Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Iranian Christians Mourn Martyred Convert
Posted on Wednesday, December 7, 2005
Iranian Christians are mourning the death of Ghorban Dordi Tourani, an Iranian believer assassinated two weeks ago by an unnamed group of fanatical Muslims and the first Turkmen in Iran known to have been martyred for his Christian…
Widespread Torture Reported in Burma’s Prisons
Posted on Monday, December 5, 2005
A major report has been published this weekend documenting for the first time the extent of the government backed torture in Burma's jails, human rights investigators said.
Christian Workers Attacked in Maharashtra State, India
Posted on Monday, December 5, 2005
A group of young people attacked three Christians as they distributed Christian literature in the western state of Maharashtra on Saturday (November 26). Two of the three injured were hospitalized.
Protestant Pastor Killed In Egypt after Threats
Posted on Monday, December 5, 2005
Egypt's Protestant Christian community remained on edge Sunday, December 4, amid reports that one of its pastors, Ezzat Habib, was killed after he was run down by a taxi in Cairo following threats from the country's feared security…
Christian Couple shot in Indonesia
Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Masked gunmen shot and wounded a Christian couple in the Indonesian province of Central Sulawesi in the latest in a series of attacks against Christians there, police and hospital sources confirmed Monday, November 21.
China Releases Kidnapped House Church After Bush Visit
Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2005
An influential house church leader who was reportedly kidnapped along with his son by Chinese security forces was released Monday, November 21, just hours after American President George W. Bush left China, a religious rights group said.
Islam’s Power Grab in Niger State, Nigeria
Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2005
For Ishaya Kpotun Shaba of Niger state in north-central Nigeria, the past four years have been a jumble of tears and pain. He has not set his eyes on his daughter, Saratu, since she was abducted in December…
Three Christians Jailed for Printing Bibles in China
Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2005
Beijing authorities on November 4 ordered a Chinese legal firm to suspend activities for a year, hours after top lawyer Gao Zhisheng filed court documents in defense of Pastor Cai Zhuohua.
Christian Girls Shot in Indonesia’s Tense Poso Region
Posted on Wednesday, November 9, 2005
Two Indonesian Christian girls were fighting for their lives late Tuesday, November 8, after they were shot in the head in Indonesia's tense Poso region where three other Christian girls were beheaded last week, an influential religious rights…
Kidnapped Children US Missionary Couple Freed in Haiti
Posted on Monday, November 7, 2005
Children of a United States missionary couple were spending their first Sunday worship service in freedom, November 6, after a turbulent week in which they were first snatched in a Haiti shanty town and later freed in a…
China Closes Top Law Firm for Defending Christians, Group says
Posted on Monday, November 7, 2005
China's government has ordered a top law firm in Beijing to close for one year because of its involvement in defending Christians, including house church leaders, and other religious minorities, a religious rights watchdog said.
China House Church Leader and Family Members “Tortured”
Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005
The leader of six house churches in China's capital Beijing, who was detained by security officers last year, is held at a detention facility where he is forced to carry out hard labor, human rights investigators said Friday,…
Nigerian Pastor Shines in the Shadow of Death
Posted on Thursday, October 27, 2005
The Rev. Murtala Marti Dangora began his Christian life 25 years ago with a baptism of fire. While many people in Nigeria become Christians without difficulties, Rev. Dangora’s decision to convert from Islam brought an instant death sentence…
