Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Iraq Militants Kill Christian Official
Posted on Thursday, February 8, 2007
A high profile official from Iraq's Assyrian Christian community and former deputy director of Iraqi Airways has been shot and killed by militants near his home, BosNewsLife monitored Thursday, February 8.
India Militants Attack Pastors’ Conference, 10 Injured
Posted on Tuesday, February 6, 2007
At least 10 Christians were recovering from their injuries Monday, February 5, after Hindu militants reportedly attacked a pastors' conference in Raipur, the capital of India's Chhattisgarh state.
Uzbekistan Pastor Remains Jailed; Family in Hiding
Posted on Tuesday, February 6, 2007
An evangelical pastor remained behind bars in Uzbekistan Monday, February 5, more than two weeks after he was detained by secret police on charges of "incitement to hatred on national, racial or religious grounds."
India Militants Attack Christians In Two States
Posted on Sunday, February 4, 2007
Christians in two Indian states, Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh, looked back Saturday, February 3, to weeks of violence amid fears Hindu militants step up attempts to stamp out Christianity there.
India: Mystery Shrouds Death of Christian Convert
Posted on Thursday, February 1, 2007
An 18-year-old convert from Hinduism breathed his last on January 12, four days after he was found lying wounded near a railway track in the north-central state of Madhya Pradesh. Christians say he was pushed out of the…
Azerbaijan Launches Crackdown On Growing Church Movement Of Ex-Muslims
Posted on Thursday, February 1, 2007
Authorities in Azerbaijan have launched a crackdown on a church movement of ex-Muslims which grew from 40 to 18,000 members since the former Soviet republic gained independence in 1991, an organization supporting the reportedly persecuted Christian converts said…
Vietnam Security Forces Detain Two Prominent Dissidents
Posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Two prominent human rights activist remained in custody Tuesday, January 30, a day after Vietnamese security forces arrested them in Ho Chi Minh City formerly known as Saigon, fellow dissidents said.
Turkey: Church Vandalized, Pastor Threatened
Posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Assailants on Turkey’s Black Sea coast vandalized a Protestant church this weekend, days after nationalists from the region murdered a well-known Armenian journalist.
China Security Forces Raid Church, Release Christian Leaders
Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007
Chinese security forces arrested church leaders while raiding a house church in Anhui Province during a worship service, and confiscated Christian literature and equipment, a Christian rights group said Saturday, January 27.
Uzbekistan: Secret Police Arrest Andijan Pastor
Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007
Uzbek secret police arrested a Protestant pastor from his church in Andijan last weekend, seven months after a regional prosecutor had accused him of committing high treason.
11 Tribal Girls Killed In India As Hostel Collapses
Posted on Sunday, January 28, 2007
Christian officials on Saturday, January 27, urged the Hindu-led government of India's Gujarat state to end what they regard as the persecution of Christian aid workers after at least 11 impoverished Tribal girls died when the their residential…
