Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Taliban Threatens To Kill South Korean Christians In Afghanistan
Posted on Monday, July 23, 2007
The militant Taliban movement threatened on Sunday, July 22, to start killing 23 South Korean evangelical Christians if South Korea did not agree to withdraw its 200 military engineers and medics from Afghanistan, and the Afghan government did…
Bangladesh: Christian Villagers Again Beaten, Threatened
Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2007
Islamic radicals in a Bangladesh village have meted out more beatings and death threats to Christians after a special police force meant to offer protection for three months withdrew after only a week.
Christians Crucified In Iraq, Dutch MP Says
Posted on Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Militants have crucified Christians in Iraq, including converts from Islam and people involved in "mixed marriages," a senior Dutch parliamentarian has established.
Vietnam Jails 13 Montagnard House Church Christians
Posted on Monday, July 16, 2007
Vietnam sentenced 13 Degar Montagnards, a major ethnic group in the country's volatile Central Highlands, to prison terms of up to 15 years for "being House Church Christians" and their involvement in religious rights campaigns, representatives said Sunday,…
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.
