Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
China Detains Prominent Human Rights Activist
Posted on Friday, September 8, 2006
Chinese police in Beijing arrested Thursday, September 7, Hu Jia, a prominent human rights activist and close friend of a well-known detained Christian lawyer, several sources confirmed.
India Hindu Militants Attack Church In Tense State
Posted on Thursday, September 7, 2006
Tensions remained high Wednesday, September 6, in an area of India's Jammu and Kashmir state after dozens of Hindu militants stormed a church and attacked Christians, including women and children, as they were attending a Sunday worship service,…
Iran Court Releases Christian Convert “On Bail”
Posted on Tuesday, September 5, 2006
An Iranian court has temporarily released an Iranian man who Christians say may be executed for converting from Islam to Christianity, reports said Monday, September 4.
India State Releases Pastors And Bible School Students
Posted on Sunday, September 3, 2006
Two pastors and five Bible school students were reportedly free Saturday, September 2, after a court in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir granted them bail following their detention on charges of "concealing identity" and "forced conversion."
German Evangelicals Protest Planned Deportation of Vietnamese Christian
Posted on Sunday, September 3, 2006
For over 200 days an evangelical congregation in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia has been providing "church asylum" to a Vietnamese Christian amid fears he may be deported by local German authorities, news reports said Sunday, September…
Malaysia Prime Minister “Prohibits” Evangelizing Among Muslims
Posted on Friday, September 1, 2006
There was international concern Wednesday, August 30, that a reported decision by Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to further restrict evangelizing among Muslims would lead to oppression of evangelical Christians and other minorities in the Asian nation.
Vietnam Pastor and ‘Cyber Dissident’ Released From Jail
Posted on Friday, September 1, 2006
Leading Christian and secular human rights groups welcomed Thursday, August 31 the release of a church leader and a well-known Internet activist as part of Vietnam's National Day of amnesty of thousands of prisoners.
Extremist Attacks Against Christian Mount
Posted on Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Multiple attacks and arrests in recent weeks demonstrate ongoing hostility towards Christians in India. Police have cooperated with Hindu extremists, in some cases claiming "tremendous pressure" to charge Christian ministers with forced conversion.
Leading Cuban Christian Dissident Antunez Beaten In Prison
Posted on Monday, August 28, 2006
Prison authorities have "brutally beaten" Jorge Luis GarcÃa Perez (Antunez), an influential Christian dissident serving an 18-year prison sentence in Cuba on charges of "spreading propaganda", he and fellow activists confirmed Friday, August 25.
Pastor among three charged with Quran sacrilege
Posted on Monday, August 28, 2006
A Muslim cleric has accused three Christians including a pastor of the village, 55/2 L, some 2 Kms from the city, of blaspheming the Quran, the Muslims holy book.
Indonesia Christians Receive “Indefinite” Stay of Execution
Posted on Monday, August 28, 2006
There was uncertainty Saturday, August 26, about the fate of three Catholics sentenced to death for their alleged role in massacring Muslims after reports that they received an "indefinite" stay of execution from Indonesian authorities.
Town in India Plans Ban on Preaching Non-Hindu Faiths
Posted on Friday, August 25, 2006
The Congress Party-led government of the southern state of Andhra Pradesh has decided to enact a law banning preaching of any religion other than Hinduism in Tirupati, a "temple town" in large measure under the administration of its…
India Army “Attacks” Church, One Killed, Five Injured
Posted on Friday, August 25, 2006
Tensions remained high Thursday in India's northeastern state of Manipur after a pastor was killed and five others injured when Indian security forces reportedly opened at a Baptist church.
