Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
India: Panel Denies Christian Persecution in State
Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007
The Madhya Pradesh State Minorities Commission claims that reports of Hindu extremists persecuting Christians in the state are “baseless,†angering the small Christian community.
Uzbekistan: Officials Admit Arrest of Protestant Pastor
Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Uzbekista's religious authorities admitted publicly for the first time this week that an Uzbek Christian pastor was arrested last month in the eastern city of Andijan and now faces criminal charges.
China Detains Mother Of Beijing House Church
Posted on Monday, February 12, 2007
The 76-year-old mother of a well-known Beijing house church activist was said to be behind bars Saturday, February 10, on charges of damaging public and private properties.
Pakistan Evangelists Beaten at Muslim Festival
Posted on Thursday, February 8, 2007
A team of Pakistani Christian evangelists was attacked and beaten after distributing over 13,000 Christian publications at a Muslim festival, the group supporting them said Wednesday, February 7.
Iraq Militants Kill Christian Official
Posted on Thursday, February 8, 2007
A high profile official from Iraq's Assyrian Christian community and former deputy director of Iraqi Airways has been shot and killed by militants near his home, BosNewsLife monitored Thursday, February 8.
India Militants Attack Pastors’ Conference, 10 Injured
Posted on Tuesday, February 6, 2007
At least 10 Christians were recovering from their injuries Monday, February 5, after Hindu militants reportedly attacked a pastors' conference in Raipur, the capital of India's Chhattisgarh state.
Uzbekistan Pastor Remains Jailed; Family in Hiding
Posted on Tuesday, February 6, 2007
An evangelical pastor remained behind bars in Uzbekistan Monday, February 5, more than two weeks after he was detained by secret police on charges of "incitement to hatred on national, racial or religious grounds."
India Militants Attack Christians In Two States
Posted on Sunday, February 4, 2007
Christians in two Indian states, Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh, looked back Saturday, February 3, to weeks of violence amid fears Hindu militants step up attempts to stamp out Christianity there.
India: Mystery Shrouds Death of Christian Convert
Posted on Thursday, February 1, 2007
An 18-year-old convert from Hinduism breathed his last on January 12, four days after he was found lying wounded near a railway track in the north-central state of Madhya Pradesh. Christians say he was pushed out of the…