Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
North Korea Christian Faces Imminent Execution
Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006
Family members and human rights activists urged the international community Saturday, April 22, to pressure North Korea not to execute a Christian man who has been accused of "betrayal" and "espionage" by the Communist government.
Evangelical Missionaries Fear Bloodshed In East Timor
Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006
Evangelical missionaries in East Timor warned Monday, April 24, of new bloodshed after troops dismissed from the armed forces threatened to wage a new guerrilla war in the troubled Southeast Asian nation.
Guinea Family “Kidnaps” Wife Of Native Missionary
Posted on Friday, April 21, 2006
A native missionary in Guinea was without his wife Thursday, April 20, after she was kidnapped by her family, in a case that has come to symbolize tensions between minority Christians and members of other traditional religious groups…
Anti-Missionary “Witch-Hunt” Haunts City
Posted on Friday, April 21, 2006
Fanned by local media and a Muslim mufti, an anti-missionary witch-hunt targeting Christians in Turkey's eastern city of Bingol left a Muslim woman beaten in her tailor shop last month while police allowed her attacker to walk free.
Pastors Arrested for ‘Fraudulent Conversion’ in India
Posted on Thursday, April 20, 2006
Police backed by Hindu extremists arrested Avinash Lal, an independent Pentecostal pastor from Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh state, and six other Christian leaders last night (April 18) on charges on 'fraudulent conversion.'
China Detains Americans, Taiwanese, and House Church Leaders
Posted on Thursday, April 20, 2006
Chinese security forces detained seven foreign evangelical church leaders, including five Americans and two Taiwanese pastors, as part of a government crackdown on China's evangelical movement, friends and investigators said Wednesday, April 19.
India Court “Voids” Arrest Warrant For Bishop Thomas
Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2006
India's Supreme Court confirmed Monday, April 17, it granted the founder of a major evangelical mission organization "relief from an outstanding arrest warrant" for alleged anti-Hindu activities and ordered a hearing before a court in the tense state…
Chinese Court Seeks Advice in Case Against Zhang Rongliang
Posted on Saturday, April 15, 2006
The court judging house church leader Zhang Rongliang, acknowledging that "there are insufficient evidence and ambiguous facts," this week submitted the case to the Zhengzhou City Intermediate People's Court asking for legal advice.
Christians Attacked, Charged with Illegal Conversion
Posted on Friday, April 14, 2006
Extremists attacked two Christian schools and a private Christian gathering last week in Madhya Pradesh state and accused several Christians of carrying out "illegal conversions."
RSS ‘Reconverts’ Over 300 Christians in Orissa
Posted on Thursday, April 13, 2006
Hindu leaders attending a centenary celebration of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) last weekend converted at least 344 tribal Christians to Hinduism. Although police were present, they took no action to enforce Orissa state anti-conversion laws that require…
Bangladesh Buddhists Burn Down Church, reports
Posted on Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Christian villagers in a remote area of Bangladesh tried to rebuild their lives Tuesday, April 11, after an angry mob reportedly burned down their church to protest against their decision to abandon Buddhism and convert to Christianity.
Christian Students “Disappear” in Nigeria
Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Two female Christian students remained missing Monday, April 10, after hard-line Muslims attacked them last month in a case that has underscored concern over violence against young Christian women in the African nation, news reports said.
