Appeal Hearings Set for Iranian, Azerbaijani Christians Sentenced to 10 Years for ‘Missionary Activities’
(World Watch Monitor) — Appeal hearings will take place on Sunday (Nov. 12) for an Iranian and three Azerbaijani Christians sentenced in May to 10 years in prison for “missionary activities”
Hindu Extremists Beat Pastor Unconscious in Southern India Following Conversions Among Banjaras
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Weeks after a pastor led a southern village’s first five families to faith in Christ, masked men on motorbikes intercepted him on his way home from
Officials, Police in India Halt Worship in 10 Churches
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Officials and police in Tamil Nadu state, India, have ordered 10 churches to discontinue worship services, sources said. Hindu extremists compelled state officials and police
‘We Could Have Faced the Death Penalty’: Man Who Escaped North Korea Tells of Having to Keep Church ‘Secret’
A North Korean man who escaped the country after being arrested, and was granted asylum in the United States, is telling his story of how he had to keep a
Christian minorities are massacred by Buddhists in Myanmar
For years the military junta that governed Myanmar has applied stringent discriminatory measures against all non-Buddhist religious groups in the name of the ‘one nation, one race and one religion’
Concerns Expressed After Jharkhand, India Passes Anti-Conversion Law
India (Mission Network News) — In India, religious minorities are seeing their freedoms slowly erode. The northeastern state of Jharkhand recently became the ninth state to pass anti-conversion laws, which are often
Nepali Christians Freed Nine Months After Conviction for ‘Witchcraft’ of Praying for Mentally-Ill Woman
(World Watch Monitor) — Four Nepali Christians sentenced last year to five years in prison for “violence and witchcraft,” after praying for a mentally ill woman, have been released after
Chinese Christians Meet Illegally, Left Without Church After Forced Government Closure
ZHUMADIAN, Henan (China Aid) — Elderly Christians, incapable of traveling the long distance to a state-run church, were forced to meet illegally in their homes after officials banned their gathering
Chinese Pastor Detained for Traveling to Christian Conference
CHENGDU, Sichuan (China Aid) — Chinese authorities barred a pastor from traveling to Hong Kong to attend a Christian training conference today, echoing a growing trend that keeps church leaders
China Tightens Regulation of Religion to ‘Block Extremism’
Photo Credit: Bibles for ChinaBEIJING (Reuters) — China’s cabinet on Thursday passed new rules to regulate religion to bolster national security, fight extremism and restrict faith practiced outside organizations approved
