Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Longest Jailed Pakistan Christian “Released” From Prison
Posted on Saturday, November 11, 2006
Pakistan's longest jailed Christian prisoner of conscious was preparing for his release Saturday, November 11, following eight and a half years behind bars, after the Lahore High Court acquitted him of blasphemy charges.
Iraq: Terrorists Blast Church
Posted on Saturday, November 11, 2006
Unknown assailants bombed the entrance of a Catholic church in Mosul last week, destroying three sets of doors as well as windows in the church, monastery and guest house.
Turkey: Attackers Firebomb Protestant Church
Posted on Friday, November 10, 2006
Unidentified assailants hurled six Molotov cocktails at a Protestant place of worship in western Turkey last Saturday (November 4), breaking windows and inflicting minor damages on the exterior of the building.
India Court Hears Christian Missionaries Accused Of “Forced Conversion”
Posted on Wednesday, November 8, 2006
The high court of India's western state of Gujarat heard a counter complaint Monday, November 6, from eight Christian missionaries accused of forced conversion and attempted murder. The Christians said police tortured them after they were attacked by…
India: More Villagers Forced to Bow to Hindu Deities
Posted on Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Hindu extremists yesterday forced Christians in the remote village of Bevainahalli, in the southern state of Karnataka, to bow down before Hindu deities and applied the vermilion mark to their foreheads. It was the second such incident in…
Eritrea Releases Gospel Singer Helen Berhane From Prison
Posted on Monday, November 6, 2006
Amid mounting international pressure Eritrea's authorities have released Helen Berhane, an Eritrean Gospel singer who was jailed since May 2004, Christian rights investigators confirmed Saturday, November 4.
Vietnam Tries Dissidents for “Terrorism” While Registering Churches
Posted on Friday, November 3, 2006
Political dissidents in Vietnam were preparing for a difficult court case Friday, November 3, after officials said they would be charged with "terrorism" even after authorities made efforts to convince the United States that freedom of expression and…
China Security Forces and Peasants Destroy House Church, Group Says
Posted on Friday, November 3, 2006
A group of Chinese Christians faced a difficult period Thursday, November 2, after their house church building located in the campus of Changchun Agricultural University in the suburb of Changchun city, Jilin province was reportedly demolished forcibly by…
India: Christian Arrested at Healing Festival
Posted on Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Police last Friday (October 27) arrested a 25-year-old believer for “causing communal disharmony†after Hindu extremists harassed him for selling Christian literature at an evangelistic event in the eastern state of Orissa.
Vietnam: Churches Learn of Registrations Indirectly
Posted on Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Vietnamese authorities advised the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi that 18 Vietnamese churches had been registered while not informing the churches themselves. Observers believe this is an indication that the country has stepped up efforts to convince the United…
Turkey: Converts Charged Under Speech Law
Posted on Wednesday, November 1, 2006
A Turkish prosecutor slapped criminal charges against two converts to Christianity earlier this month, accusing them of “insulting Turkishness,†inciting hatred against Islam and secretly compiling data on private citizens for a local Bible correspondence course.
Iraq Christian Teenagers Face Death or Prison
Posted on Wednesday, November 1, 2006
There was mounting international concern Tuesday, October 31, about the persecution of Christian teenagers in Iraq amid reports that a 14-year old boy was beheaded while a 13-year-old girl is being held in prison.
Eritrea: Police Arrest 150 More Christians
Posted on Monday, October 30, 2006
In a large-scale roundup the past week, Eritrean authorities have detained 150 Christians from at least five of the country’s outlawed churches.
India Hindu Militants Attack Christian Villagers, Several Detained
Posted on Monday, October 30, 2006
Two Christian believers in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh were recovering from their injuries Sunday, October 29, after angry villagers and militants were beating them for their refusal to return to Hinduism, their previous religion.
India: New Believer Arrested, Urged to Frame Pastor
Posted on Friday, October 27, 2006
Police this morning arrested a recent convert in Mayapuri, Madhya Pradesh state for the second time in three days in an apparent attempt to pressure him to give evidence that his pastor forcibly converted him. By nightfall in…
American-Korean Pastor Arrested
Posted on Friday, October 27, 2006
Local police raided Qilin Mountain Villa in the suburb of Uramqi City, Xijiang Autonomous Region, when some Christians were having a Bible training program held by a Korean pastor from America.
