Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Vietnam Jams Hmong Christian Radio Broadcasts
Posted on Saturday, September 9, 2000
Authorities in Vietnam are jamming Christian radio broadcasts in a desperate attempt to curb the rapid spread of Protestant Christianity among the Hmong minority in the country's northwest provinces along the China border.
Religious leaders sign “Commitment to Global Peace”
Posted on Thursday, September 7, 2000
Religious leaders sign "Commitment to Global Peace"The statement includes 11 promises to work for global peace, education and the abolition of nuclear weapons, among other things.
Uzbek Police Jail Another Christian
Posted on Wednesday, September 6, 2000
A Christian leader in western Uzbekistan's autonomous Karakalpakstan region has been jailed since July 25, accused by local police of illegal drug possession.
Russian Missionary Kidnapped
Posted on Monday, September 4, 2000
The director of a Russian drug-rehabilitation ministry assisted by Christian Aid was kidnapped nine days ago and has not been heard from since.
Christians attacked by mob near Bombay
Posted on Friday, September 1, 2000
INDIA, 10 May 2000 (Newsroom) – More than 60 Christians attending a two-day religious convention were beaten by a mob of suspected Hindu nationalists in a village about 100 miles northeast of Bombay. None of the injured were…
Copts end stand-off with Egyptian police
Posted on Friday, September 1, 2000
14 April 2000 (Newsroom) -- Some 400 Coptic Orthodox Christians ended a two-day standoff with police Friday near Cairo after agreeing to abandon their occupation of a church building that had been closed down by authorities, according to…
Moment of Truth for Arafat in Quest for Jerusalem
Posted on Thursday, August 31, 2000
On the sidelines of today's opening of the United Nation's historic "Millennium summit" - billed as the largest-ever gathering of world leaders - US President Bill Clinton will confer separately with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in a last-ditch…
Attacks on Christians in eastern Indonesia resume
Posted on Monday, August 28, 2000
28 September 2000 (Newsroom) -- Dozens of Christians have been killed in renewed attacks by extremist Muslim warriors in Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku. At least 32 people died in an attack on the Ambon island village of…
Indonesia Pastor Speaks about Survival of Attempt on his Life
Posted on Sunday, August 27, 2000
MEDAN, INDONESIA (November 7, 2000) -- Dr. Benjamin Munthe, an Indonesian pastor who was involved in a September 17 brutal attempt on his life in which his driver Caleb was killed, has spoken about that fateful day.
Ongoing Harassment of the Church in China
Posted on Thursday, August 24, 2000
ANHUI PROVINCE "The most severe persecution happened to us on Sunday, October 17, 1999. They detained 150 Christians and prepared to send some of them to 'reform through education' camps for three years. They fined some of us…
Chinese police arrest 130 Christians, among them three Americans
Posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2000
Chinese police detained 130 members of a Protestant house church movement in central Henan province on Wednesday, according to a Hong Kong-based human rights group. Among the arrested were three American citizens, the Information Centre for Human Rights…
Military Officers Arrested for Killing Christians
Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2000
The outbreak of religious conflicts between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria over the adoption of sharia (Islamic legal system) in some states has spread to the nation’s military ranks. Killings of Christian soldiers and non-military personnel have been…
Return to the Killing Fields
Posted on Friday, August 18, 2000
Faith Shaw was born in Rwanda, a country that between 1959-64 saw more than 500,000 people killed and a similar number or more fled the country. She was horrified when in April of 1994, a further 800,000 were…
Ongoing Harassment of the Church in China
Posted on Friday, August 18, 2000
"The most severe persecution happened to us on Sunday, October 17, 1999. They detained 150 Christians and prepared to send some of them to 'reform through education' camps for three years. They fined some of us 2,000 RMB.…
Crackdown continues in Anhui, China
Posted on Friday, August 18, 2000
In Anhui province in eastern China -- a center of Christian house church activity -- the provincial government is enforcing a repressive religious policy that has continued for many years and shows no sign of abatement. And reliable…
High Profile Prisoner Released, but Others Arrested in China
Posted on Friday, August 18, 2000
Zhang Rongliang, also known as David Zhang, is at large in China despite receiving a three-years' hard labor sentence in December 1999. Reliable reports from central China say he was able to buy himself out of jail. But…
Survivors of Jihad attack in Indonesia’s Moluccas under threat
Posted on Wednesday, August 9, 2000
Some 2,000 survivors of an attack last week on a Christian village on Indonesia's eastern island of Ambon are hiding under life-threatening conditions in a nearby jungle, according to the Missionary Service News Agency (MISNA).
