Iranian Police Release 10 Evangelical Pastors
Ten evangelical church leaders arrested four days ago by Iranian police were released last night from their unknown detention site.
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One Iranian Pastor Still Jailed
Protestant church leaders in Iran learned this morning that one of 10 evangelical pastors reportedly released from detention by police authorities on September 12 is still being held incommunicado.
...continue reading this storyIran: Police Detain 80 Iranian Evangelicals
Iranian police invaded the annual general conference of Iran’s Assemblies of God Church yesterday, arresting at least 80 church leaders gathered at the church’s denominational center in Karaj, 20 miles west of Tehran.
...continue reading this storyIranian Police Arrest Christian Pastor
Iranian police arrested a Protestant Christian pastor in northern Iran three days ago, jailing him along with his wife and two teenage children.
...continue reading this storyChristian Couple Escape from Egypt
Thirteen months after Egypt jailed and tortured a Coptic Christian pharmacist for marrying a former Muslim woman, Boulos Farid Rezek-Allah Awad has finally been allowed to emigrate from Egypt to Canada.
...continue reading this storyEgypt: Police Officer Murders Three Christians
A police officer in El Minia, Egypt, drove a truck into a canal killing three of his five bound prisoners, including an elderly church leader, according to a report from the U.K-based Barnabas Fund.
...continue reading this storyOpen Doors: Iraqi Christians Again Living In Fear
Open Doors with Brother Andrew - a worldwide ministry to the Persecuted Church - has received information from several sources that Iraqi Christians and churches are seriously affected by the internal turmoil in Iraq.
...continue reading this storyChristian Arrested, Tortured in Saudi Arabia
The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org, has released information that on Thursday, March 25th, 2004, Mr. Brian O'Connor, a Christian ex-pat Indian national, was arrested by the Muttawa (religious police) on the streets of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
...continue reading this storyChristian Arrested, Tortured in Saudi Arabia
The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org, has just become aware that on Thursday, March 25th, 2004, Mr. Brian O'Connor, a Christian ex-pat Indian national, was arrested by the Muttawa (religious police) on the streets of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ICC is being told from a highly reputable source that the Muttawa abducted, imprisoned, and tortured him in a Mosque. Mr. O’Connor is presently being held at the Olaya police station in Riyadh.
...continue reading this storyFourth American dead after northern Iraq drive-by shooting
A fourth American has been confirmed dead after a March 15 attack on five humanitarian workers in northern Iraq.
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