Gao Wei (not his real name) was an active Christian leader for several years in a large Chinese city until 2004. Now he's an applicant for political asylum in a Western country.
...continue reading this storyPredominantly Christian Karen villagers were believed to be on the run Tuesday, February 21, amid reports that Burma's government forces launched a new offensive against them.
...continue reading this storyAccusing the pastor of an independent church in the northern state of Punjab of "forcible conversion," an Indian woman from Canada and three unidentified youths on February 8 beat the Christian leader so severely that he required hospital treatment.
...continue reading this storyA Nigerian state imposed a curfew late Monday, February 20, after new religious riots reportedly killed at least 10 people, while the death toll from a weekend of attacks against Christians was put at over 50.
...continue reading this storyProtesting caricatures of the prophet Muhammad first published in Danish media, thousands of demonstrators in northern Pakistan and Lahore last week destroyed private and public property, at times targeting Christians.
...continue reading this storyNigerian Christians on Sunday, February 19, mourned those killed in violent protests over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, which claimed at least 16 lives.
...continue reading this storyPalestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday, February 18, asked the militant group Hamas to form the next Palestinian government but warned he would not accept attacks against the Christian minority.
...continue reading this storyWhen Chinese house church historian Zhang Yinan applied for a passport in order to attend a prayer breakfast in Washington this month, police immediately surrounded his house and even followed his wife to the hospital where she works as a nurse.
...continue reading this storyMore anti-Christian violence was expected in Pakistan Thursday, February 16, as deadly protests against published cartoons of Prophet Mohammad spread across the country.
...continue reading this storyChurch leaders trying to represent the exiled Cuban community in the United States have urged Cubans not to participate in 'government-organized mobs' which they claim increasingly harass human rights activists, including Christians, in Cuba.
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