chiapas state.
Afghanistan: Some Korean Hostages in Poor Health
Posted on Monday, July 30, 2007
South Korean aid workers held hostage by Taliban forces in Afghanistan for more than a week are believed to be in poor health, according to a member of their Korean congregation.
China Releases House Church Activist
Posted on Monday, July 30, 2007
A key Chinese house church activist in Beijing was free Saturday, July 28, after six months of imprisonment, human rights investigators said.
Iraq: Court Upholds Christian Girl’s Murder Sentence
Posted on Monday, July 30, 2007
Iraq's Kurdish regional high court has reduced jail time for a teenager who fatally stabbed her uncle as he beat her for converting to Christianity and "shaming" the family by working in public.
India: Gujarat State Again Tires Secret Survey of Christians
Posted on Monday, July 23, 2007
The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Gujarat state has resumed the secret survey of Christian institutions it began eight years ago. Extremists have used such surveys to target religious minorities for violence.
