USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Freedom in China after Landmark VisitThe Christian Post - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released on Wednesday its Policy Focus on China , raising questions on Chinese law and its upholding of…
A Call to Hate & Prayer In Australia’s MosquesICC NoteThis is an excellent article from The Australian detailing the spread of hate mongering in Australia s mosques.The same phenomenon has been seen in US mosques (see Freedom House…
All Protestants “Face Persecution, Whether Registered or Not”Forum18 - The embattled Emmanuel Full Gospel Protestant Church in Nukus, capital of the north-western autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan [Qoraqalpoghiston], has failed to overturn the court-imposed ban on its activity,…
Underground Roman Catholic Bishop Jia Zhi Guo Arrested Again In ChinaCardinal Kung Foundation - Bishop Jia Zhi Guo 賈志國主教, the underground Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Zheng Ding 正定 in Hebei Province 河北省, was arrested again by Chinese…
Al-Qaida Claims Jordan Bombings as Punishment for Christians and JewsBosNewsLife - Protests broke out in Jordan 's capital Amman Thursday, November 10, after the terror network al-Qaida said it carried out three suicide bombings on US-owned hotels that killed…
Schoolgirl Dies After Being Shot in IndonesiaCSW - One schoolgirl has died and another lies seriously injured after being shot in Poso on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi . Siti Nuraini, 17, a Muslim, died in…
Churches Attacked As Deadly Riots Spread in FranceBosNewsLife - Pastors and priests were anxiously preparing for another night of riots in France late Wednesday, November 9, after several churches were attacked and one person died in nearly…
Border Guards Ban Believers from LeavingForum18 - Despite the abolition of the exit visa requirement in January 2004, at least three religious believers are currently being denied permission to leave Turkmenistan for religious purposes, Forum…
Ailing Pastor Released After Severe BreakdownCompass Nearly 10 months after Pastor Oqbamichael Tekle-Haimonot was arrested at a wedding in western Eritrea , authorities at the Sawa military training center have released the ailing evangelical…
Christian Aid Worker MurderedCompass A British aid worker died of bullet wounds to the chest and neck last weekend after his jeep was ambushed by gunmen in Sudan near the Ugandan border…
North Korean Church Leader Faces Death PenaltyANS - A North Korean church leader is facing the death penalty after being arrested on charges of plotting to overthrow the government. According to Jubilee Campaign, a British human…
Two Girls Shot in Same Town Where Three Girls were Beheaded(November 8, 2005) The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.www.persecution.org has just become informed of a second attack on young Christian girls in Poso, Central Sulawesi,…
Five Arrests over Beheading of Christian SchoolgirlsAsiaNews Five people are in police custody in connection with the beheading of three Christian schoolgirls in Poso, Sulawesi Islands , according to police sources. A former policeman is…
Orthodox Parish Banned From WorshippingForum18 - In what its priest has described to Forum 18 News Service as "the crudest violation of religious freedom," state officials in the south-western region of Brest are refusing…
Department of State’s Annual Report on International Religious FreedomDepartment of State Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington , DC November 8, 2005 (2:23 p.m. EST) SECRETARY RICE: Good afternoon. Hi there, how are you? Today, I have transmitted to Congress…
Tense Calm Returns in Two India Regions after Anti Christian ViolenceBosNewsLife - A tense calm returned to two key areas in India after violence against Christians, in which at least five people were injured, news reports said Tuesday, October 8…
