China: Pastor of official church sentenced
The pastor of an official church in Zhejiang Province was sentenced after he dared to criticize Communist authorities about China's ongoing demolition of church crosses.
...continue reading this storyIraq: IS burns Christian books
Last week the Islamic State posted an online video showing its jihadists throwing books bearing crosses on their covers into a bonfire in the city of Mosul, in northern Iraq.
...continue reading this storySudan: Another pastor arrested
Last week Sudanese authorities arrested yet another cleric without any charges.
...continue reading this storyIndonesia: Islamists protest church construction
Hundreds of Indonesian Muslims in Java's North Bekasi District have protested the construction of a church for the district's Catholic community.
...continue reading this storyIndia: Congregation attacked, church vandalized
A church in India's Chhattisgarh state was attacked by Hindu nationalists during the March 6 Sunday service.
...continue reading this storyYemen: 16 Victims Shot Execution-Style
Gunmen who stormed a Catholic-run retirement home in Aden, Yemen, went from room to room handcuffing their victims before fatally shooting 16 staff members, including four nuns.
...continue reading this storyOnly two Syrian Christian refugees admitted into U.S.
Out of a total of 281 refugees, the U.S. State Department has admitted only two Syrian Christians into the U.S. in the first two months of 2016.
...continue reading this storyThai Church helps persecuted Pakistanis
Pakistanis fleeing their country's notorious blasphemy laws have been heading to Thailand for sanctuary.
...continue reading this storyAttack on Church Building in Samsun, Turkey
Four Muslim men detained by police for attacking a church building in the Black Sea region of Turkey last week shouted jihadist slogans after they were released from custody.
...continue reading this storyGenocide waged on religious minorities in Syria, Iraq
The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee has unanimously passed HR 75, a resolution declaring that those who commit or support mass murder against religious minorities are guilty of "genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity."
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