Two-year prison term for Baptist pastor in Azerbaijan on trumped up charges
Baptist Pastor Zaur Balaev has been sentenced to two years in jail, after being convicted of using violence against a state representative.
...continue reading this storyEgypt: Convert in Hiding After Lawyer Backs Out
An Egyptian convert to Christianity who filed suit for his conversion to be officially recognized is in hiding after his attorney announced he would withdraw from the case yesterday.
...continue reading this storyEgypt: Muslim Sues for Right to Convert to Christianity
A Muslim convert to Christianity filed suit against Egypt last week for refusing to legally recognize his change of religion, sparking a reactionary lawsuit by Muslim clerics and death threats against his lawyer.
...continue reading this storyLaos Security Forces Kill 13 Christians In Major Crackdown, report
Security forces and others have killed at least 13 Christians in Laos in recent weeks as part of a crackdown on Hmong villagers "falsely accused of stirring rebel dissent", a Christian news agency reported Tuesday, August 7.
...continue reading this storyIndia: Christian Worker Beaten to Death in Assam
A Christian advocacy group has asked the chief minister of the northeastern state of Assam to provide protection to believers after unidentified assailants suspected to be Hindu extremists beat a Christian worker to death in Guwahati.
...continue reading this storyPakistan: Jail Officials Beat Christian, Halt Bible Classes
Pakistani officials have halted all Bible classes for Christian prisoners in a Punjab jail, isolating the inmate who taught the classes and barring a local pastor from his weekly visits, a non-governmental organization (NGO) working in prisons reported.
...continue reading this storyTurkmenistan Deports Baptist Pastor
A Russian Baptist Pastor spent another Sunday, August 5, without his family after he was deported from Turkmenistan for his church activities, fellow Christians and human rights watchers said.
...continue reading this storyPastor Killed In Philippines Bomb Blast
Christians in the Philippines on Saturday, August 4, mourned the death of a Protestant pastor who was killed in one of two explosions that ripped through a bus terminal in southern Koronadal City. The blast Friday, August 3, also wounded up to 10 passengers, police and media reports said.
...continue reading this storyKazakhstan Baptists Fear More Persecution
Baptist Christians in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan faced an uncertain weekend Saturday, August 4, amid reports that authorities barred a mother and her young child from entering their home because of their involvement in a Baptist church.
...continue reading this storyEgyptian Surgeon Held Hostage By Saudi Government Due To His Christian Faith
The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org has learned that an Egyptian Christian working in Saudi Arabia as a surgeon has been repeatedly blocked from going home for over two years. The Saudi government has intentionally run him in circles, promising he can leave, then refusing to let him go.
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