Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Forced Conversions To Islam Continue in Indonesia
Posted on Saturday, January 13, 2001
A growing body of evidence confirms reports that Christians in Indonesia's Maluku Islands have been forced to convert to Islam under threat of death, although Muslim clerics deny the claims.
Christian Workers Beaten For Showing ‘Jesus’ Film in India
Posted on Wednesday, January 10, 2001
Members of the radical Hindu group the Bajrang Dal beat two Christian workers, David Massey and Simon Sakria, for more than two hours on January 4 for showing a "Jesus" film in Jehra, a remote village on the…
Christmas Church Bombings in Indonesia Meant to Provoke War
Posted on Tuesday, January 9, 2001
Indonesia's Christian and political leaders are convinced that the widespread Christmas Eve church bombings were meant to provoke all-out war between the Muslim and Christian communities in the country.
Christians and Islamic Law in Nigeria
Posted on Monday, December 18, 2000
Nigeria came into the international limelight in the year 2000 as the country began a full year of democratic government following prolonged military rule. It also saw the rise of Islamic fundamentalism as several northern Nigerian states have…
Fears Grow That China Will Class House Churches as Cults
Posted on Monday, December 18, 2000
Authorities Urged to Determine Whether Cults are ‘Harmful to Society’ by Alex Buchan LONDON (Compass) — The Chinese government sponsored an International Symposium on Evil Cults in Beijing November 8-10 that urged local authorities not to inquire too…
Holocaust in Sudan: Does anyone care?
Posted on Friday, December 15, 2000
The Russian-made MU2 Antonov aircraft, with Sudanese government markings, made six bombing runs on Thursday, March 23, over the grounds of the Christian Liberty Academy of Southern Sudan in Western Equatoria, dropping one or two 250-pound-shrapnel bombs at…
Turkmen Pastor and Family Evicted from their Home
Posted on Tuesday, December 12, 2000
Turkmenistan's political police evicted a Protestant Christian pastor with his wife and two children from their home near Ashgabad on December 9, confiscating their personal deed of ownership and sealing the gate to prevent their return.
Turkmenistan Launches Torture, Intimidation Campaign
Posted on Sunday, December 3, 2000
During the past two weeks, Turkmenistan's political police have launched another harsh crackdown against its Protestant Christian citizens. At least four known believers in the capital of Ashgabad have been subjected to repeated beatings, electric shocks, partial suffocation…
Massacres Continue in Eastern Indonesia
Posted on Saturday, December 2, 2000
Maluku's head of police admitted that authorities cannot dislodge the hundreds of Muslim jihad fighters scattered throughout eastern Indonesia's Maluku province and who have escalated the inter-religious conflict as Christmas approaches. More than 100 Christians were reported killed…
Group Seeks Peace In Time Of War
Posted on Friday, November 24, 2000
Nazareth, Israel (November 24, 2000) - Even amidst the turmoil in Israel, construction has started on the grounds of what will be the largest monument to peace on earth. The STAR OF PEACE, an international peace project located…
‘Crying Outside the Corridors of Power’
Posted on Friday, November 17, 2000
"If you want to save your lives, don't show this film again." This was the warning made to the Great Commission team after they had shown the Jesus film in Birnin Kebbi, capital of Nigeria's Kebbi state. Kebbi,…
Casualty Figures Released in Kaduna, Nigeria
Posted on Friday, November 17, 2000
The head of the Nigerian Bible Society recently released the casualty figures of Christians killed and churches destroyed during the February and May religious clashes between Muslims and Christians in Kaduna, the capital city of northern Nigeria's Kaduna…
Evangelical Christians in Bolivia Caught in Local Coca War
Posted on Wednesday, November 15, 2000
The violent October protests that rocked Bolivia, causing 12 deaths, scores of injuries and millions of dollars in damages, embodied one more local clash in the international drug war. The conflict has pitted the government, which is implementing…
Keep on Praying for the Suffering Church
Posted on Monday, November 13, 2000
SANTA ANA, CA (November 13, 2000) -- Terry Madison, President and CEO of Open Doors With Brother Andrew, USA, has urged the thousands of Christians throughout the United States who prayed for persecuted believers on the International Day…
Ready for Reconciliation in Indonesia?
Posted on Friday, November 10, 2000
"It is disappointing that the suffering of the Christians due to the conflict in the Malukus has been insufficiently exposed in various reports on a national and international level," stated the U.S. Consul General Robert Pollard.
Christian Human Rights Agency Burglarized in Peru
Posted on Thursday, November 9, 2000
Armed men overpowered a night guard at the Peace and Hope Association's Lima, Peru, office and left with four computers, each containing sensitive data on cases defended by the evangelical legal aid and human rights organization.
