Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Turkmenistan’s Persecuted Christians Reluctant about New Decree
Posted on Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Persecuted Christians in Turkmenistan began an uncertain week Monday, March 15, after autocratic President Saparmurat Niyazov announced he would allow all religious communities "to gain official registration" regardless of how many members they have.
Chinese Christians to appear in court
Posted on Monday, March 15, 2004
Three Christians will appear in a Chinese court on Monday, facing charges of “providing intelligence to overseas organizations.”
Security Police Interfere in Worship Celebration in Vietnam
Posted on Friday, March 12, 2004
On the afternoon of March 4, public security police units surrounded the Quoc Thanh Theater at 271 Nguyen Trai Street in central Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam, in an attempt to stop a joint worship celebration organized…
Christians Axed to Death in Church Meeting by Muslim Warriors
Posted on Monday, March 8, 2004
A recent upsurge in violence in southern Plateau State in Nigeria has claimed at least 100 lives and in the worst single incident so far, at least 48 people were murdered, many during an early morning prayer service…
Huichol Christians Ordered to Leave Mexican Town
Posted on Monday, March 8, 2004
Eighteen families of the indigenous Huichol tribe in Tenzompa, Jalisco, Mexico, -- more than 80 adults and children, in all -- are threatened with expulsion from their homes for the “crime” of believing in the Christian gospel.
Angry Mob Destroys Church in Bolivian Andes
Posted on Monday, March 8, 2004
An angry mob of Quechua-speaking Indians destroyed the only evangelical church in the remote village of Chucarasi in the Bolivian Andes on February 28 after beating a congregational elder unconscious. Villagers apparently attacked their Christian neighbors because they…
Vietnamese Evangelists Severely Beaten in Police Custody
Posted on Monday, March 8, 2004
Law enforcement authorities in Vietnam are subjecting house church leaders who confront injustice to relentless harassment, according to sources in Ho Chi Minh City. The renewed pressure is thought to be retaliation for recent incidents where police have…
Iraqi Christians Threatened by Interim Constitution, says Group
Posted on Monday, March 8, 2004
A leading human rights group investigating the plight of persecuted Christians in Islamic nations warned Friday, March 5, that Iraq's interim constitution will not end Muslim violence and discrimination experienced by Iraq's Christian minority.
Christians in India Respond to Charges of Evangelistic “Conspiracy”
Posted on Friday, March 5, 2004
Christian leaders in India have released a joint statement in response to allegations made by the weekly newspaper Tehelka against the Christian community. In its inaugural issue on January 30 and a second issue on February 8, Tehelka…
Chinese Pastor on the Run
Posted on Thursday, March 4, 2004
A Chinese house church leader is on the run from Public Security Bureau officers after his church was raided February 9.
Eritrean Police Jail 51 More Evangelicals
Posted on Monday, February 23, 2004
Police swooped down on a group of Protestant Christians worshiping in secret in the Eritrean capital of Asmara on Sunday, February 16, hauling off to jail the 51 evangelicals present.
China: Crackdown on House Churches
Posted on Monday, February 23, 2004
In January 2004, top cadres of China’s Religious Affairs Bureau and the policy-making United Front Work Department met for the annual National Religious Working Conference.
Four Christian Women Killed in Iraq, Others Injured
Posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Four Christian women were killed and five others injured when militants in a passing car raked their minibus with gunfire 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of Baghdad, an informed human rights watchdog confirmed Monday, January 26.
Islamic Law Enforcers Victimize Christian Women in Nigeria
Posted on Monday, January 26, 2004
Christian leaders in northern Nigeria report that enforcement of the Islamic legal code known as sharia is continuing despite protests and drastically impinges on the religious liberty of Christians and other non-Muslims in that part of the country.
Protestant Churches Sustain Attacks
Posted on Monday, January 26, 2004
Muslim protestors have attacked at least five Protestant churches over the past three weeks in the regions of East Java, West Java and North Sumatra.
Violence Against Christians Escalates in Sri Lanka
Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2004
Christians suffered further violence in the Buddhist-majority country of Sri Lanka on January 20, when a Catholic church was attacked near the capital, Colombo, despite the presence of a heavily armed police guard.
