Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Gospel for Asia Broadcaster under House Arrest
Posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2003
Dhoniam, one of Gospel for Asia’s radio producers, is under house arrest—along with his young family—and not allowed to contact anyone unless they deny their faith in Christ. This has greatly affected the production of GFA’s radio broadcast…
Eight Aid Workers Free at Last
Posted on Friday, October 3, 2003
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (ANS) -- In what was seen as an answer to the prayers of thousands of Christians around the world, eight Christian aid workers detained in Afghanistan arrived safely in neighboring Pakistan, Thursday November 15, after more…
Abu Sayyaf Seeks U.S. Negotiation for Missionary Safe Release
Posted on Friday, October 3, 2003
ZAMBOANGA CITY, PHILIPPINES (ANS) - The Philippines military has theorized that the Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf, which is holding American missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham of Kansas City, has opened its communication lines with officials of…
Kabul Court To Resume Christians’ Trial Saturday
Posted on Friday, October 3, 2003
ISTANBUL, September 27 (Compass) -- The Taliban Supreme Court announced it will resume trial proceedings on Saturday against eight Western aid workers who have been jailed in the Afghan capital for the past two months on charges of…
Afghanistan’s Regime Denies Prisoners Exchange
Posted on Friday, October 3, 2003
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (ANS) -- The Foreign Minister of Afghanistan's Islamic Taliban regime denied Thursday, September 6, that his hard-line movement was considering a prisoner swap with the United States to free eight detained Western Christian relief workers. Reports…
Taliban Arrest 35 More Afghans In Alleged Missionary Probe
Posted on Friday, October 3, 2003
ISTANBUL, September 10 (Compass) -- Taliban authorities arrested 35 more Afghan aid workers over the weekend, bringing the total to more than 50 Afghans jailed by the strict Islamist regime since early August on suspicion of aiding covert…
The Taliban’s 2001 Calendar of Religious Intolerance
Posted on Friday, October 3, 2003
JANUARY
Taliban leader Mohammed Omar declares on Radio Shariat that any Afghan caught professing Christianity or Judaism would be executed, and that any non-Muslim found "trying to win converts" would also be killed.
Three more Christians arrested in China
Posted on Thursday, October 2, 2003
Mr. Xiao Bi-guang and Mr. Zhang Yi-nan were arrested last Friday morning in Ping Ding Shan city, Henan Province, China. Sources in China reported that more than 20 Public Security Bureau (PSB) officers made the arrest. The location…
More Evangelicals Arrested in Eritrea
Posted on Saturday, September 27, 2003
Police in the Eritrean capital of Asmara continued the country-wide crackdown against independent Protestant congregations this month, arresting another 12 evangelicals on September 7 while they were meeting in a private house for prayer and worship.
Christian held by Egyptian police
Posted on Friday, September 26, 2003
Egyptian Christian Bolis Rezek-Allah was pulled off an international flight this afternoon in Cairo, Egypt, and is being held by Egyptian secret police. Rezek-Allah, who had been granted an immigrant visa to Canada, was on the plane to…
