Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Laos Government Forces Detain And Torture Christian Villagers
Posted on Monday, August 15, 2005
He quietly says he still believes in Jesus Christ. But he can no longer admit it publicly. Since 42-year old Phouthone Chansombat became the chief of Tao Tan, a village 135 kilometers (about 85 miles) from Laos' capital…
Laos Christians Face Crisis As Government Bans Bibles
Posted on Monday, August 15, 2005
A lack of Bibles and Christian literature in Laos is now becoming "the biggest threat" to rapidly growing Christian communities in rural areas of the Communist Asian nation, evangelical leaders said Wednesday, August 10.
Jailed Iranian Christian Pressured to Return to Islam
Posted on Monday, August 15, 2005
Eleven months after Iranian police arrested Hamid Pourmand for converting to Christianity, authorities at Tehran’s Evin Prison continue to pressure the former Muslim to return to Islam.
Major Crackdown on Christians in China Reported
Posted on Monday, August 8, 2005
Christian Freedom International (CFI), a leading human rights organization, expressed concern Monday, August 8, about "a major crackdown" on Christians in China.
India Proposes Stiffer Law to Regulate Foreign Donations
Posted on Thursday, August 4, 2005
The Indian government has proposed a law to more closely regulate foreign donations for “anti-national activities.” Christian leaders in India fear the new law would be misused to reduce foreign donations to churches in India.
Indonesian Sunday School Teachers Case Goes to High Court
Posted on Thursday, August 4, 2005
Hostile spectators filled a courtroom in West Java, Indonesia on July 28 as the fifth hearing in a controversial trial against three Christian women began. The women were accused of attempting to convert Muslim children through a Christian…
Turkmenistan Authorities Threaten To Hang Handicapped Baptist
Posted on Tuesday, August 2, 2005
Baptists in Turkmenistan faced another difficult Sunday, July 31, after a private home where they gathered regularly was stormed by police who beat the handicapped host with her own Bible and threatened to hang her, human rights activists…
India Floods Destroy Churches, Killing Hundreds
Posted on Friday, July 29, 2005
Flooding caused by India's heaviest rain ever recorded has killed hundreds of people in the slums of the country's commercial capital Mumbai and also destroyed a dozen churches and a bible college there, missionaries said Friday, July 29.
Authorities Twice Raid Mennonite Center in Vietnam
Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005
While believers met for prayer in the District 2 Mennonite center Sunday evening -- just five days after authorities demolished half of the building -- officials forced their way in to disband the meeting.
Vietnam Government Razes Portion of Mennonite Church
Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005
On Tuesday morning, July 19, about 200 officials cordoned off the Vietnam Mennonite Church center in this city’s District 2 and sent in a large work force that tore down the rear 8.8 meters of the 4.5 meter-wide…
Pakistan Christians Fear Violence and Taliban Style Government
Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Christians in Pakistan faced a new period of uncertainty Monday, July 18, amid news of increased violence against believers and the adoption of what human rights groups call "a move towards a Taliban-style government" in a key region.
Sri Lanka: The Politics of Conversion
Posted on Friday, July 15, 2005
Anti-conversion laws are once again on the agenda in Sri Lanka after a fall-out in parliament that left President Chandrika Kumaratunga desperately in need of Buddhist support.
