Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Colombian Church Endures in War-torn Choco
Posted on Monday, April 12, 2004
Fighting between paramilitaries and guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Chocó, Colombia, abated during Holy Week. But war-weary Christians there know they cannot count on even a few days of peace in this hostile…
Sri Lanka: 146 Places of Worship Closed in Last 4 Months
Posted on Monday, April 12, 2004
The religious situation in Sri Lanka has been deteriorating for several years. However, a momentum seems to be gathering and heading towards serious confrontation between the Buddhist religious establishment, the Sri Lankan government, the NGOs and the Church.…
Muslim Fanatics in Nigeria Burn Down 10 Churches
Posted on Thursday, April 8, 2004
Muslim fanatics burned down 10 Christian churches in the town of Makarfi in the northern state of Kaduna, Nigeria, on Saturday. Claims that a mentally retarded Christian teenager desecrated the Quran, the Muslim holy book, apparently incited the…
Turkish Court Opens New Case Against Pastor
Posted on Thursday, April 8, 2004
A criminal court in southeast Turkey has for the second time pressed charges against a Turkish Protestant pastor in Diyarbakir, this time accusing him of “opening an illegal church.”
Christian Arrested, Tortured in Saudi Arabia
Posted on Thursday, April 8, 2004
The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org, has released information that on Thursday, March 25th, 2004, Mr. Brian O'Connor, a Christian ex-pat Indian national, was arrested by the Muttawa (religious police) on the streets…
Pakistani pastor shot and killed
Posted on Wednesday, April 7, 2004
The pastor of a small church in Pakistan was shot and killed last Friday in the village of Manawala, near Lahore, Pakistan.
Tortured Chinese House Church Leaders Testify for First Time at U.N.
Posted on Monday, April 5, 2004
Persecuted Chinese House Church leaders, including tortured and sexually abused women, have for the first time testified at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights amid claims that the Beijing government is increasing pressure on unregistered churches and…
Eight Pastors Killed in Central Nigeria
Posted on Friday, April 2, 2004
Religious violence that erupted in the central Nigerian state of Plateau a few weeks ago has spilled into more towns and villages in that state and beyond, resulting in the deaths of eight pastors and 1,500 Christian believers,…
Debate Intensifies over Fate of Acteal Prisoners in Mexico
Posted on Friday, April 2, 2004
Sectors of the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches in Mexico are engaged in a tug-of-war over the fate of 74 Tzotzil peasant farmers imprisoned for perpetrating the “Acteal massacre” in December 1997. Among them are 34 evangelical Christians…
Chinese House Church Christians on Trial as Pastor Flees
Posted on Friday, April 2, 2004
Human rights watchdog The Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) urged Christians Saturday, March 13, to pray for three representatives of China?s rapidly growing house church movement who it said were due to appear in a Chinese court on…
Christian Arrested, Tortured in Saudi Arabia
Posted on Thursday, April 1, 2004
The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org, has just become aware that on Thursday, March 25th, 2004, Mr. Brian O'Connor, a Christian ex-pat Indian national, was arrested by the Muttawa (religious police) on the…
Uganda: Two American Missionaries and Ugandan Student Killed
Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2004
An American missionary couple and a Ugandan student have been killed in an attack on a Christian agricultural training center in Northwestern Uganda. According to police reports seven armed and uniformed men entered the premises of the school…
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…
