Vietnamese police have detained several Montagnard Degar Christians for attending a massive prayer vigil where believers prayed for the government and for an end of religious persecution, representatives said Monday, July 10.
...continue reading this storyMexican authorities have agreed to release some of 90 jailed men, including evangelical Christians, who were charged with involvement in killing 45 Tzotzil Indians in southeast Mexico in 1997, sources close to the negotiations said Monday, July 10.
...continue reading this storyChristian leaders warned Friday, July 7, that the Communist-led government in the Indian state of Kerala is attempting to "takeover" schools from Christians and other minorities by introducing measures allegedly aimed at ending the independence of religious education.
...continue reading this storyChristians involved in peacekeeping in Somalia urged the international community to intervene, as rival militias reportedly prepared for battled Saturday, July 8, in the troubled African nation's capital Mogadishu.
...continue reading this storyThree leaders of a controversial religious group were awaiting their execution Friday, July 7, and one house church pastor continued serving a seven and a half years prison term for his Christian activities, co-workers and a religious rights group said.
...continue reading this storySuspected Islamic militants shot and killed a 47-year-old pastor and his 22-year-old daughter in Mindanao, the second largest and easternmost island of the Philippines, investigators said Thursday, July 6.
...continue reading this storyAt least three people were killed and 30 others injured when Nigeria's 'Taliban' militia attacked a Christian village in Taraba State, rights watchers and news reports said Wednesday July 5.
...continue reading this storyChurch leaders here said Muslim extremists overwhelmed police officers providing refuge for an unidentified Christian woman in this town in Niger state on June 28 and stoned and clubbed her to death for doing street evangelism.
...continue reading this storyOver 150 young Dalit girls remained in a state of shock Thursday, July 6, just hours after Hindu militants reportedly attempted to rape and kill them in an orphanage run by a major evangelical mission group in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
...continue reading this storyAt least three Montagnard Degar Christians died and many more were injured in recent weeks because of torture carried out by Vietnamese police, friends and fellow prisoners confirmed Monday, July 3.
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