Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Pakistani Police Arrest Karachi Bombing Suspect
Posted on Monday, January 19, 2004
Pakistani police arrested one suspect and seized a “huge” cache of powerful explosives in Karachi over the weekend, declaring both were linked to grenade and car bomb explosions at a local Bible Society shop on January 15.
Christian Activist Accused of Converting Hindu Sex Workers
Posted on Monday, January 19, 2004
Anson Thomas, a Christian activist who has rescued scores of minors working as prostitutes in Mumbai, India, was recently accused of “unlawfully converting” Hindu commercial sex workers. Owners of Jamuna Mansion, one of the largest brothels in Mumbai,…
Tajikistan: Baptist Missionary Killed While Praying
Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2004
Authorities have launched an investigation into the killing of a Baptist pastor and missionary in the northern Tajik town of Isfara, a region known for its devotion to Islam,
“Letter of Decision” Leads to Church Closures in Jakarta
Posted on Monday, January 12, 2004
Muslim groups are taking advantage of a document issued by the Indonesian government to close several existing churches and prevent the building of new churches in Jakarta. Letter of Decision No. 137, issued in 2002, allows for churches…
Vietnamese Government Sweeping Operation Captures Montagnard Degar Chris
Posted on Monday, January 12, 2004
Since the Cambodian government closed the refugee camps in Mondulkiri and Rattanakiri provinces of Cambodia, the Vietnamese government has increased repression in the Central Highlands, arresting, imprisoning and killing the Montagnard Degar people to halt the spread of…
Turkish Christian Makes Slow Improvement Following Brutal Beating
Posted on Monday, January 12, 2004
After being beaten into a coma three months ago for alleged “missionary propaganda,” Turkish Christian Yakup Cindilli is slowly improving from a nearly helpless state at his home, where his family has given him constant care for the…
Protestant Pastor Assassinated in Pakistan
Posted on Thursday, January 8, 2004
A Protestant pastor in Pakistan’s Punjab province was murdered in the early hours of January 5, just minutes after he left his home to catch a train to Lahore.
One Killed in Egypt Army Raid on Children Centre
Posted on Thursday, January 8, 2004
One employee was killed and about eight others, including a nun, wounded when the Egyptian army attacked a Christian centre for mentally and physically handicapped children and orphans early Monday, January 5, a human rights watch-dogs said.
Bombs Target Iraq’s Christians, One Killed
Posted on Tuesday, January 6, 2004
Iraq's beleaguered Christian minority has ushered in the New Year amid grief and fears, after several bombs exploded and at least one believer was killed on a marketplace,
Chinese House Churches Agonize Over Registration
Posted on Monday, January 5, 2004
Registration is still a hot issue for China’s long-suffering house churches. The government insists on registration as the only means of legal existence for Protestant and Catholic churches. In practice, registration means subjection to the Communist Party’s Religious…
Christians in Iran Encounter “Miracle Rescues”
Posted on Sunday, January 4, 2004
BAM, IRAN (ANS) -- Praying Iranian Christians and believers from around the world continued humanitarian efforts in Bam Saturday, January 3, as relief workers reported "miracle rescues" more than eighth days after an earth quake reduced this city…
China Arrests House Church Leader and Writer
Posted on Tuesday, December 30, 2003
The Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) urged prayers for a jailed Christian Internet writer Zhang Shengqi and other Christian contacts who were arrested amid a crackdown against house churches across China,
Churches Demolished at Refugee Camp
Posted on Monday, December 29, 2003
More than 10 Christian churches and a church-run vocational training center in and around the sprawling Wad el Bashier displaced persons camp in West Omdurman, Sudan, have been demolished by authorities in an ongoing urban re-planning exercise affecting…
Christmas Crackdown Commences in Vietnam
Posted on Tuesday, December 23, 2003
It will be yet another difficult Christmas for the tribal Montagnard Christians of Central Vietnam as disturbing allegations have reached ANS that a Montagnard Christian has been killed, others tortured and Bibles confiscated. (Pictured: Center, A Montagnard (Degar)…
