Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
India: Hindu Extremists in India Beat Christian Couple, Pastor
Posted on Friday, December 22, 2006
Hindu extremists launched two known attacks against Christians this week, beating a couple in the northern state of Haryana yesterday and assaulting pastor in the central state of Chhattisgarh on Sunday (December 17).
Nigeria State Government “Threatens” Evangelical Church
Posted on Tuesday, December 19, 2006
There was concern Tuesday, December 19, that members of an evangelical church in Nigeria's volatile Kano State would not be able to return to their building after local authorities offered a small compensation of about $6,000 in local…
Cuba Court Drops Charges Against Pastor; Concerns Remain
Posted on Friday, December 15, 2006
A Cuban Court has dropped charges against a Protestant pastor who went on trial this month for alleged involvement in "human trafficking", but the church leader cautioned he may still be prosecuted in the near future, activists told…
Iran: Authorities Arrest Eight Leaders of House Church Movement
Posted on Friday, December 15, 2006
Iranian secret police began to raid and arrest leaders of the Islamic republic’s indigenous “Jesus Only†movement last Sunday (December 10), arriving unannounced in the early morning hours to search their homes in Tehran, Karaj, Rasht and Bandar-i…
Kenya: Christians Fast Over Threat to Radio Station
Posted on Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Christians at Nairobi Pentecostal Church (NPC) began a three-day fast yesterday after a letter written to their bishop warned of an imminent attack on Christian radio station Hope FM. The threat comes seven months after a raid on…
China Province Closes House Church, Christians Jailed
Posted on Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Authorities in China's Anhui province have closed down a house church and force believers to join the government backed Three-Self Church denomination, a religious rights group said Monday, December 11.
Thousands Of Burma Christians Hiding In Jungle Amid Military Crackdown
Posted on Monday, December 11, 2006
Thousands of people belonging to the predominantly Christian Karen as well as Karenni and Shan ethnic groups were hiding in Burma's jungle areas Saturday, December 9, as government forces continued their largest offensive in a decade, killing at…
India: Hindu Extremist Arrested for Assaulting Evangelist
Posted on Monday, December 11, 2006
Police in Honavar, a coastal town in Karnataka state on Tuesday (December 5) arrested Chandrashekar Naik, a member of the Hindu extremist group Bajrang Dal, for assaulting a Christian evangelist. Later that day, Bajrang Dal members seized two…
Iraq: Kidnappers Murder Church Elder in Mosul
Posted on Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Grieving Christians in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul completed three days of mourning for a murdered Presbyterian Church elder yesterday, only hours before another Iraqi clergyman was grabbed off the streets of Baghdad this morning.
