There was concern Monday, November 6, about the whereabouts of four Christian youngsters amid reports they were detained more than a week ago in India's southern state of Karnataka on charges of "forcible converting Hindus."
...continue reading this storyAmid mounting international pressure Eritrea's authorities have released Helen Berhane, an Eritrean Gospel singer who was jailed since May 2004, Christian rights investigators confirmed Saturday, November 4.
...continue reading this storyPolitical dissidents in Vietnam were preparing for a difficult court case Friday, November 3, after officials said they would be charged with "terrorism" even after authorities made efforts to convince the United States that freedom of expression and religious liberty for Christians had improved in the Communist nation.
...continue reading this storyA group of Chinese Christians faced a difficult period Thursday, November 2, after their house church building located in the campus of Changchun Agricultural University in the suburb of Changchun city, Jilin province was reportedly demolished forcibly by local authorities.
...continue reading this storyTensions remained high in a city of China’s Gansu province Wednesday, November 1, after hundreds of Christians reportedly demanded the return of their church property 40 years after it was taken away from then during the Cultural Revolution.
...continue reading this storyLeaders of one of India’s largest Hindu parties have urged the arrest and deportation of Christian missionaries, and several of them have been attacked in tribal areas, BosNewsLife established Wednesday, November 1.
...continue reading this storyA Turkish prosecutor slapped criminal charges against two converts to Christianity earlier this month, accusing them of “insulting Turkishness,†inciting hatred against Islam and secretly compiling data on private citizens for a local Bible correspondence course.
...continue reading this storyVietnamese authorities advised the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi that 18 Vietnamese churches had been registered while not informing the churches themselves. Observers believe this is an indication that the country has stepped up efforts to convince the United States of improvements in its religious freedom record as two key U.S. decisions approach.
...continue reading this storyPolice last Friday (October 27) arrested a 25-year-old believer for “causing communal disharmony†after Hindu extremists harassed him for selling Christian literature at an evangelistic event in the eastern state of Orissa.
...continue reading this storyThere was mounting international concern Tuesday, October 31, about the persecution of Christian teenagers in Iraq amid reports that a 14-year old boy was beheaded while a 13-year-old girl is being held in prison.
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