Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Six Christians Murdered By Muslim Mob In Ethiopia
Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006
The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org has learned that in early October, a mob of three hundred Muslims murdered six Christians, and seriously wounded fifteen others during a midnight worship service in Beshasha,…
India: Hindu Villagers Beat, Expel Christian Families
Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006
Police in the eastern state of Jharkhand have turned a blind eye to the plight of two Christian families who were severely beaten and expelled from their village for refusing to give up their faith.
China Executes 15 Underground Church Members In Secret
Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006
China has secretly executed 15 members of a controversial underground church after founding them guilty "of murdering members of a rival sect," BosNewsLife learned Thursday, November 30.
Pakistan Christians Jailed For 10 Years For “Blasphemy”
Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Two Pakistani Christian men spent another day in prison Monday, November 27, after a court jailed them for 10 years on charges of "blasphemy" against the Quran, considered a holy book by Muslims.
Anti-Christian Violence Escalates in Sri Lanka
Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Anti-Christian violence "is escalating" in Sri Lanka amid ongoing fighting between security forces and Tamil rebels seeking independence, human rights investigators said Monday, November 27.
India Church Worker Killed, Pastor Detained
Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Police in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu were investigating Monday, November 27, the death of a church worker who was apparently killed at the start of a Sunday worship service.
Anglican Priest Killed in Uganda
Posted on Monday, November 27, 2006
An Anglican Priest named Rev. Godfrey Tabura killed at Kyenda in Mubende District on Saturday evening, the 25th of November. He was shot dead by unidentified gunmen while riding home on a motorcycle.
Churches Protest Killings Christian Leaders And Activists In Philippines
Posted on Monday, November 27, 2006
An Asian human rights team has condemned Philippines government for what it says is "its utter failure" to look into the killings of Christian leaders, rights activists, journalists and others by security forces and prosecute those involved, BosNewsLife…
India: Militants Kill Prominent Christian Worker
Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Two unidentified militants today killed a Christian convert from Islam on a busy road in Mamoosa village, Barmullah district, in the terror-stricken state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Sri Lanka: Mobs Attack More Churches
Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Buddhist militants attacked two church services in Sri Lanka on November 12 and hit Christian workers returning from a funeral. On Thursday (November 16), they also doused a female church member with a container of burnt oil.
Brazilian Missionary Murdered in East Timor
Posted on Monday, November 20, 2006
A Brazilian missionary was murdered in Dili, as new fighting flared in the capital of East Timor late on Sunday, Nov.19 according to a U.N. spokeswoman and a government statement said on Monday, November 20, 2006.
Pakistan: Drunken Mod Vandalizes Church
Posted on Monday, November 20, 2006
Armed and drunken Muslims struck two greeters at a Sunday evening service of a church outside Lahore last week, later returning to pelt the building with stones and bricks.
Vietnam Activists Face Detentions And House Arrests
Posted on Friday, November 17, 2006
Key pro-democracy activists, including Christians, remained jailed or under house arrest across Vietnam Thursday, November 16, as the government quelled dissent ahead of the arrival of American President George W. Bush, dissidents said.
