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From Asia and Africa to the Middle East and Latin America, we work to amplify the voices of the persecuted, document violations of religious freedom, and bring biblically grounded context to the headlines.

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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…
Christians Axed to Death in Church Meeting by Muslim Warriors
Posted on Monday, March 8, 2004
A recent upsurge in violence in southern Plateau State in Nigeria has claimed at least 100 lives and in the worst single incident so far, at least 48 people were murdered, many during an early morning prayer service…
Huichol Christians Ordered to Leave Mexican Town
Posted on Monday, March 8, 2004
Eighteen families of the indigenous Huichol tribe in Tenzompa, Jalisco, Mexico, -- more than 80 adults and children, in all -- are threatened with expulsion from their homes for the “crime” of believing in the Christian gospel.
Angry Mob Destroys Church in Bolivian Andes
Posted on Monday, March 8, 2004
An angry mob of Quechua-speaking Indians destroyed the only evangelical church in the remote village of Chucarasi in the Bolivian Andes on February 28 after beating a congregational elder unconscious. Villagers apparently attacked their Christian neighbors because they…
Vietnamese Evangelists Severely Beaten in Police Custody
Posted on Monday, March 8, 2004
Law enforcement authorities in Vietnam are subjecting house church leaders who confront injustice to relentless harassment, according to sources in Ho Chi Minh City. The renewed pressure is thought to be retaliation for recent incidents where police have…
Iraqi Christians Threatened by Interim Constitution, says Group
Posted on Monday, March 8, 2004
A leading human rights group investigating the plight of persecuted Christians in Islamic nations warned Friday, March 5, that Iraq's interim constitution will not end Muslim violence and discrimination experienced by Iraq's Christian minority.
Chinese Pastor on the Run
Posted on Thursday, March 4, 2004
A Chinese house church leader is on the run from Public Security Bureau officers after his church was raided February 9.
Eritrean Police Jail 51 More Evangelicals
Posted on Monday, February 23, 2004
Police swooped down on a group of Protestant Christians worshiping in secret in the Eritrean capital of Asmara on Sunday, February 16, hauling off to jail the 51 evangelicals present.

What is Christian Persecution?

Christian persecution includes any form of harassment, discrimination, legal restriction, or violence targeted at believers because of their faith in Jesus Christ. It ranges from social and economic pressure to imprisonment, torture, and martyrdom.

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