Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Christians Worldwide To Pray For Persecuted Believers
Posted on Friday, October 27, 2006
Eight organizations supporting persecuted churches have urged Christians worldwide to pray for 200 million Christians who they claim suffer "interrogation, arrest and even death for their faith in Christ."
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia: Death and danger in the Horn of Africa
Posted on Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Tensions are rising across the Horn of Africa – there is death and danger. Irredentist Somali Islamists have declared jihad against Ethiopia. Christians are being attacked and murdered by Muslims in Ethiopia. Eritrea, which is accused of arming…
Chinese Prosecutor Drops Charges Against Jailed Pastors
Posted on Tuesday, October 24, 2006
There were hopes Tuesday, October 24, that at least five prominent Chinese church leaders jailed for their alleged role in resisting police forces while defending their church building would be released, after a prosecutor decided not to prosecute…
China Jails Handicapped House Church Leader For Printing Bibles
Posted on Monday, October 23, 2006
China sentenced a crippled prominent house church leader to two years in prison on charges of "illegal business practices" after he printed and distributed Bibles for other Christians "free of charge", fellow believers confirmed Friday, October 20.
Ethiopia Christians Attacked By Muslim Militants; Several Injured
Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006
Religious rights investigators expressed concern Thursday, October 19, about the situation of evangelical Christians in Ethiopia after Muslim leaders reportedly attacked dozens of believers, seriously injuring 12 people, including a pregnant woman, outside Addis Ababa, the capital.
Eritrea: Two Christians Tortured to Death
Posted on Thursday, October 19, 2006
Eritrean security police tortured two Christians to death yesterday, two days after arresting them for holding a religious service in a private home south of Asmara.
Egypt: Christian Convert from Islam Jailed
Posted on Thursday, October 19, 2006
A Muslim sheikh jailed in Egypt for 18 months has declared from his prison cell that he is under arrest for “insulting Islam†by becoming a Christian.
India Police Detain Christian Workers Of Home For Destitute
Posted on Thursday, October 19, 2006
Up to eight Christian workers at a home for the destitute in India’s Karnataka state were in jail Wednesday, October 18, on charges of "wrongful confinement, abduction and cheating" after apparently incorrect television reports led to a riot…
Indonesia Militants Kill Protestant Pastor; Christians Urge Investigation
Posted on Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Leaders of Indonesia's embattled Christian minority urged authorities Tuesday, October 17, to catch the killers of a Protestant pastor, whose church defended three Catholics before they were executed last month for alleged involvement in violence against Muslims.
Protestant Leader Assassinated In Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Posted on Tuesday, October 17, 2006
News has just been received by ASSIST News Service that at around 9 am this morning (Monday, October 16, 2006), the acting head of the Protestant Church in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, was assassinated. He was shot in the…
“Severe Violations” Of Religious Freedom in Colombia
Posted on Friday, October 13, 2006
A new report details for the first time the extent of religious freedom violations in Colombia, including targeted assassinations of pastors or church leaders, the kidnapping or forced disappearance of at least three others, and the attempted assassination…
India: Christians Beaten, Detained Following Media Reports
Posted on Friday, October 13, 2006
A church in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur district cancelled its weekly meeting yesterday (October 10) due to tensions in the region following false reports of conversions in newspapers. The reports led to two attacks in the past week.
Iraq Priest Beheaded Over Pope Speech
Posted on Friday, October 13, 2006
Relatives of an Orthodox priest who was kidnapped and beheaded three days later said Thursday, October 12, that the captors demanded his church condemns the pope's recent comments about Islam and pay a US$350,000 ransom.
Egypt: Christian Girl Escapes Muslim Kidnappers
Posted on Tuesday, October 10, 2006
An Egyptian Christian teenager escaped her Muslim kidnappers last week hours after they had drugged her on a public bus. While holding her captive, they threatened to rape her and convert her to Islam if her family did…
