Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Kidnapped Pastor Released Unharmed in Northeast India
Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2006
The Rev. Tongkhojang Lunkim was released at 1 p.m. on Saturday (March 18) after being held captive for two months by the Kuki Liberation Army (KLA) in Manipur state, Northeast India.
Kidnapped Christian Leader Still Missing in India
Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006
The Rev. Tongkhojang Lunkim is still missing two months after a rebel army in Northeast India kidnapped the administrative secretary of the Kuki Christian Church (KCC) on January 17, and relatives fear for his safety.
Media Bias Fans Anti-Christian Sentiment in Turkey
Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006
In a country where media often portray the tiny Protestant community negatively, some news organizations here took notice when Muslims threatened Christians at a book fair last week.
India State Releases Jailed Pastor and Church Members
Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006
After nearly a month in jail in the tense Indian state of Rajasthan a Gospel for Asia (GFA) missionary and several other Christians have been released after allegedly being falsely charged with the murder of a child, BosNewsLife…
India Militants Plan Assassination Christian Leaders, Threaten Orphans
Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006
Hindu militants have threatened to assassinate the leaders of one of India's largest evangelical mission groups and plan to take over its orphanages, churches and mission schools in the Indian state of Rajahstan, officials said Wednesday, March 15.
Christian Families Evicted in Laos
Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006
A human rights group expressed concern Wednesday, March 15, over a possible new government crackdown on Christian villagers in Laos.
Vietnam “Tortures” Christian Montagnards For Refusing to Worship Ho Chi Minh
Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006
Representatives of Vietnam's embattled Degar Montagnard Christians remained concerned Wednesday, March 15, over the whereabouts of fellow believers who they said were tortured and detained by security forces for refusing "to abandon Christianity" by joining a government church…
Belarus: Religious Repression; Presidential Election March 19
Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006
Belarus is ruled by Soviet-style totalitarian dictator, Aleksandr Lukashenko. Popularly elected in 1994, he has since then maintained his grip on power through propaganda, repression, fraud and violence. In late 2002 Belarus adopted the most repressive Religion Law…
China: Registered Church Raided, Leaders Arrested and Released
Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006
On March 6th at 11 a.m., Beijing time, the Chinese Public Security Bureau (PSB) raided a registered Protestant church in Qiaozhuang Village, Wangmingkou Town, Xiangcheng County, Henan Province. Among the arrested church leaders were 34-year-old Pastor Liu Tuanjie,…
Pastor Freed from Prison in Belarus, But Another to be Jailed?
Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006
Pastor Georgi Vyazovsky of Christ's Covenant Reformed Baptist Church in Belarus was freed from a Minsk prison for Administrative Violations Code offenders shortly after midday local time today (13 March) on completion of a ten-day sentence for conducting…
Laos: New Tactics Used to Evict Khmu Christian Families
Posted on Friday, March 10, 2006
A Voice of the Martyrs contact report from Laos announced the confiscation of the homes and fields of 15 Khmu Christian families living in the village of Ban Nam Haeng, Muang Baeng District, Udomxai Province. This comes after…
Uganda Church Roof Collapse Kills 21
Posted on Thursday, March 9, 2006
At least 21 people were killed and over 20 others injured when the roof of a church in the Ugandan capital Kampala collapsed during an evangelical worship service late Wednesday, March 8, police said.
