Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
China’s House Churches Under Renewed Pressure
Posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2001
Thirty-five house church Christians were arrested in Inner Mongolia and 15 were sent to labor camps after police raided a worship meeting being held on May 26 in Dongsheng, the Associated Press reported on May 30.
Iraq’s Long-Suffering Christian Community
Posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2001
For many Western Christians, the mention of "Iraq" gives rise to mental images of Saddam Hussein and the Gulf War. Few realize that there are Christians in Iraq and that those Christians have arguably suffered more from the…
Day of Prayer Called for July 29, 2001 (Colombia)
Posted on Wednesday, June 6, 2001
Open Doors with Brother Andrew is urging Christians around the globe to join together for an international day of prayer and fasting for Colombia on July 29, 2001.
Offices of Bible Distribution Workers Raided by Turkish Police
Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2001
ISTANBUL, TURKEY (ANS) -- Christian workers in Istanbul, Turkey, who distribute Bibles and New Testaments in the Turkish language, have had their offices raided by police and are currently under investigation by local authorities.
Kazakhstan: Prosecutor Issues Illegal Ban on Baptist Church
Posted on Wednesday, May 16, 2001
KULSARY, KAZAKHSTAN (ANS for KNS) -- Two young men who lead a small Baptist church in the town of Kulsary, the centre of Jiloi district of Kazakhstan's Atyrau region on the Caspian Sea, have protested against an illegal…
Kazakhstan: Prosecutor Issues Illegal Ban on Baptist Church
Posted on Wednesday, May 16, 2001
Two young men who lead a small Baptist church in the town of Kulsary, the centre of Jiloi district of Kazakhstan's Atyrau region on the Caspian Sea, have protested against an illegal order by the district prosecutor banning…
Massive Crackdown Against Vietnam’s Highland Christians
Posted on Friday, May 11, 2001
HO CHI MINH, Vietnam (Compass) -- There has been a long history of persecution of minority Christians in Vietnam's Western Highlands, where churches have largely had to operate underground since the communist takeover in 1975.
Pastor Killed In Ethnic Violence In Nigeria
Posted on Friday, May 11, 2001
Ethnic violence between the Bajju and Ikulu ethnic groups in the Zangon Kataf region of Kaduna state in northern Nigeria have led to the killing of a pastor and two others.
Massive Crackdown Against Vietnam’s Highland Christians
Posted on Friday, May 11, 2001
There has been a long history of persecution of minority Christians in Vietnam's Western Highlands, where churches have largely had to operate underground since the communist takeover in 1975.
India’s Hindu Nationalists Seek To “Indianize” Christians
Posted on Friday, May 11, 2001
In a fresh attack on Christians and Muslims, the Hindu nationalist Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in demanding the "Indianization" of Christians and Muslims in the country.
Annual report cites nations for religious-freedom abuses
Posted on Wednesday, May 9, 2001
WASHINGTON (ABP) -- Abuses of religious freedom worsened last year in China and the Sudan, according to the second annual report of a government commission set up to monitor religious persecution abroad.
Turkish Court Releases Jailed Christian in Southeast
Posted on Monday, May 7, 2001
ISTANBUL, July 5 (Compass) -- An Assyrian Christian arrested a month ago for taking home videos in an ancient churchyard in Turkey's heavily militarized Southeast was ordered released today by Diyarbakir's State Security Court.
Turkmenistan: “Don’t Go To A Judge,” Threatened Baptists Told
Posted on Monday, May 7, 2001
Five officers of Turkmenistan's secret police, the KNB (former KGB), raided the Baptist church in the western town of Balkanabad (formerly Nebit-Dag) during a service on July 7, Protestant sources have told Keston News Service.
Bhutan represses Christians as Day of Prayer approaches
Posted on Friday, May 4, 2001
Believing for Bhutan A Bhutanese man gives his grandson attention during a festival. It is illegal to hold Christian services and authorities have been cracking down on Christians. Pray that God will protect local churches. Pray that believers…
