Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Hindu Extremists in India Attack Bible College Students
Posted on Tuesday, May 17, 2005
A group of extremists of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) attacked and beat eight students from Beersheba Bible College, a school affiliated with the Indian Pentecostal Church of God at Maraman, Chettimukku, on May 12.
Saudi Arabia Denies Access to Jailed Christians
Posted on Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Five East African Christians arrested at a private Christian worship service three weeks ago are being refused any access to visitors at the interrogation center where they are jailed in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh.
Hindu Extremists in India Attack Church, Burn Bibles
Posted on Thursday, May 5, 2005
A crowd of nearly 500 Hindu villagers attacked the pastor of a house church, his wife and other church members in the southern state of Karnataka on May 1. The attackers sexually molested female church members and burned…
Saudi Police Raid Another House Church
Posted on Thursday, May 5, 2005
One week after arresting 40 Pakistani Christians, Saudi Arabia’s vigilante religious police broke up another private worship service of expatriate Christians in the capital last Friday.
Vietnam Releases Le Thi Hong Lien
Posted on Monday, May 2, 2005
Vietnamese authorities released 22-year-old children’s Bible teacher Le Thi Hong Lien from Bien Hoa Mental Hospital yesterday morning.
Pakistani Christian Beaten Almost to Death
Posted on Monday, May 2, 2005
Pakistani Christian who was shown kindness by his Muslim employer has been attacked and beaten by a gang of Muslims. Shahbaz Masih was attacked by a group of seven or eight Muslims from his village on April 23…
Vietnam Steps Up Persecution of Hmong Christians
Posted on Monday, May 2, 2005
The government of Vietnam is stepping up its persecution of minority Christians, according to detailed accounts received recently by Freedom House’s Center for Religious Freedom.
Church Burned, Christians Attacked in Manipur, India
Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Christian leaders in the northeastern state of Manipur held an emergency meeting on April 22 to consider their response to an attack on a church in Thoubal district on April 19.
Lao Government Targets Tribal Christians
Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2005
In recent weeks, details have emerged from Laos outlining a new crackdown on tribal Christians in the southern province of Savannakhet.
Eritrea Now Holds 16 Pastors, Nearly 900 Christians in Jail
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2005
Currently 16 full-time pastors are among nearly 900 Eritrean Christians known to be jailed in local prisons, military confinement camps and shipping containers for daring to meet secretly for prayer and worship outside government-sanctioned churches.
Pastor and Driver Murdered in Pakistan
Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Unknown killers kidnapped and brutally killed a Protestant pastor and his driver near the capital of Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) last week, apparently in retribution for their evangelizing activities among Muslims.
