Bishops: The Middle East Needs Lebanese ChristiansAsiaNews May the international community keep its promises to Lebanon and the countrys Christians, because the Christian presence in Lebanon is a necessary and indispensable condition for the prosperity…
Human Rights Lawyer Threatened in ChinaProminent Chinese Human Rights Attorney Threatened China Aid Association China Aid Association learned that a prominent human rights lawyer Mr. Gao Zhisheng has been facing increasing danger because of his…
Chinese Media Practically Silent on Bushs Church Visit and Human RightsAsiaNews - China is still afraid of religious freedom, a bishop of the underground Church told AsiaNews commenting on the fact that, as of this morning, Chinese media have…
Two Unofficial Priests Freed, But Not Bishop Jia ZhiguoAsiaNews - Fr Li Suchuan, 40 years, and Fr Yang Ermeng, 35 years, were released by the Hebei public security forces on 21 November, a day after the American President,…
Religious Freedom Around the World Still DistantWorldwide religious freedom still distant By Lawrence A. Uzzell President of International Religious Freedom Watch Though the power of the United States government to export freedom is limited - as…
Baptists Want Confiscated Property BackBAPTISTS WANT CONFISCATED PROPERTY BACK By Felix Corley Forum 18 News Service The Baptist community is getting increasingly concerned about its historic church in central Baku , located close to…
Younas Masih: victim of Blasphemy Act?Younas Masih: victim of Blasphemy Act?Dawn This article shows how Pakistan's notorious blasphemy laws are used to settle grudges and how the accused are guilty until proven innocent. The victims…
Indonesian Muslims Spike Fear vs. ChristiansIndonesian Muslims Spike Fear vs. Christians By: Grant Swank on November 23, 2005 If you are a Christian in Indonesia , you look over your shoulder constantly. "Thousands have died…
ICC Learns Sunday School Teachers Appeal RejectedICC has learned from Indonesian sources that the conviction of Dr. Rebekka Zakaria, Eti Pangesti and Ratna Bangun has been upheld on appeal. The ladies filed an appeal after they…
European Parliament Calls On UN Security Council to Act on BurmaCSW - The European Parliament passed an urgency resolution today, calling on the United Nations Security Council to take action to bring about a transition to democracy in Burma and…
Dozens of Priests Ordained In VietnamBosNewsLife - 57 Catholic priests will be ordained in Vietnam later this month, the largest number of clergy to be added to the communist country in a single ceremony, BosNewsLife…
Montagnard Asylum Seekers Returned To Vietnam By The UNHCR Are Beaten And ImprisonedMontagnard Foundation, Inc. Background: The indigenous Montagnards (Degar) Peoples have suffered decades of persecution by the government of Vietnam , namely; confiscation of their ancestral lands, religious repression, torture, killings…
Report on North Korea from Special Envoy for Human RightsSpecial Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea Jay Lefkowitz made his public debut at a reception held in his honor Wednesday evening (Nov. 16) in the Senate by the…
Appeal of 3 Sunday School Teachers RejectedICC has learned from Indonesian sources that the appeal of Dr. Rebecca Laonita, Mrs Ratna Mala Bangun and Mrs Ety Pangesti has been rejected. The ladies were convicted uner child…
Freedom House Releases Photo Evidence of Vietnamese Christian TortureChristian Post - A religious freedom, human rights organization headquartered in Washington , D.C. , released photographs last week supporting evidence of torture of Christian minorities in Vietnam by the…
Vietnam Jails Six Montagnard Men after Call for Religious FreedomANS - The Vietnam News Agency has reported that a Vietnamese court has sentenced six ethnic minority Montagnards to between seven and 17 years jail for "threatening national security." The…
