Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
More Afghanistan Christians Face Execution, Rights Group Warns
Posted on Friday, March 31, 2006
Religious rights investigators warned Thursday, March 30, that thousands of people in Afghanistan could face execution for converting from Islam to Christianity, a day after Italy granted asylum to a Christian convert.
Missionaries Warn Of “Crackdown” in Belarus
Posted on Friday, March 31, 2006
An influential evangelical mission group in the former Soviet Union expressed concern Wednesday, March 29, over a "crackdown" on Christian believers in Belarus following the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko.
Teacher Accused of Blasphemy in Nigeria Disappears
Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Florence Chuckwu, a Christian teacher at the Government Day Secondary School in the capital of Bauchi state, went to work on the morning of February 20 with no hint that her attempt to exercise classroom control would threaten…
Rights Groups Unite Against “Religious Repression” in Eritrea
Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Several key Christian human rights groups have launched a united campaign against what they see as "widespread religious repression" in the Eastern African nation of Eritrea where they claim at least 1,700 Christians are detained for their faith.
Christian Workers Attacked in Two States in India
Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Hindu extremists broke into a Youth With a Mission (YWAM) training center on March 17 in Madhya Pradesh state, beating students and significantly damaging furniture and equipment. YWAM director Mukesh Jacob and his wife have since been charged…
Afghanistan Muslims Protest Against Release Christian
Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Led by angry Muslim clerics, hundreds of people on Monday, March 27, protested in a northern Afghan city against a decision to free an Afghan man who faced a possible death sentence for converting from Islam to Christianity.
Indonesia Lawyers Appeal Death Sentences for Christians
Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Lawyers for three Christian men facing possible execution in Indonesia are planning to seek a presidential pardon and a Supreme Court review of the case because they have new evidence, news reports said Tuesday, March 28.
Afghanistan To Release Christian Threatened With Execution
Posted on Monday, March 27, 2006
Amid mounting international pressure, a court in Afghanistan on Sunday, March 26, dropped its case against a jailed Afghan man, Abdul Rahman, who has been threatened with execution because he converted from Islam to Christianity, and his release…
Algeria: Severe New Penalties for Proselytising
Posted on Saturday, March 25, 2006
A presidential order that establishes new conditions for the exercise of non-Muslim religious practice was passed in the Algerian Ummah council (Senate) on Monday 13 March, and in the Algerian National Assembly (Parliament) on 15 March. As a…
More Christians Arrested in Wake of ‘Apostasy’
Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2006
An avalanche of media coverage of an Afghan man facing the death penalty for converting to Christianity has apparently sparked the arrest and deepening harassment of other Afghan Christians in the ultra-conservative Muslim country.
West Java, Indonesia Churches Told Not to Meet in Homes
Posted on Wednesday, March 22, 2006
A local council in West Java has warned several congregations in the Rancaekek Kencana housing complex in Bandung to abandon their “nomadic” cell group system, which allows limited numbers of Christians to meet together in private homes.
China: House Churches Raided
Posted on Wednesday, March 22, 2006
China Aid Association learned one House Church pastor was detained on March 20, 2006 at Hubei Province. Pastor Lian Changnian is now detained at the Detention Center of Xiantao City, Hubei Province. Pastor Lian who is from Xi'an…
European Evanglistic Outreach Kicks Off from Munich
Posted on Wednesday, March 22, 2006
One of the biggest evangelistic outreach programs on the European continent has kicked off from Munich, Germany. ProChrist meetings are aired daily via satellite to 1,250 venues in 21 European countries, March 19 through 26.
Thousands of Karens Flee Burma Offensive
Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Over 3,000 terrified predominantly Christian Karen villagers were in hiding Monday, March 20, after new attacks by the Burmese Army in Western and Northern Karen State, a human rights group said.
