Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Malaysia’s Christian Joy Loses Islam Conversion Case
Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Malaysia's best known Christian convert, Lina Joy, on Wednesday, May 30, lost her six-year battle to be recognized as a Christian in a landmark case that tested the limits of religious freedom in this mainly Muslim nation.
Cuban Influential Christian Prisoner Suffering Of Tuberculosis
Posted on Tuesday, May 29, 2007
An influential Christian Cuban "prisoner of conscience" remained behind bars Pentecost Sunday, May 27, despite suffering of tuberculosis in the Kilo 7 Prison in the province of Camaguey, dissidents told BosNewsLife.
Pastor attacked in Karnataka, India
Posted on Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Anti-Christian activists from two Hindu radical groups -- Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Bajrang Dal -- attacked a Pastor and an elder of a church in Bangarpet in Kolar district of Karnataka on May 21 2007 for distributing…
Pentecostal believers raided on Pentecost Sunday in Belarus church
Posted on Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Ten state officials raided the Pentecost service of John the Baptist Pentecostal Church in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, yesterday (May 27). Pastor Antoni Bokun was arrested, held overnight at a police station and fined 20 times the…
Egypt Releases Christian Convert From Islam, report
Posted on Friday, May 25, 2007
Egyptian authorities have released a Christian convert from Islam who had been jailed without charges under Egypt’s controversial emergency laws for the past two years, a Christian news agency reported Thursday, May 24.
India: Dalit Christians Hopeful of Winning Rights
Posted on Thursday, May 24, 2007
A report of an advisory panel favoring affirmative action benefits for Dalit converts to Christianity has raised the hopes of India’s 16 million lowest-caste believers as they await a Supreme Court hearing in July.
Egypt Militants Detained After Attacks On Christian Homes And Shops
Posted on Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Dozens of suspected Muslim militants were said to remain in custody Monday, May 14, after Egyptian security forces arrested them over the weekend on charges of setting fire to Christian homes and shops in clashes over church construction.
Vietnam Detains And “Tortures” Four Montagnard Christians, Group Says
Posted on Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Four Degar Montagnard Christians remained imprisoned in Vietnam's Central Highlands Tuesday, May 15, after they were arrested for collecting names for a statement which denies the growing house church movement of Degar Montagnards seeks independence from Vietnam, fellow…
India: Anti-Conversion Bill Expected in Eighth State
Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2007
The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is expected to enact an anti-conversion law in the northern state of Uttarakhand, as it promised during its election campaign in February.
