Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Turkish Court Releases Alleged Attacker
Posted on Friday, November 21, 2003
Nearly a month after three suspects were jailed for severely injuring a Turkish Christian distributing so-called “missionary propaganda,” a court in northwest Turkey has ordered one of the alleged attackers released.
Colonel David de Vinatea Released From Peruvian Prison
Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2003
Colonel David de Vinatea, a decorated officer in the Peruvian army and an evangelical Christian, regained his freedom Wednesday after serving eight years and 10 days in prison for alleged drug trafficking.
Egypt Christians Wounded in Muslim Violence
Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2003
"Numerous Christian individuals" in Egypt and their properties were attacked by nearby Muslims angry over plans to found a church, an organization representing Egyptian believers confirmed Tuesday Nov. 18.
Turkmenistan: Religious Minorities Effectively Banned
Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2003
It was back in 1999 that the Turkmenistan government declared its intention to “strangle minority faiths. All foreign Christians were expelled and the persecution of national believers, especially ethnic Turkmen, intensified intolerably.
Bishop Ding Steps Up Attacks on the Gospel in China
Posted on Saturday, November 15, 2003
Bishop Ding, the most influential leader of the state-controlled Chinese “Three Self” Protestant church, has significantly stepped up his anti-Christian “theological construction” campaign in recent months.
17 OF 22 Egypt Christians Released, But One Dies
Posted on Thursday, November 13, 2003
17 of 22 Christian converts who were arrested in Alexandria late October, have been granted bail but one of them died and others still in prison suffer "degradation and abuse," a human rights group said Thursday, Nov. 13.
China: House Church Raid & Update on Pastor Gong
Posted on Thursday, November 6, 2003
At 4 a.m. on Sunday morning 13 July, officers of the Chinese Public Security Bureau (PSB) raided a house church prayer meeting in Xiao Shan City, Zhejiang Province. The prayer meeting was broken up, the Christians assaulted, and…
Saudi Prince Orders Jailed Christians Released
Posted on Tuesday, November 4, 2003
Two Egyptian Christians jailed in the Saudi capital of Riyadh 10 days ago for leading a house church were ordered released this morning by Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud.
Turkmenistan Closes Churches Amid New Rules
Posted on Monday, November 3, 2003
Turkmenistan, an ex-Soviet republic with what human rights watchers call the "harshest state control" in the region has drafted new legislation that will make it difficult for churches to operate and to spread the Gospel, a news agency…
Attackers Critically Injure Turkish Christian
Posted on Friday, October 31, 2003
A Turkish convert to Christianity who was severely beaten for distributing New Testaments last week in his hometown of Orhangazi in northwestern Turkey has slipped into a coma in critical condition.
India: Meteor Foils Persecution Attack
Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2003
Severe persecution against church planting ministry in India's Orissa State was interrupted with a sign from heaven when a meteor crashed to earth near the Bay of Bengal.
More than 150,000 People See the “Jesus” Film in Russian City
Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2003
Total attendance at showings of the Jesus Film in St. Petersburg, Russia, amount to 150,000 people, according to a Russia interpreter who works with American missionaries in this city known as "The Venice of the North."
Evangelical Pastor Assassinated in Chiapas, Mexico
Posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2003
An evangelical Christian pastor was assassinated last Friday near the town of San Juan Chamula in Mexico’s troubled southern state of Chiapas, while on his way to a prayer service.
Egypt Arrests 22 Muslim Converts to Christianity
Posted on Thursday, October 23, 2003
U.S. Copts Association received several phone calls from the families and friends of over 20 Egyptian Muslim converts to Christianity who have been detained by the Egyptian police since October 20th.
Iraq’s Revival: Christians Risk Their Lives for Church
Posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2003
Iraqi Christians who have become targets of attacks by Muslim extremists and bandits are risking their lives to attend church services, ASSIST News Service (ANS) has established.
Christian Village Suffers Midnight Attack in Indonesia
Posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2003
Indonesian Christians who have lived in the village of Old Beteleme (Bethlehem), Central Sulawesi, since being displaced by a three-year wave of religious violence suffered a night-time attack Friday that left two people dead, six missing and 38…
