Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Pakistan: Christian Prisoners Win Back Jail ‘Church’
Posted on Monday, April 2, 2007
More than 160 Christian prisoners ended a two-day hunger strike last week after authorities in Pakistan’s Punjab province permitted them to resume religious services, a non-governmental organization worker said.
Nigeria: Muslim Extremists Set Church on Fire
Posted on Friday, March 30, 2007
Two days after the killing of a Christian teacher in this town in northern Nigeria, Muslim extremists set fire to a church building of the Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA) in the Chanchanya section.
Ethiopia Muslim Militants Kill Evangelist; More Violence Feared
Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2007
An Ethiopian evangelist was beaten to death by militant Muslims as he and two young women were evangelizing in the Ethiopian city of of Jimma, and there were fears the incident could spark widespread violence against Christian believers,…
Nigeria: Muslims Club Christian Teacher to Death
Posted on Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Christianah Oluwatoyin Oluwasesin, a teacher at Government Secondary School of Gandu in this northern Nigerian town, was in high spirits last Wednesday (March 21) as she made her way to school where she teaches government.
Pakistani Christian man booked under blasphemy law
Posted on Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Pakistani Christians continue to bear the brunt of the country’s blasphemy laws as yet another Christian man has been booked for allegedly tearing and setting ablaze the pages of the Quran, the Muslim holy book.
Two Pastors arrested in Rajasthan
Posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Police arrested Pastor Philip Abraham from Noida and Pastor Jacob Kunjumon from Mumbai in Ganga Nagar, Rajasthan on March 23, 2007 with the charges of alleged force conversion and insulting Hindu gods.
Pastor Shot Dead While Praying in Trinidad
Posted on Monday, March 26, 2007
A 34-year-old pastor was shot dead while he was praying with others in his church on Wednesday, March 21 at the St. Mary's Village of Gomaz Trace in Moruga, the southern sea town in Trinidad.
Assam Pastor Beaten
Posted on Monday, March 26, 2007
A Gospel for Asia missionary working in Assam, India, was badly beaten on March 21 during what appears to be a robbery attempt. GFA missionary Bansi Samoun, along with staff members from a GFA Bridge of Hope center…
Uzbekistan Pastor Appeals Against Labor Camp Sentence
Posted on Monday, March 26, 2007
Protestant pastor Dmitry Shestakov has appealed against the four-year sentence to one of Uzbekistan's open labor camps which was imposed by authorities in retaliation for his Christian work, investigators and local Christians close to the case said Friday,…
Indonesia Militants Imprisoned For Beheading Christian Girls
Posted on Friday, March 23, 2007
An Islamic militant began serving a 20-year jail sentence Thursday, March 22, on charges of plotting the 2005 beheadings of three Christian girls on Indonesia's volatile Sulawesi island. Two other militants involved in the crime were sentenced to…
Nigeria: Sokoto State Stifles Growth of Church Buildings
Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), one of the largest Pentecostal churches in Nigeria, is also one of the fastest growing churches in Africa. It is a cradle of miraculous healing, signs and wonders, but there is…
China Releases House Church Leader; Mother Remains Detained
Posted on Monday, March 19, 2007
A senior house church leader was free Saturday, March 17, after being released following ten days administrative detention, but the 77-year old mother of a Christian activist remained behind bars, representatives said.
Indian Hindu Militants Burn Down Church, Attack Pastors
Posted on Thursday, March 15, 2007
Christians in India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday, March 14, were preparing to rebuild their church, hours after it was burnt down by Hindu militants, while elsewhere in the country several Christian leaders were recovering from…
