Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Indonesia vice president makes third peace mission to Moluccas
Posted on Tuesday, April 25, 2000
25 April 2000 (Newsroom) -- Indonesia vice president Megawati Sukarnoputri is visiting the Molucca archipelago this week in a further attempt to diffuse tensions between Muslims and Christians that have resulted in an estimated 3,000 deaths since January…
Two Christian women abducted in Nigeria as Sharia conflict continues
Posted on Friday, April 21, 2000
Two Christian women were abducted by Muslim youths enforcing Sharia (Islamic law) in the capital of Zamfara state in northern Nigeria, according to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). The women managed to escape several hours later and…
Christians Attacked in Borno, Nigeria
Posted on Friday, April 21, 2000
A Christian-Muslim conflict in Damboa in northeastern Nigeria's Borno state resulted in the deaths of 15 Christians, and four churches were burned.
Nigeria Releases Casualty Figures from Kaduna Riots
Posted on Friday, April 21, 2000
Nigerian police authorities reported that 123 churches were burned and 55 mosques razed during the Kaduna religious riots in late February that involved violent clashes between Christians and Muslims over the implementation of sharia (Islamic legal system) in…
Chinese evangelist suffering as authorities decide his fate
Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2000
18 April 2000 (Newsroom) -- Chinese evangelist Li Dexian has been kept in chains since his arrest April 11 in Guangdong province and is suffering physical pain, according to a Christian monitoring group. The house church leader, who…
Chinese evangelist suffering as authorities decide his fate
Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2000
Chinese evangelist Li Dexian has been kept in chains since his arrest April 11 in Guangdong province and is suffering physical pain, according to a Christian monitoring group. The house church leader, who has been arrested 13 times…
Six More Chinese House Church Leaders Arrested and Sentenced
Posted on Saturday, April 15, 2000
Five house church leaders from the "Born Again" movement of Xu Yongze were arrested at their homes in China's southern Henan province on December 27, 1999. Each was sentenced in February to two years hard labor, according to…
Chinese evangelist handed 15-day sentence
Posted on Thursday, April 13, 2000
13 April 2000 (Newsroom) -- Chinese evangelist Li Dexian has been sentenced to 15 days in prison following his arrest on Tuesday for holding an unauthorized religious meeting, according to the Christian advocacy organization Voice of the Marytrs…
Churches in Nigeria lead relief effort for victims of religious riots
Posted on Thursday, April 13, 2000
Churches throughout Nigeria continue to send relief supplies to help more than 50,000 people displaced by religious riots in the city of Kaduna in February. Many churches in the state of Kaduna have turned their compounds into rehabilitation…
Chinese evangelist handed 15-day sentence
Posted on Thursday, April 13, 2000
Chinese evangelist Li Dexian has been sentenced to 15 days in prison following his arrest on Tuesday for holding an unauthorized religious meeting, according to the Christian advocacy organization Voice of the Marytrs Australia.
Maoist rebels kill two Christians in India
Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2000
A communist rebel group in India's Bihar state beat to death two tribal Christians and severely injured four others on April 4, according to the Times of India.
Turkey releases jailed Christian after 30 days
Posted on Friday, April 7, 2000
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 complaints.
New Government Statistics on China’s Christians
Posted on Wednesday, April 5, 2000
Totals for the number of Christians in China leaked from two Chinese government bodies reveal far larger estimates of the number of Protestants than official church leaders have previously admitted.
Nigeria’s Muslim states approve dialogue on Sharia
Posted on Tuesday, April 4, 2000
NIGERIA, 4 April 2000 (Newsroom) -- Northern state governors in Nigeria have approved the formation of a committee of Muslims and Christians to dialogue on aspects of the controversial Sharia, or Islamic law, which was implemented by several…
