Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Chinese Church Leaders Freed After Being Abducted
Posted on Tuesday, August 6, 2002
Leaders from a mainstream house church in China have been released after being abducted. The 34 senior leaders from the China Gospel Fellowship were abducted on April 16 by a group called Eastern Lightning (EL), which uses violence…
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…
They Sang in their Cells in Bangladesh Despite Persecution
Posted on Tuesday, August 6, 2002
Three Gospel for Asia Bible school students in Bangladesh were sharing Christ in the village of Vasu during a six-month ministry assignment. Muslim extremists, angry to see a Gospel witness in their village, went to the police with…
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…
All of the Kidnapped Chinese House Church Leaders Freed
Posted on Tuesday, August 6, 2002
BEIJING, CHINA - All of the 33 leaders from the China Gospel Fellowship who were kidnapped in April by the Eastern Lightning cult have been released, according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) of the UK. News of how…
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.
200 Million Christians Suffer Persecution
Posted on Tuesday, August 6, 2002
The World Evangelical Alliance told the U.N. last month that Christians are "the largest single group in the world which is being denied human rights on the basis of their faith."
Sudanese Convert to Christianity Forced into Hiding
Posted on Tuesday, August 6, 2002
ISTANBUL, February 7 (Compass) -- A Sudanese convert to Christianity was forced into hiding this week after severe beatings and torture by state security police, who for the second time refused to allow the former Muslim to leave…
Christian Agencies Launch Persecuted Religious Minorities Forum
Posted on Tuesday, August 6, 2002
Support for persecuted religious minorities around the world has received new impetus this month following the inauguration of a strategic new network of UK Christian agencies. The Christian Forum in Support of Persecuted Religious Minorities Worldwide was launched…
Sudanese Police Torture Convert Student
Posted on Tuesday, August 6, 2002
STANBUL, October 8 (Compass) -- A Sudanese student who converted from Islam to Christianity was severely beaten and tortured by security police in Khartoum two weeks ago, apparently at his own family's instigation.
Christian Massacre Survivor Set Free in Karachi
Posted on Tuesday, August 6, 2002
ISTANBUL, October 24 (Compass) — Forty-eight hours after Karachi police abducted Robin Peranditta from the grounds of the Sindh High Court, the traumatized survivor of last month’s deadly Christian massacre is now confirmed to be released from police…
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…
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…
