Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Christians in India’s Parliament demand an end to attacks
Posted on Sunday, May 14, 2000
NEW DELHI, 14 May 2000 (Newsroom) -- Christian members of India’s Parliament have formed a committee to focus attention on growing intolerance of religious minorities throughout the country and demanded that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government take immediate…
Six missionaries beaten during gospel campaign in India
Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2000
Six Christian missionaries participating in a gospel campaign called "Love Ahmedabad" were beaten so savagely in the state of Gujarat last week that one of the men may lose his arms and legs.
Christians attacked by mob near Bombay
Posted on Wednesday, May 10, 2000
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 hospitalized.
Executions of Christians Suspected in North Korea
Posted on Wednesday, May 10, 2000
by Alex Buchan LONDON (Compass) — Credible reports of seven Christians executed for their faith inside North Korea have reached reliable sources in China. The seven, all men ranging in age from 15 to 58 years of age,…
Christians in Indonesia’s Moluccas fear ‘religious cleansing’
Posted on Monday, May 8, 2000
Christian communities in Indonesia's Moluccas fear the onslaught of "religious cleansing" as some 3,000 extremist Muslim fighters prepare to converge on the archipelago, according to a British-based group that recently returned from a fact-finding mission. Many families already…
China detains 47 members of Protestant group
Posted on Sunday, May 7, 2000
7 May 2000 (Newsroom) -- Chinese police have detained 47 members of a Protestant group in central Anhui province, according to the state press. The Jianghui Morning Daily said last week that six of the main leaders of…
China detains 47 members of Protestant group
Posted on Sunday, May 7, 2000
Chinese police have detained 47 members of a Protestant group in central Anhui province, according to the state press. The Jianghui Morning Daily said last week that six of the main leaders of the Quanfanwei (Holistic) Church face…
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…
