Another Bomb Blasts Ambon

(NewsAsia Intl) - A bomb killed one person and injured 13 people in the Christian sector of Indonesia 's Ambon city and police defused another device planted near a church…

Indian State To Repeal Anti Conversion Law

(Zenit) - News is coming from Tamil Nadu in India that the States Anti Conversion laws will be repealed. The law, in force since October 2002, obliges those who wanted…

Church Attacked

( ICC) - On Sunday, May 23rd the A.O.G. Church in the District of Gampaha in Sri Lanka was attacked. During the intervening week, the Pastor received information that his…

President Megawatti Visits Ambon New Bomb Explosion Wounds Six

( ICC) - President Megawati Soekarnoputri arrived in Ambon on Saturday, May 22, to meet with local religious leaders and public figures, and inaugurate a number of development projects. The…

House Church Leader Beaten To Death By PSB

(China Aid) - Meanwhile, Gu Xianggao was beaten to death on April 27 while in the custody of Chinese Public Security Bureau (PSB) officers. He was 28 years old. Gu…

House Church Leader Arrested

(China Aid) - In east-central China , well-known house church leader Zhao Wenquan was arrested May 9 in Hegou Town , Meng Cheng County , Anhui Province. More than 4000…

Unrecognized Religious Activity Still Illegal

(Forum 18) - Unregistered religious activity remains illegal, an official of the Adalat (Fairness or Justice) Ministry has confirmed, despite a presidential decree abolishing criminal penalties for worshipping without state…

New Crackdown On Adventists

(Forum 18) - Adventist Pastor Khalid Babaev - forced by death threats out of Nakhichevan in February - was fined on 20 May in Sumgait , an industrial city near…

Govt. Ransacks Episcopal Property

(Sudan Institute on Religion and Democracy) - Sudanese Govt. Ransacks Episcopal Cathedral Property in Khartoum-Demonstration Called For The Sudanese Govt. evicted Episcopal personnel from their provincial office at the Episcopal…

New Crackdown on Adventists

(Forum 18) - Adventist Pastor Khalid Babaev - forced by death threats out of Nakhichevan in February - was fined on 20 May in Sumgait , an industrial city near…

Elections Still a Victory for India Despite Ghandi’s Decision to Not Accept the Position

(Compass) - Christians in India hailed the victory of Sonia Gandhis Congress Party in this months general election as a triumph for religious freedom. However on May 18, five days…

German Intelligence Says Islamists Pose Greatest Threat

(Jihad Watch) - Germany's Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BFV), one of three national intelligence services in Germany that is charged with gathering information on domestic as well…

Doctor’s Life Threatened After Saving Life of Woman

(Jihad Watch) - A maternity hospital in Mogadishu , the capital of Somalia , has been forced to close after a doctor who removed a woman's womb in a life-saving…

Death Toll Rises

International Christian Concern2020 Pennsylvania Ave. NW #941Washington, DC 20006-1846www.www.persecution.orgEmail: icc@www.persecution.org -Death Toll Rises In Vietnam--Victim Names Start To Filter Out---ICC Asks, Where Does Vietnams Staunchest Senate Ally, Presidential Candidate John…

Six Villagers Arrested for Shaving the Heads of Christians in Orissa

(Compass) - Six people were arrested on May 3 in connection with a February 10 incident regarding residents of Kilipala village in Orissa state shaving the heads of a local…

One Man Beaten to Death and 90 Others Arrested in Church Crackdown

(Asianews.com) - One man was beaten to death and 90 worshippers arrested in the northeastern province of Heilongjian during a crackdown on an underground Protestant church, a US religious rights…