Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Taleban Takes Hard Line With Arrested Aid Workers (Afghanistan)
Posted on Monday, August 6, 2001
Afghanistan's ruling Taleban authorities have ruled out pardons for eight foreign aid workers detained for allegedly spreading the Christian faith, declaring that they and their 16 Afghan colleagues must stand trial on charges of promoting Christianity. Western diplomats…
Saudi Red Tape Delays Foreign Christians’ Release
Posted on Monday, August 6, 2001
ISTANBUL, January 21 (Compass) -- Six of 14 foreign Christians slated for deportation from Saudi Arabia have been released for return to their home countries during the past 10 days. But another eight prisoners and their families remain…
Three Christian Prisoners Still Held In Saudi Arabia
Posted on Monday, August 6, 2001
ISTANBUL, February 11 (Compass) -- Five more jailed Christians caught in deportation wrangles in Jeddah since December have been released to their home countries during the past two weeks, leaving one Filipino and two Ethiopians still under detention…
Christmas Season Tense For Pakistan’s Christians
Posted on Sunday, August 5, 2001
ISTANBUL, December 3 (Compass) -- Five weeks after Islamic extremists gunned down 15 Pakistani Christians in a Sunday morning worship service, church leaders across Pakistan admitted that their congregations remain "tense and fearful" as Christmas approaches.
Saudi Arabia Ignores Consular Access Request
Posted on Sunday, August 5, 2001
ISTANBUL, November 5 (Compass) -- At least 12 foreign Christians jailed months ago in the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah remain under arrest in the Sharafia detention facility, despite verbal reports that investigations of their case were…
Jeddah Police Holding 13 Foreign Christians In Custody
Posted on Sunday, August 5, 2001
ISTANBUL (Compass) -- At least 13 foreign Christians have been arrested since mid July in Jeddah, where Saudi Arabia's religious police are apparently trying to track down Saudi nationals thought to have contact with expatriate house churches in…
Churches See Islam as the Growing Threat
Posted on Saturday, August 4, 2001
(Compass) – "This especially applies to Sokodé and the areas of mid and northern Togo. I know of four men and four women who keep their Bibles hidden and read them when no one else is around. They…
Believers Face Poverty and Death for the Sake of Christ (Ghana)
Posted on Saturday, August 4, 2001
A recent VOM report from Ghana tells of the needs faced by our Christian brothers and sisters who face persecution from animists and Muslims in the countryside. Recently VOM workers had to disguise themselves as they traveled into…
Indian Government Launches War on Terrorism and Missionaries
Posted on Saturday, August 4, 2001
BANGALORE, India (Compass) -- The Indian government has launched its own "war on terrorism" against two fronts: terrorists and missionaries. The Hindu fundamentalist government is planning to introduce two bills that are being condemned as "draconian" by religious…
Georgia: “No Action” In Wake Of Attack on Pentecostals
Posted on Saturday, August 4, 2001
Members of the Word of Life Pentecostal Church, human rights activists and some politicians have complained about the failure of the police or prosecutor's office to take any action so far in the wake of last month's attack…
2 Christians killed, others tortured in Chinese Government crackdown
Posted on Friday, August 3, 2001
WASHINGTON (BP)--Two Christians have been killed in the Chinese government's crackdown on pastor Gong Shengliang and his South China Church in central Hubei Province, according to a letter from members of the underground church revealing graphic details and…
