Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Bulgaria’s Non Orthodox Churches Fear New Law
Posted on Tuesday, December 17, 2002
Bulgaria's Protestant churches have urged President Georgi Parvanov to veto a law that would force non-Orthodox Christians and other minority groups to obtain court approval to operate in the Balkan country.
15 Suicide Attacks Prevented in Israeli Territory
Posted on Friday, December 6, 2002
Jerusalem (Bridges for Peace) -- The Israeli Defense Minister disclosed that during the past week the security forces prevented 15 attacks that were intended against Israeli citizens and, in addition, arrested over 400 terrorist activists. "The IDF and…
Shooting Incident in Southern Mexico Signals Rising Tension
Posted on Tuesday, November 26, 2002
Traditionalist Catholic "caciques"(village leaders) in Chiapas, Mexico, accused evangelical Christians of provoking a violent confrontation that left seven people wounded by high powered rifles. However, the 27 evangelical Christian families left homeless for two weeks following the shooting…
Christians Killed and Churches Burned in Nigerian Riots Sparked
Posted on Friday, November 22, 2002
by Miss World Protests At least one hundred people were killed and 200 injured yesterday as Muslim youths rampaged through the capital of Kaduna State in Nigeria in protest at a newspaper article that was said to have…
More Than 200 Churches Destroyed in Kaduna, Nigeria
Posted on Friday, November 22, 2002
Christian University Worker Arrested for Controversial Prayer by Obed Minchakpu KADUNA, Nigeria (Compass) — A total of 294 churches have been burned in Kaduna city of northern Nigeria during Muslim-Christian clashes since the Kaduna state government decided to…
Christian Nurse Shot Dead at Lebanese Clinic
Posted on Friday, November 22, 2002
A female American missionary has been shot dead at a Christian heath clinic in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, according to the Reuters news agency.
Christians Shot at Israeli-Jordan Border
Posted on Thursday, November 21, 2002
Retired missionary of the Christian radio network HCJB World Radio, Gustavo Molina, and his daughter Kathy were among five Ecuadorian tourists wounded Wednesday when a gunman opened fire on the group at the Israel-Jordan border near Israel's Red…
Turkish Authorities Block Use of Protestant Church
Posted on Wednesday, November 20, 2002
Seven months after the newly constructed Diyarbakir Evangelical Church opened in southeast Turkey, a local council under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism has again protested against the building’s use as a place of worship.
Christian Persecution in Chiapas Goes On
Posted on Monday, November 18, 2002
Since the armed attack on indigenous Mexican evangelicals in the southern province of Chiapas in 1995, the situation has not changed in favor of the persecuted Christians. (Pictured: Indian Christian woman and her child in Chiapas).
Turkish Churches Face Twin Hurdles
Posted on Monday, November 18, 2002
Two major hurdles face evangelical churches in Turkey: lack of trained leadership and suitable buildings. A Turkish church planter says conditions are now right to do something about both.
More Than 350 Churches Closed in Vietnam
Posted on Wednesday, November 13, 2002
Information has been pouring out of Vietnam about a recent wave of government repression against Montagnard evangelicals in Vietnam’s Central Highlands.
Kazakstan Baptist Bible Study Ends in Police Raid
Posted on Monday, November 11, 2002
Baptist Christians in Kazakstan are pressured to no longer express their faith in Christ publicly while their leader is facing possible jail time for refusing to stop bible study meetings in his home, reports said Monday, November 11.
Baptist Church Threatened with Demolition
Posted on Friday, November 8, 2002
A Baptist church in Azerbaijan is threatened with demolition amid growing concern about wide spread violence and persecution of Christians across the former Soviet Union, news reports said Friday November 8.
Belarusian Full Gospel Church Defies Religion Law
Posted on Tuesday, November 5, 2002
The Full Gospel Union of Pentecostal churches in Belarus has said it will defy what human rights groups call "Europe's most repressive religion law" because it "violates the law of God," news reports said late Tuesday, November 5.
Families of South China Church prisoners complain of injustice
Posted on Thursday, October 31, 2002
The letter outlines inconsistencies between the way the retrial was handled by judges of the Jingmen City Middle Court and the mandates of China's criminal court statutes. "The families of all the victims feel deeply sad and worried…
Belarus: Repressive Religion Law Enters Force on Saturday
Posted on Thursday, October 31, 2002
Belarus' repressive new religion law enters into legal force this coming Saturday (16 November), Keston News Service has learnt. From that date all unregistered religious activity by organised groups will be illegal; all communities with fewer than 20…
Breaking News: Belarus President Signs Anti Religion Legislation
Posted on Thursday, October 31, 2002
In a move expected to further isolate isolate the former Soviet Republic underground , Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Europe's "most restrictive religious law," Thursday October 31, the Keston News Service (KNS) said.
