Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
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…
Pakistan Detains Christian Woman For “Insulting” Islam
Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007
A Christian married mother with six children remained detained in a Pakistani jail Thursday, January 25, and could face the death penalty for allegedly insulting Islam, her supporters told BosNewsLife.
India State Militants Threaten Christian Orphanage; Counsellors Arrested
Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007
A Christian orphanage and a Christian drug rehabilitation center in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh have come under pressure to close down, shortly after a controversial anti-conversion law came into force, human rights investigators said Thursday, January…
Uzbekistan Secret Police Detains Protestant Pastor
Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007
Uzbekistan's secret police detained Protestant Pastor Dmitry Shestakov at his church in the city of Andijan last weekend, after a regional prosecutor had accused him of "committing high treason," a Christian news agency reported Thursday, January 25.
India Militants Attack Missionaries, Throw Teenager From Train
Posted on Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Less than two weeks after their activists reportedly threw a Hindu convert to Christianity from a train, Hindu groups attacked Christian missionaries in India accusing them of "religious conversion," BosNewsLife monitored Monday, January 22.
Pakistan: Court Overturns Life Sentence for Christian
Posted on Tuesday, January 23, 2007
A Pakistani court last week acquitted a Christian “blasphemy†prisoner on grounds that the convict was mentally unstable, while another Christian facing the same accusation was released on bail.
Gospel For Asia Missionaries Beaten, Arrested at Indian Festival
Posted on Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Gospel for Asia (GFA) native missionaries--including a state leader--have been driven away, beaten and even arrested by police at the site of the Ardh Kumbh, a massive festival during which millions of Hindu pilgrims bathe in the confluence…
Ethiopia Christian Killed, Houses Burned, Investigators Say
Posted on Sunday, January 21, 2007
Groups of Ethiopian Christians were reportedly still hiding in churches Thursday, January 18, after one believer was killed, Christian homes burned and several believers were threatened with execution for converting from Islam.
Sudan Christians Fear New Attacks As Bombings Continue
Posted on Sunday, January 21, 2007
Sudan's embattled Christian minority attended church services Sunday, January, 21, as the predominantly Muslim nation plunged further into renewed civil war, despite a peace agreement brokered by US Governor Bill Richardson and others this month.
Indonesia Militant Admits To Beheading Christian Girls
Posted on Sunday, January 21, 2007
Tensions remained high in Indonesia's volatile region of Poso Saturday, January 20, after a key Islamic militant admitted to taking part in the killing of three Christian high school girls there in 2005.
