Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Belarus: Baptists Fined for Singing Hymns
Posted on Tuesday, August 6, 2002
Three Baptists have been fined for taking part in a street outreach in the town of Lepel in the north-eastern region of Vitebsk and a further six were given official warnings, Keston News Service has learnt in a…
Belarus: Repressive Religion Bill Sneaked Through Parliament
Posted on Tuesday, August 6, 2002
The campaign group For Freedom of Conscience has described as "a bolt from out of the blue" the sudden adoption by parliament yesterday (27 June) of a repressive religion bill that only a day earlier had been postponed…
Al-Qaida Plans to Attack Israel and Israelis Abroad
Posted on Tuesday, August 6, 2002
Jerusalem (ICEJ) -- Israeli and US intelligence officers believe that al-Qaida plans to launch suicide attacks against Israel and against Israelis abroad, based on information on a Web site officials believe speaks for the terrorist organization.
Malawi Council of Churches Write Government
Posted on Monday, August 5, 2002
The Malawi Council of Churches - a mother body of prostestant churches in the country - has issued a statement asking the ruling party United Democratic Front (UDF) and the government at large, to curb acts of violence…
Church Set Ablaze in Zamfara
Posted on Monday, August 5, 2002
A Church building belonging to the Mountain of Fire Ministries in Gusau, capital of Zamfara State, northern Nigeria was set ablaze by suspected Islamic fanatics.
Crackdown on Lao Churches Continues
Posted on Monday, August 5, 2002
The leader of a group of churches in Laos notified Christian Aid today that Lao authorities confiscated the Saybangnoun Church Saturday after Christians refused to surrender the facility to them Saturday noon. The church was located in Songkorn…
Pakistan’s Christians Mourn Last Week’s Massacre
Posted on Monday, August 5, 2002
ISTANBUL, November 5 (Compass) -- Security was at an all-time high yesterday as solemn memorial services were held in every Christian church in Pakistan, mourning the 16 victims massacred by Muslim extremists during a Sunday morning worship service…
Pervez Masih to Appear Before Court (Pakistan)
Posted on Monday, August 5, 2002
Pervez Masih, a Pakistani Christian schoolmaster being accused of blasphemy against Muhammad, is scheduled to appear before the Lahore High Court on Monday, October 8 to appeal for bail. Since his arrest on April 1, 2001, Pervez has…
Red Cross Visits Christian Workers Faced With Execution
Posted on Monday, August 5, 2002
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (ANS) -- Members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have visited in Kabul eight Western and Sixteen Afghan aid workers, who face possible execution for allegedly spreading Christianity in war ravaged Afghanistan. The…
Kazakhistan: Baptist Arrested For Distributing Literature
Posted on Monday, August 5, 2002
A Baptist from the town of Turkestan in Chimkent region of southern Kazakhstan, Tursunbai Auelbekov, was in the town's Kuanysh market distributing free copies of Kazakh-language religious literature from the Evangelical-Christian Baptist Church on 23 January when he…
Protestant Churches Face Opposition In Ethiopia
Posted on Sunday, August 4, 2002
by Geoff Stamp ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Compass)– A leading member of Ethiopia’s Protestant church says that freedom to practice religion is only “constitutional.” Yet despite ongoing persecution, Protestant churches are experiencing significant growth. “During the former regime of…
Gong’s “Accusers” Claim Torture Induced False Confessions
Posted on Sunday, August 4, 2002
by Alex Buchan LONDON, January 31 (Compass)– In an attempt to ensure fair treatment of house church leader Gong Shengliang, six jailed female co-workers from the embattled South China Church authorized the release on January 29 of three…
Christian Converts Forced to Return to Hinduism in India
Posted on Sunday, August 4, 2002
BANGALORE, India (Compass) -- Nineteen villagers who recently embraced Christianity have been forced to re-convert to Hinduism in the Korua village of Kendrapada district in India's Orissa state after undergoing sustained social ostracism from their fellow villagers. They…
Christians Surrounded in Central Indonesia
Posted on Sunday, August 4, 2002
LONDON (Compass) -- A "second Ambon" is brewing in Indonesia according to Christian leaders as a 3,000-strong Muslim jihad force closes in on 28,000 Christians in Tentena, Central Sulawesi. Ambon refers to an area in eastern Indonesia where…
Christians Under Attack in Poso, Indonesia
Posted on Sunday, August 4, 2002
Radical Islamic warriors are continuing their rain of terror on the Christians of Sulawesi Island, Indonesia. A VOM source has confirmed that 21 Christian villages in the Poso coastal area have been burned and destroyed and at least…
Indonesia: The “Inside” Story
Posted on Sunday, August 4, 2002
The events in Central Sulawesi are finally beginning to get the attention of major newspapers. An article in the New York Times December 1 said, "Thousands of Christian villagers on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi are fleeing attacks…
Indonesia Central Sulawesi Under Jihad Attack
Posted on Sunday, August 4, 2002
Jihad terrorists have mounted a campaign on Christians in Central Sulawesi, according to reports from Indonesia. For the past three months, jihad militants have been pouring into the area.
Indonesia: Temporary Deliverance; Renewed Troubles
Posted on Sunday, August 4, 2002
The gifts and prayers of Christians worldwide made quite a difference for Indonesian Christians under attack by Laskar Jihad extremists, says Jeff Hammond, Australian missionary directing a relief effort among 54,000 displaced believers in Sulawesi and Halmahera islands.
