Pakistani Christians observed August 11, 2010, as 'Black Day,' meant as a protest of the persecution and suffering they go through, Worthy News has learned.
...continue reading this storyA local court exonerated a Christian woman of blasphemy charges after authorities previously pressured her into making a false confession.
...continue reading this storyTwo Christian evangelists were free Sunday, August 15, after a court in Tanzania acquitted them of "illegal preaching", trial observers said.
...continue reading this storyNorth Korea arrested twenty-three Christians who were meeting in an underground church. Three of which immediately tried and given the death penalty, which was swiftly executed. The others were sent to labor camps, Worthy News has learned.
...continue reading this storyAn influential Chinese house church pastor was briefly detained in southern China shortly after authorities evicted his congregation from a hotel, his church and rights investigators said Friday, August 13.
...continue reading this storyTwo Muslims have been sentenced to five years imprisonment by a Malaysian court for torching a Protestant church, Worthy News has learned on August 13.
...continue reading this storyAn impoverished Christian family in Pakistan faced uncertainty Thursday, August 12, after a Muslim cleric pledged to withdraw a case of blasphemy against them, officials familiar with the procedures said.
...continue reading this storyAl-Shabaab, an Islamic militant organization with close ties to al-Qaeda, recently banned three Christian Aid organizations from Somalia on charges of "actively propagating Christianity", Worthy News has learned.
...continue reading this storyLast September, a mob of over 200 men led by Chinese Communist officials injured at least thirty people and demolished a Christian-owned factory in Linfen, along with its house church, Worthy News learned on August 11.
...continue reading this storyHundreds of Muslim militants surrounded and attacked a Protestant church in Indonesia’s province of West Java, injuring at least a dozen Christians including a pastor on Sunday, August 8.
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