Pakistani Court Acquits Christian Woman of 'Blasphemy'
A local court exonerated a Christian woman of blasphemy charges after authorities previously pressured her into making a false confession.
...continue reading this storyTanzania Court Acquits Christian Evangelists Of ''Illegal Preaching''
Two 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 Executes 3 Christians, Detains 20 Others
North 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 storyChina Briefly Detains Influential House Pastor
An 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 Sentenced for Church Arson in Malaysia
Two 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 storyPakistan Cleric Pledges To Withdraw Blasphemy Case
An 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 storyThree International Aid Groups Banned in Somalia
Al-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 storyChinese Government Destroys Christian-Owned Factory
Last 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 storyMob Surrounds Church in Indonesia, Christians Attacked
Hundreds 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.
...continue reading this storyUzbekistan Jails Baptists, Threatens Church
Police in Uzbekistan jailed ten Baptists for three to five days, and fining them 80 times the monthly minimum wage, according to a religious rights group, Worthy News learned on Monday, August 9.
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