There was concern Friday, February 19, that Ethiopian authorities would press "terrorism" charges against a Christian convert who has been detained since May for distributing Bibles and abandoning Islam, well-informed Christians said.
...continue reading this storyUp to six Christians have been killed in a new wave of anti-Christian violence rocking the northern city of Mosul and nearby areas, an advocacy group said.
...continue reading this storyNorth Korea observed the 68th birthday of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's 68th birthday but hundreds of thousands of people, including Christians, had no reason to celebrate as they remained behind bars in prison camps across the country, and many North Koreans reportedly faced starvation.
...continue reading this storyA Christian father in Pakistan's Punjab province was without his home Monday, February 15, as his house was burned down by angry Muslims who killed his son in 2008, rights activists said.
...continue reading this storyUkrainian election officials say they will not consider Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's complaints of presidential election fraud. Results show opposition leader Victor Yanukovich defeated Tymoshenko by 3.5 percentage points in the February 7 runoff election.
...continue reading this storyMoroccan security forces raided a Bible study group and detained 18 Moroccans while deporting an American citizen, Worthy News learned Friday, February 12.
...continue reading this storyOver 70 houses, a mobile health clinic and two schools in eastern Burma have been burnt down by army patrols stepping up an offensive against predominantly Christian Karen villagers, rights activists said Thursday, February 11.
...continue reading this storyTwin bombings apparently targeting Shiite Muslims in Pakistan's financial capital Karachi also killed at least five members of a Christian family, including a pregnant woman, Worthy News established Wednesday, February 10.
...continue reading this storySurvivors of India's worst anti-Christian violence in recent memory have met European Union delegates over the weekend, urging them to help them in their fight for justice.
...continue reading this storyA religious liberty group warned Saturday, February 6, that "Anti-Christian hostility is getting increasingly deadly" in the United States after two street preachers were shot and killed by a teenager who apparently opposed their message.
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