Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Indonesia Officials And Militants Close Baptist Church
Posted on Friday, August 11, 2006
About 30 local officials backed by Muslim militants closed down a Baptist church in Bandung, the capital of the tense Indonesian province of West Java, investigators confirmed Thursday, August 10.
India: Supreme Court Ruling Will Greatly Advance Persecution
Posted on Friday, August 11, 2006
On Friday 4 August, India's Supreme Court ruled that police do not require warrants in order to lodge First Issue Reports (FIRs), arrest and detain anyone accused of involvement in religious conversion activities.
Afghanistan Executions Raise New Fears about Arrested Aid Workers
Posted on Wednesday, August 9, 2006
Four executions on Wednesday in Afghanistan have speed up diplomatic efforts to free 24 aid workers, including eight foreigners, who were arrested by the country's Islamic "Taliban" rulers, on charges of spreading Christianity.
Court in India Restores EMI Registration, Bank Accounts
Posted on Wednesday, August 9, 2006
A day after extending the bail of leaders of Emmanuel Mission International (EMI), the Rajasthan High Court today restored the registration of five of the mission's institutions and unfroze EMI bank accounts.
Beirut Militia Fighter Killed 223 Before Christ Changed His Life
Posted on Wednesday, August 9, 2006
As a teenager, they trained him to kill Christians and Jews as Beirut dissolved into the chaos of civil war. Before his 17th birthday, his fellow street warriors credited him with 223 kills -- mostly against rival militias.…
Iran ‘Officially’ Charges Ex-Muslim with Drug Trafficking
Posted on Wednesday, August 9, 2006
Seven years after Issa Motamedi Mojdehi converted from Islam to Christianity, Iranian secret police have jailed him for abandoning Islam but officially charged him with illegal drug trafficking.
Gospel for Asia Bible Students Jailed
Posted on Monday, August 7, 2006
Four Gospel for Asia (GFA) Bible college students have been released after spending two days in a jail in Bagalkote, Karnataka, on false charges brought by a radical Hindu group.
Secret Documents Reveal Ethnic Cleansing of Christians in Iraq, Leader says
Posted on Monday, August 7, 2006
Secret documents show Saddam Hussein's regime and local Kurdish leaders were involved in the "ethnic cleansing", "gassing" and "Islamization" of Assyrian Christians in Northern Iraq, with international religious aid organizations refusing to intervene, an Assyrian official claimed Wednesday,…
Bhutan Releases Jailed Christians; Men Reunited With Families
Posted on Tuesday, August 1, 2006
Amid international pressure, Bhutan released two evangelical Christian government workers who were jailed after preaching and showing the internationally acclaimed 'Jesus' film to Buddhists, Christian rights investigators confirmed Monday, July 31.
