Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Bodies Were Still Lying in the Streets
Posted on Wednesday, March 8, 2000
KADUNA, NIGERIA (March 8, 2000) (Assist Communications) -- An Open Doors co-worker has provided a harrowing eyewitness report from violence-torn Kaduna, Nigeria, following a recent clash between Christians and Muslims. The fierce fighting resulted in more than 300…
Two Turkish Christains Jailed
Posted on Wednesday, March 8, 2000
Two Turkish Christians arrested March 1 while selling and distributing Christian literature near the southern port city of Izmir were refused bail today, pending a court hearing scheduled for March 30.
Christian Uzbek Pastor Marks One Year in Prison
Posted on Monday, March 6, 2000
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 March.
Turkmen authorities raid Protestant meeting
Posted on Tuesday, February 29, 2000
29 February 2000 (Newsroom) -- Turkmen authorities raided a Protestant house-church meeting on February 23 in Bezmein near the capital Ashgabad, according to the Keston News Service.
Wave of arrests resumes for Chinese evangelist
Posted on Tuesday, February 22, 2000
22 February 2000 (Newsroom) -- After a respite of one month, Chinese house church leader Li Dexian was detained by police on Tuesday for the 10th time since October. Public Security Bureau officers arrested the 45-year-old Protestant evangelist…
Army sent to quell religious conflict in northern Nigeria
Posted on Tuesday, February 22, 2000
KADUNA, Nigeria, 22 February 2000 (Newsroom) – The Nigerian government dispatched soldiers early Tuesday to help state police quell riots between Christians and Muslims over the proposed implementation of Islamic law. More than 20 people have been reported…
Wave of arrests resumes for Chinese evangelist
Posted on Tuesday, February 22, 2000
After a respite of one month, Chinese house church leader Li Dexian was detained by police on Tuesday for the 10th time since October. Public Security Bureau officers arrested the 45-year-old Protestant evangelist as he led his weekly…
Vietnamese Protestants try to normalize relations with state
Posted on Monday, February 21, 2000
21 February 2000 (Newsroom) -- Vietnamese Communist authorities are negotiating with Protestant church leaders to normalize relations, reports the World Evangelical Fellowship (WEF). If successful, the talks could pave the way for recognition of house churches that existed…
Four weeks without arrest for Chinese pastor Li De Xian
Posted on Friday, February 18, 2000
Pastor Li De Xian preached twice this week in his usual Tuesday meeting in Huadu near Guangzhou, China without interference from Chinese authorities. This marks four consecutive weeks without arrest or interference for Pastor Li's ministry.
Arrests and Sentencings ‘The Tip of the Iceberg’ in China
Posted on Friday, February 18, 2000
The sentencing of six Protestant house church leaders to hard labor last December and the arrest of six more leaders of the Roman Catholic underground church are but "the tip of the iceberg" of religious oppression, according to…
Four Christians Released by Saudi Authorities
Posted on Tuesday, February 15, 2000
Saudi Arabia released four Filipino Christians in Riyadh yesterday, 40 days after their arrest by the country's strict Islamic police for conducting Christian worship services in a private home.
Turkmen Baptist Pastor Threatened with Prison
Posted on Monday, February 7, 2000
Baptist pastor Rahim Tashov and a colleague were hauled into police headquarters in their hometown of Turkmenabad (formerly Chardjou) last Thursday, February 3.
China releases prominent house church leader
Posted on Monday, February 7, 2000
To observers of China's Christian church scene the event was as sudden as it was unexpected. Just the day before the Chinese New Year celebrations of February 5, one of China's most prominent house church leaders, Zhang Rongliang,…
Saudi Arabia keeps four Christians under arrest for Bible study
Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2000
Four of the 16 Filipino Christians arrested three weeks ago by Saudi religious police remain jailed and under interrogation in the capital Riyadh, a Filipino diplomat confirmed Wednesday. The three wives and five children arrested with them for…
