Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Indonesia Orders Tighter Security for Churches this Christmas
Posted on Monday, December 22, 2003
DUBLIN, December 22 (Compass) -- Police in Indonesia pledged today to provide tighter security for churches during Christmas and New Year celebrations, after one of their own was arrested in connection with the murder of a Christian village…
Baptist Freed in Turkmenistan After Pressure
Posted on Monday, December 22, 2003
The leader of a persecuted Baptist community in Turkmenistan has been freed after six days of detention at the feared secret police headquarters of the former Soviet republic, a human rights watchdog said Monday, Dec. 22
Rearrested Egypt Christians Likely Beaten
Posted on Tuesday, December 16, 2003
A leading human rights group urged believers around the world Wednesday Dec. 17 to pray for the safety of two rearrested former Muslims who recently became Christians and "are likely to be subjected to serious beatings."
Christian Tract Distribution in Vietnam Brings Arrests
Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2003
News of clashes between Christians and public security police over the distribution of Christian tracts has been pouring out of Vietnam since the opening of the 22nd Southeast Asia Games (Seagames 22) on December 5. The house churches,…
Protestant Activist Survives Assassination Attempt in Vietnam
Posted on Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Public Security police in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) allegedly attempted to assassinate the Rev. Nguyen Hong Quang at about 9 p.m. on December 9 by staging a motorcycle “accident,” according to the Vietnamese Mennonite Church in Saigon.
Egyptian Tortured Christian Re-United with Family
Posted on Monday, December 8, 2003
A 30-year old Egyptian Muslim convert to Christianity, who made world headlines, has been re-united with her family after nearly two months "of torture while under interrogation," a human rights watchdog said Monday Dec. 8.
Accused Terrorists Given Bail in Pakistan
Posted on Friday, December 5, 2003
After nine months in jail, two suspects accused of last year’s deadly Christmas night attack against a Pakistani village church have been released on bail for the duration of their trial.
Egypt Releases Tortured Christian Woman
Posted on Thursday, December 4, 2003
A 30-year old woman who became a symbol of suffering endured by Muslim converts to Christianity was freed after nearly two months of torture and interrogation, a human rights groups announced Thursday, Dec. 4.
Egyptian Christian Captured at Libyan Border
Posted on Thursday, December 4, 2003
A Coptic Christian secretly married to a woman convert from Islam was arrested for the second time last week while trying to leave Egypt for Canada.
Prominent Hmong Christian Leader Arrested, Extradited
Posted on Wednesday, December 3, 2003
On November 29, Vietnamese authorities extradited Ma Van Bay from Binh Phuoc province in the Central Highlands to his former home in Ha Giang province on the China border. Christians who know the brutality of government authorities in…
Gospel For Asia Pastor Arrested
Posted on Tuesday, December 2, 2003
GFA native missionary Pastor Chandra was recently arrested by Orissa police on charges of baptizing five new believers. Fourteen other missionaries there also face persecution and imprisonment under the Orissa government's anti-conversion legislation, which requires permission from a…
Missionary Shot Dead in India
Posted on Tuesday, December 2, 2003
Yesterday a church celebration in Assam, India, turned deadly as Kukki militants barged in and fired bullets. Five people were shot dead, including a Gospel for Asia native missionary, Samuel. Athough the incident follows on the heels of…
Saudi Authorities Release Egyptian Christians
Posted on Tuesday, December 2, 2003
Two Egyptian Coptic Christians jailed by Saudi authorities have been released 17 days after their arrest for establishing an expatriate house church in the capital of Riyadh.
Papua: A Christian People Seriously at Risk
Posted on Monday, December 1, 2003
The indigenous people of Papua (Irian Jaya) are Melanesian and predominantly Christian, estimated by Operation World at over 90%, and mostly Protestant. They have been living under Indonesian rule since 1963. The Indonesian military (which has invested heavily…
Nigeria Hit by Anti Christian Violence
Posted on Thursday, November 27, 2003
Nigerian Christians were considering their options Tuesday, Nov 25, after local authorities in Kano reportedly banned Sunday services following Islamic attacks in which churches and dozens of Christian shops were destroyed.
Vietnamese Missionary Arrested
Posted on Thursday, November 27, 2003
Ma Van Bay, a missionary to the Hmong tribe, was arrested recently and is being held in a jail in southern Vietnam, according to a report received by Christian Aid.
Missionaries Flee for their Lives in India
Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2003
The lives of native missionary pastor John Nayak and six other Gospel workers are on the line as anti-Christian groups pursue them in an area of Orissa, India, long known for the persecution of Christians.
Missionaries to the Gond People
Posted on Monday, November 24, 2003
Deep in the forests of India, there lives an illiterate, isolated people group called the Gond. They consult witch doctors and worship the gods of nature. They have never heard of Jesus.
