Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
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)…
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.
