Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Two More Arrests in Saudi Arabia
Posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2002
Two Filipino Christians were quietly whisked away from their homes near Jeddah early Wednesday morning, April 10, according to the Washington, DC based human rights organization, International Christian Concern (ICC).
Azerbaijan: “Overzealous” Police Try To Ban Baptist Service
Posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2002
Just two days after a court in the capital Baku liquidated a Baptist congregation, a local policeman in the small town of Chukhuryurd near Shemakha in central Azerbaijan tried to ban a small Baptist church from meeting, Baptist…
Palestinian Christians: The Other Side of the Story
Posted on Monday, April 1, 2002
Some time ago I was invited to present a two-day seminar in a church about the Middle East conflict. During the course of those sessions, we used an abundance of scriptures, carefully presented in their context, to clearly…
Azerbaijan: Police Order Protestant’s Deportation
Posted on Monday, April 1, 2002
On the day Baku's Protestant Greater Grace church was celebrating Easter, police in the city's central Sabail district tried to forcibly deport a church member, alleging that she had been conducting religious "propaganda". One of the church's pastors,…
New Tribes Mission reiterates: ‘no ransom’ for kidnapped workers
Posted on Thursday, March 28, 2002
New Tribes Mission has issued a news release denying "any participation in attempts to pay ransom or raise money for ransom" for the release of missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham who were kidnapped in the Philippines on May…
International Church Attacked in Pakistan
Posted on Monday, March 18, 2002
Unidentified terrorists hurled grenades into a Protestant worship service in the diplomatic quarter of Pakistan's capital city yesterday, killing five worshippers and wounding another 40 members of the congregation.
Two Foreign Christians Remain Held by Saudi Authorities
Posted on Monday, March 18, 2002
Terry Madison, U.S. president and CEO of Open Doors with Brother Andrew has said that Saudi Arabia's treatment of two expatriate Christians is further proof of why this desert Kingdom is among the world's worst persecutor of Christians.
Vietnam: Christians Denied Right to Exist
Posted on Wednesday, March 13, 2002
Christians in Vietnam are virtually being denied the right to exist, according to a visit there by a representative of a Washington, DC, based ministry recently.
Laos: Persecuted Believers Persevere
Posted on Wednesday, March 13, 2002
Christians in Laos still suffer from strict oppression of religious activity, according to recent reports, while at least one brother's Christian work is being tolerated.
Azerbaijan: Believers Unhappy over State Committee’s “Illegal” Demands
Posted on Wednesday, March 13, 2002
In addition to their unhappiness over the very need for re-registration of religious organisations and the way the compulsory re-registration process has been run, believers of a variety of religious denominations have complained to Keston News Service over…
