Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Egyptian Tortured Christian Re-United with Family
Posted on Monday, December 8, 2003
A 30-year old Egyptian Muslim convert to Christianity, who made world headlines, has been re-united with her family after nearly two months "of torture while under interrogation," a human rights watchdog said Monday Dec. 8.
Accused Terrorists Given Bail in Pakistan
Posted on Friday, December 5, 2003
After nine months in jail, two suspects accused of last year’s deadly Christmas night attack against a Pakistani village church have been released on bail for the duration of their trial.
Egypt Releases Tortured Christian Woman
Posted on Thursday, December 4, 2003
A 30-year old woman who became a symbol of suffering endured by Muslim converts to Christianity was freed after nearly two months of torture and interrogation, a human rights groups announced Thursday, Dec. 4.
Egyptian Christian Captured at Libyan Border
Posted on Thursday, December 4, 2003
A Coptic Christian secretly married to a woman convert from Islam was arrested for the second time last week while trying to leave Egypt for Canada.
Prominent Hmong Christian Leader Arrested, Extradited
Posted on Wednesday, December 3, 2003
On November 29, Vietnamese authorities extradited Ma Van Bay from Binh Phuoc province in the Central Highlands to his former home in Ha Giang province on the China border. Christians who know the brutality of government authorities in…
Gospel For Asia Pastor Arrested
Posted on Tuesday, December 2, 2003
GFA native missionary Pastor Chandra was recently arrested by Orissa police on charges of baptizing five new believers. Fourteen other missionaries there also face persecution and imprisonment under the Orissa government's anti-conversion legislation, which requires permission from a…
Missionary Shot Dead in India
Posted on Tuesday, December 2, 2003
Yesterday a church celebration in Assam, India, turned deadly as Kukki militants barged in and fired bullets. Five people were shot dead, including a Gospel for Asia native missionary, Samuel. Athough the incident follows on the heels of…
Saudi Authorities Release Egyptian Christians
Posted on Tuesday, December 2, 2003
Two Egyptian Coptic Christians jailed by Saudi authorities have been released 17 days after their arrest for establishing an expatriate house church in the capital of Riyadh.
Papua: A Christian People Seriously at Risk
Posted on Monday, December 1, 2003
The indigenous people of Papua (Irian Jaya) are Melanesian and predominantly Christian, estimated by Operation World at over 90%, and mostly Protestant. They have been living under Indonesian rule since 1963. The Indonesian military (which has invested heavily…
Nigeria Hit by Anti Christian Violence
Posted on Thursday, November 27, 2003
Nigerian Christians were considering their options Tuesday, Nov 25, after local authorities in Kano reportedly banned Sunday services following Islamic attacks in which churches and dozens of Christian shops were destroyed.
Vietnamese Missionary Arrested
Posted on Thursday, November 27, 2003
Ma Van Bay, a missionary to the Hmong tribe, was arrested recently and is being held in a jail in southern Vietnam, according to a report received by Christian Aid.
Missionaries Flee for their Lives in India
Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2003
The lives of native missionary pastor John Nayak and six other Gospel workers are on the line as anti-Christian groups pursue them in an area of Orissa, India, long known for the persecution of Christians.
Missionaries to the Gond People
Posted on Monday, November 24, 2003
Deep in the forests of India, there lives an illiterate, isolated people group called the Gond. They consult witch doctors and worship the gods of nature. They have never heard of Jesus.
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.
