Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Chinese Officials Continue Campaign Against Underground Christians
Posted on Monday, August 18, 2003
The spread of the SARS virus has not distracted Chinese officials from their campaign against unregistered churches. At least 52 key house church leaders have been arrested in recent months. Police also arrested and fined hundreds of "ordinary"…
Iraq’s Revival: Christians Risk Their Lives for Church
Posted on Monday, August 18, 2003
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (ANS) -- 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.
Vietnamese Officials Hold Informal Talks with House Church Leaders
Posted on Monday, August 18, 2003
HO CHI MINH CITY, March 19 (Compass) -- In what may be a small breakthrough for religious liberty, Vietnam’s religion authorities invited five leaders of Protestant house church organizations and non-denominational missions to Hanoi for “informal talks†in…
Israel Honors Her Fallen; PM Pledges to Seek an End to War
Posted on Monday, August 18, 2003
Jerusalem (ICEJ) -- Israelis stood for two minutes of silence on Tuesday as sirens wailed throughout the nation in memory of more than 21,000 soldiers and civilians who have given their lives for their country over the last…
Bangladesh: Systematic Persecution of Religious Minorities
Posted on Sunday, August 17, 2003
AUSTRALIA (ANS) -- On 1 October 2001, as U.S. and coalition forces were assembling in Pakistan in preparation for the bombing campaign in Afghanistan, Bangladeshis were heading off to vote in their national elections.
At least 11 Killed in Iraq Church Explosions Blamed on Al Qaeda
Posted on Sunday, August 17, 2003
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (ANS) -- At least 11 people have died and dozens were rushed to hospitals following the largest ever terrorist attacks against Iraq's minority Christians since the insurgency began, 15 months ago, reports said early Monday, August…
Bali Bombing Brings Unity to Indonesian Churches
Posted on Sunday, August 17, 2003
LONDON (Compass) -- Following last October’s bombing of a Bali nightclub, Christians and churches have made an effort to unite in their response to the tragedy.
Missionaries to the Gond People
Posted on Sunday, August 17, 2003
November 24, 2003 (Gospel for Asia) -- 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…
Bush: ‘Dismantle Terror Before Fence’
Posted on Sunday, August 17, 2003
Jerusalem, Israel (ICEJ) -- It was all smiles at the White House Tuesday as US President George W. Bush toned down expected criticism of Israel's seam-line security fence and repeated his call for the Palestinian Authority to “dismantle 
Gospel for Asia Responds to Deadly Tsunami
Posted on Sunday, August 17, 2003
CARROLLTON, Texas, Dec. 27, 2004 (Gospel for Asia) -- Gospel for Asia workers are rushing food, clothing, medical supplies-and the love of God-to millions of Asians still in deep shock from a disaster spawned by the most powerful…
Missionaries Arrested in Northeast India
Posted on Friday, August 15, 2003
Police arrested a missionary and four church leaders after Christian groups in the state of Nagaland were accused of forcing people of other faiths to convert to Christianity.
Saudi Arabia Deports Eritrean Christian
Posted on Monday, August 11, 2003
After 20 weeks in a Saudi jail for participating in prohibited Christian activities, Eritrean Christian Girmaye Ambaye was deported from Jeddah by plane back to his home country on Saturday, August 9.
Intense Persecution Revealed in Vietnam
Posted on Sunday, August 10, 2003
A researcher who is analyzing new materials just received from Vietnam says he has found a “smoking gun” that shows religious rights are still restricted in the Southeast Asian country, despite official claims to the contrary.
UAE Formally Deports Filipino Pastor
Posted on Thursday, August 7, 2003
Following lengthy judicial delays, the United Arab Emirates allowed Rev. Fernando P. Alconga to be deported back to Manila on July 23, more than nine months after he was arrested in Dubai for illegal Christian activities.
