A major human rights watchdog accused the Vietnamese government on Friday, March 9 of "flouting" its commitments on human rights by launching "one of the worst crackdowns on peaceful dissidents," including Christians, "in 20 years."
...continue reading this storyProminent Protestant pastor Dmitry Shestakov was sentenced Friday, March 9, to four years' exile within Uzbekistan for his evangelistic activities, Christian rights watchers observing the trial said.
...continue reading this storyA prominent Mennonite pastor and his wife were recovering Sunday, March 11, from "brutal" beatings by Vietnamese security forces as part of a government crackdown on dissidents, a key activist told BosNewsLife.
...continue reading this storyA Salem Voice Ministries missionary in Jammu and Kashmir was attacked on March 6 in Kupwara in Jammua and Kashmir, India.
...continue reading this storyMuslim students twice have set fire to a high school chapel here since it was rebuilt last August, after Islamists burned it down three years ago.
...continue reading this storyAfter intensive international pressure, local police released 33 arrested house church leaders and three leaders from South Korea.
...continue reading this storyDozens of Christian leaders, including three church officials from South Korea, were detained by Chinese security forces Tuesday, March 6, as part of an apparent government crackdown on independent Christian groups, representatives said.
...continue reading this storyThere was mounting concern Monday, March 5, about the whereabouts of a key leader of an indigenous house church in Vietnam's Central Highlands after Vietnamese security forces reportedly raided a village and detained several Christians.
...continue reading this storyOne of the top Islamic leaders in Iran accepted Christ and left the country after facing death threats and imprisonment, according to an Iranian pastor living in the U.S.
...continue reading this storyThe elderly mother of a well known Chinese church activists remained behind bars Thursday, March 1, after a Chinese court sentenced her to two years imprisonment, representatives confirmed.
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