Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Christians facing ‘elimination’ on Indonesian island of Ambon
Posted on Wednesday, August 9, 2000
Twenty-three Christians were massacred in Indonesia as they fled from their village in late July and early August, The Hindustan Times of India has reported. The report from Indonesia was relayed to U.S. media via Crosswalk.com, an Internet…
Survivors of Jihad attack in Indonesia’s Moluccas under threat
Posted on Wednesday, August 9, 2000
9 August 2000 (Newsroom) -- 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…
Xu Yongze Released from Labor Camp in China
Posted on Monday, August 7, 2000
China's most famous house church prisoner, Mr. Xu Yongze, is free. The 58-year-old founder of the Born Again movement was released on May 16, after serving a three-year "re-education through labor" sentence for establishing an illegal organization in…
Christian groups in Nigeria launch program to aid victims of persecution
Posted on Saturday, August 5, 2000
LAGOS, Nigeria, 5 August 2000 (Newsroom) -- A Christian initiative aimed at rehabilitating individuals and churches traumatized during sectarian riots in Kaduna earlier this year was launched in Lagos by a Pentecostal assembly, the Living Waters Unlimited Church.
Twenty Pastors Killed in Kaduna Riots in Nigeria
Posted on Friday, July 21, 2000
Twenty pastors from various church denominations were among the hundreds of Christians killed during the two religious crises that occurred in northern Nigeria's Kaduna city in February and May.
Open Doors Issues Persecution World Watch List
Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2000
SANTA ANA, CA (July 18, 2000) (ASSIST) -- Although Indonesia is only 25th on the Open Doors .World Watch List of worst persecutors of Christians, it is "rapidly getting out of control," says Terry Madison, USA President and…
Sentencing of Somali Convert in Yemen Delayed
Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2000
The sentencing of a former Muslim on trial in Yemen for converting to Christianity was delayed until next Wednesday, July 19, his lawyer confirmed today.
Two churches hit with bomb attacks in India
Posted on Monday, July 10, 2000
Bomb blasts damaged two churches in India's southern Karnataka state over the weekend as Christians across the nation staged marches and rallies to protest sectarian violence.
Christians Targeted in Sierra Leone
Posted on Saturday, July 8, 2000
Rebel soldiers have targeted Christians and churches of various denominations during the past year as this West African country's civil war, one of the region's bloodiest conflicts, shows few signs of abating.
Egyptian Security Police Threaten, Torture Local Christian
Posted on Thursday, July 6, 2000
Officials from Egypt's powerful State Security Intelligence (SSI) agency detained a Coptic Orthodox Christian for the fourth time in early June, interrogating him under torture on accusations of preaching Christianity to Muslims.
Yemen Court Sentences Somali Convert to Death
Posted on Wednesday, July 5, 2000
A Yemen court meted out the death penalty today to a Somali refugee for converting from Islam to Christianity, unless he recants within seven days.
