A Pentecostal pastor remained in police custody Tuesday, August 31, in Turkmenistan where he faces five years imprisonment and confiscation of properties for “large-scale swindling”, charges his wife and church members strongly deny, rights activists said.
A 16-year old Christian girl was rescued on August 9, 2010, after being held captive for two years, Worthy News has learned.
Eight arrested Christians remained in Vietnamese police custody Sunday, August 29, after a violent government crackdown on Christian villagers in which one person was killed and several others injured, including a pregnant woman who lost her child, rights activists said.
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is urging all European Union (EU) foreign ministers to call for the formation of a United Nations (UN) Commission of Inquiry to investigate claims of crimes against humanity in North Korea, Worthy News has learned.
After an attack on an Indian believers home in Karnataka, India, 12 believers, including the pastor and an evangelist were arrested by police Worthy news has learned.
Christians of the Yasmin Church celebrated Sunday service on the streets of Bogor, West Java, to protest the illegal closing of their building by the city in March.
Suspected Islamic militants have killed three American Christian aid workers who were helping victims of Pakistan’s worst floods in recent memory, a well-informed source in the Pakistani military told Worthy News Saturday, August 28.
North Korea released an American Christian Friday, August 27, seven months after he was detained for illegally entering the reclusive state to protest reported human rights abuses.
A pastor and his church in India were attacked by a mob Sunday, Worthy News has learned.
The parents of a Christian Pakistani girl were still searching for their daughter Thursday, August 26, nearly half a year after she was reportedly kidnapped, forced to marry a Muslim men, and pressured into embracing Islam.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter arrived in North Korea Wednesday, August 25, to try to win the release of a devoted American Christian who has been jailed for illegally entering the isolated state earlier this year. Aijalon Mahli Gomes, aged 30 from Boston, Massachusetts, entered North Korea on January 25 to protest human rights abuses in the communist nation, fellow rights activists said.
Accusations of “blasphemy” in two Pakistani provinces have sent several people into hiding, according to Compass Direct.
Two Somali Muslim men attacked a popular Somali church leader in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa Aug. 21, according to a Washington-based Christian human rights group.
Two Christian pastors and some of their congregation were arrested last week for preaching the gospel in India, Worthy News has learned.
During Friday prayers, Imam Sheikh Tobah called for jihad against all Christians living in the Egyptian village of Shimi.
Police and local officials backed by a Muslim mob closed down a church in North Sumatra Province July 30.
Thousands of people took part in a Protestant protest at the National Monument in front of the State Palace, residence of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono this week.
Up to 200,000 Christians are among the millions impacted by deadly flooding in Pakistan Worthy News learned Tuesday, August 17, but the United Nations warned that only a fraction of flood victims have received any help.
Pakistani Christians observed August 11, 2010, as ‘Black Day,’ meant as a protest of the persecution and suffering they go through, Worthy News has learned.
A local court exonerated a Christian woman of blasphemy charges after authorities previously pressured her into making a false confession.