Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Kenyan “Jesus” Film Team Leader Attacked; Three Killed
Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2001
The leader of a Kenyan "Jesus" film team ministry supported by churches and individuals through Christian Aid narrowly survived a murder attempt April 3. However, three neighbors who rushed to his aid in the 3 a.m. attack were…
Mob Attacks Church in Tripura, India
Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2001
A fundamentalist Hindu mob attacked a church in the eastern Indian state of Tripura on February 25. Church leaders say the Krishnanagar Baptist Church in the capital Agartala was attacked as Christians were attending the Sunday service. The…
New Blasphemy Case Filed Against Pakistani Christian
Posted on Monday, April 9, 2001
Police in Pakistan's Punjab province registered another questionable blasphemy case against one of its Christian citizens on April 1, jailing a respected high school principal for slander he allegedly spoke two months ago against Mohammed, the prophet of…
Turkey releases jailed Christian after 30 days
Posted on Saturday, April 7, 2001
ISTANBUL, April 7 (Compass) -- Two Turkish Christians imprisoned near Izmir for a month on concocted charges of insulting Islam were ordered released March 30, after prosecution witnesses admitted that local gendarmarie officials pressured them to sign prepared…
American Aviators Aren’t Alone: Chinese Christians Held Hostage
Posted on Thursday, April 5, 2001
The continued detention of 24 American aviators by the Chinese government should come as no surprise to Washington. "The Chinese government is demonstrating its true color and unfortunately that color is Red," says The Voice of the Martyrs…
Peruvian Terrorists Murder Christian Leader
Posted on Saturday, March 24, 2001
AUSTIN, Texas, March 24 (Compass) -- An evangelical Peruvian village leader was executed March 20 after Marxist guerrillas declared him guilty of taking part in police and military activities.
Christians Attacked in Sri Lanka While Praying
Posted on Tuesday, March 13, 2001
SANTA ANA, CA (March 13, 2001) -- One Christian was seriously injured and 35 more were hospitalized when about 100 Buddhist extremists assaulted the congregation of the Sanasum Sevana (New Life) Christian Center as they prayed on Sunday…
Bill would urge peace, relief efforts in Sudan
Posted on Tuesday, March 13, 2001
Legislation designed to further the United States' involvement in helping end a Sudanese campaign marked by religious persecution has been reintroduced in Congress.
Christians Attacked in Sri Lanka While Praying
Posted on Tuesday, March 13, 2001
One Christian was seriously injured and 35 more were hospitalized when about 100 Buddhist extremists assaulted the congregation of the Sanasum Sevana (New Life) Christian Center as they prayed on Sunday morning, February 18. The church is located…
Christian Aid Responds to Horror in the Moluccas
Posted on Tuesday, March 13, 2001
Responding to urgent pleas for help, Christian Aid has joined a campaign to raise $1.2 million to rescue Christians feared targeted for conversion or extermination by Muslim jihad warriors in Indonesia.
Fate of Kidnapped Colombian Pastor Still Unknown
Posted on Monday, March 12, 2001
Jorge Enrique Gómez Montealegre has prayed for years for Colombia's guerrillas to lay down their arms and surrender to Christ. His family believes that now he's preaching to them.
Christian Uzbek Pastor Marks One Year in Prison
Posted on Tuesday, March 6, 2001
ISTANBUL, March 6 (Compass) -- A Christian Uzbek pastor jailed since February 1999 on contrived fraud charges is being subjected to physical beatings for witnessing to his cellmates, church sources in the Central Asian republic reported in early…
Coptic Priest Killed In An ‘Accident’
Posted on Monday, March 5, 2001
Mystery still surrounds a car accident, which resulted in the killing of a Coptic priest and three of his relatives in El Menya governorat. This morning, March 5/ 2001, a car accident caused the death of Father Antonios…
Turkmenistan: Authorities Strip Closed Baptist Church Bare
Posted on Sunday, March 4, 2001
ASHGABAD, TURKENISTAN (March 4, 2001) -- The authorities of the Niyazov district of the Turkmen capital Ashgabad broke their own seals on the doors of the city's Baptist church on 2 March and confiscated everything inside. The move…
Turkmenistan: Authorities Strip Closed Baptist Church Bare
Posted on Sunday, March 4, 2001
The authorities of the Niyazov district of the Turkmen capital Ashgabad broke their own seals on the doors of the city's Baptist church on 2 March and confiscated everything inside. The move was timed on the last working…
