Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
India Hindu Militants Attack House Church As Violence Spreads
Posted on Monday, September 18, 2006
Dozens of Hindu militants stormed a house church Saturday, September 16, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, where several other Christian gatherings were attacked earlier in the week, a Christian official said.
Vietnam Detains Dozens Of House Church Christians And Activists
Posted on Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Vietnamese security forces have detained 24 house church Christians who support a religious rights group which investigates the reported persecution of members of the, predominantly Christian, Montagnard Degar ethnic minority, friends told BosNewsLife Monday, September 11.
Eritrea Jails Nearly 2,000 Christians
Posted on Monday, September 11, 2006
Nearly two thousand Christians spent another Sunday, behind bars in Eritrea where they are allegedly subjected to torture and forced labor because of their religious beliefs.
Indonesia Muslim Mob Burns Down Mission Church in Aceh, Christians Say
Posted on Monday, September 11, 2006
Christians in Indonesia's volatile province of Aceh on Saturday, September 9, were without their Indonesia Evangelical Mission Church Saturday, after an angry Muslim mob set fire to the complex because evangelicals planned, 'revival' meetings there, several sources said.
India Hindu Militants Storm Christian School
Posted on Monday, September 11, 2006
Dozens of Hindu militants stormed a Christian school in Lucknow, the capital of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh late Sunday, September 10, threatening nuns and vandalizing the complex, Indian Christians told BosNewsLife.
Hindu Extremists in India Trap, Beat 60-Year-Old Evangelist
Posted on Monday, September 11, 2006
Hindu extremists investigating the activities of Varghese Thomas, an evangelist in Karnakata state, laid a trap for him on Sunday (September 3), before beating him and his wife. Thomas is 60 and his wife, Leelama, is 57.
Uzbekistan Releases Six “Tortured” Christians from Prison
Posted on Monday, September 11, 2006
Six Christian men who were arrested in Uzbekistan amid a reported government-led crackdown on Christians and churches across the former Soviet republic have been released, their supporters told BosNewsLife Friday, September 8.
Canada Evangelist Arrested For Preaching Near Festival
Posted on Friday, September 8, 2006
A Canadian evangelist in Canada's province of Alberta was due in court Thursday, September 7, on charges of "obstruction of justice, trespassing and disturbing the peace" during a theater festival where he preached and spoke with tarot card…
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.
