Health Deteriorating Of Jailed Baptist Pastor In Azerbaijan
A frail Baptist pastor prepared for another night in an Azerbaijani prison Friday, July 13, nearly two months after he was arrested on charges over 50 witnesses say are false.
Christian Persecution
Eritrea Denies Detentions Of 2,000 Christians And Religious Persecution
Christian rights activists expressed concern Wednesday, July 11, over reports that a senior Eritrean government official has “categorically denied the existence of religious repression in Eritrea” and dismissed reports of mass detentions of Christians as “hyperbole”.
Death of Pastor in India Remains Unsolved
Family and friends of Pastor Goda Israel, whose body was found in a pond in Andhra Pradesh in February, say they are still convinced that he was murdered, despite police claims of “accidental drowning.”
Pentecostal Pastors Shot Dead In Colombia
Two Pentecostal pastors have been assassinated in Colombia by suspected leftist rebels, Christian rights activists said Tuesday, July 10.
China Expels Over 100 Foreign Missionaries In “Secret Campaign”
China has secretly expelled more than 100 foreign missionaries in largest expulsion campaign of Christian workers over half a century, a Christian rights activists and other sources confirmed Tuesday, July 10.
Jordan Deports Christian Missionaries And Refugees, Missionaries Say
A growing number of devoted Christians in Jordan, including native missionaries and refugees, are forced to leave the predominantly Muslim nation, missionaries said Tuesday, July 10.
China House Church Leaders Sentenced To Labor Camp
Two leaders of China’s growing house church movement were in a labor camp Sunday, July 8, after being sentenced to “one year re-education through labor” in Shandong province on charges related to their Christian activities, BosNewsLife learned.
Two Protestants receive ten-day prison terms in Uzbekistan
Two members of God’s Love Pentecostal Church spent ten days in prison in June after being found guilty of violating laws on religion and “illegal” religious teaching, Protestant sources told a western news service.
Bangladesh: Officials Offer Protection for Attacked Converts
Intervention from high-ranking police officers and government officials has ensured temporary security for a group of Christian converts beaten last week in Nilphamari district, Bangladesh.
Vietnam Christian Dies After Torture For Refusing To Recant Faith, reports
A young Hroi ethnic minority man who refused to recant his Christian faith reportedly died from injuries received while under official interrogation, BosNewsLife monitored Tuesday, July 3.
Bangladesh: Christians Beaten; Mob Threatens to Burn Homes
Muslim villagers armed with bricks and wooden clubs savagely beat 10 Christian converts in Nilphamari district, Bangladesh, on Tuesday (June 26) and threatened to burn down their homes if they did not leave by today.
China Detains Eight House Church Leaders in Shandong and Shaanxi Provinces
Eight Chinese ‘house church’ leaders from China’s Shaanxi and Shandong provinces remained detained and faced the prospect of serving time in labor camps Wednesday, June 27, after a police crackdown on Bible distribution and worship services, rights watchers and fellow Christians said.
Iraq: Christians Targeted in Baghdad
For one man, the release of eight kidnapped Christians from his hometown of Qaraqosh on Friday (June 22) was bittersweet.
Injured Pakistani Christians talk about Muslim attack
Describing an attack launched by Muslim residents of a Pakistani village in the province of Punjab, the Christian residents have said that Muslim residents mounted the attack in a bid to force them to cancel an Salvation Army evangelistic convention that was scheduled for June 17th.
Vietnam: Ethnic Christian Dies from Torture Injuries
A young Hroi ethnic minority man who refused to recant his Christian faith died from injuries received while under official interrogation, Compass confirmed as Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet met with U.S. officials. Triet met with President Bush in Washington, D.C. on Friday (June 22) amid some protests over Vietnam’s human rights violations.
Indonesian Christians Face Up To 20 Years Imprisonment Amid House Church Attacks
Seventeen Christians charged under Indonesia’s controversial anti-terror laws still faced an uncertain future Tuesday, June 26, just days after prosecutors demanded 15-to 20-year prison sentences.
Persecuted Indian Christians Appeal For Help At Gathering
Christians across India on Sunday, June 24, attended church services Sunday, June 24, following what organizers described as the “largest gathering of victims of religious persecution” in recent years.
Indonesia: Muslim Radicals Threaten House Churches
Muslim extremists demonstrating on June 14 in West Java threatened to close down churches operating in private homes, and a pastor on Sunday (June 17) received an anonymous letter promising to destroy his home if it is “still functioning as a church.”
Government Demolishes Church in Malaysia
The Malaysian Government has apparently demolished a Christian church building in an Orang Asli settlement in Gua Musang in Ulu Kelantan on June 4, according to Salem Voice Ministries News Service.
Pakistan: Mob Assaults Christians with Axes, Guns
Christian families fled a Pakistani village in Punjab province this week after an armed mob injured Protestants preparing for an evangelistic meeting, the victims’ lawyer said.