The letter outlines inconsistencies between the way the retrial was handled by judges of the Jingmen City Middle Court and the mandates of China's criminal court statutes. "The families of all the victims feel deeply sad and worried about the result," the letter states. Complete text of the letter is available on the VOM web site at www.persecution.com.
...continue reading this storyIn a move expected to further isolate isolate the former Soviet Republic underground , Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Europe's "most restrictive religious law," Thursday October 31, the Keston News Service (KNS) said.
...continue reading this storyBelarus' repressive new religion law enters into legal force this coming Saturday (16 November), Keston News Service has learnt. From that date all unregistered religious activity by organised groups will be illegal; all communities with fewer than 20 members will become illegal and will not be able to function; any religious activity in private homes - apart from occasional, small scale meetings - will be illegal...
...continue reading this storyForty-eight hours after Karachi police abducted Robin Peranditta from the grounds of the Sindh High Court, the traumatized survivor of last month’s deadly Christian massacre is now confirmed to be released from police custody.
...continue reading this storySeventeen innocent men and women in Peru, some of whom had been imprisoned for over ten years, will be freed from prison this weekend.
...continue reading this storyLaskar Jihad, the extremist Islamic group responsible for much of the violence in Central Sulawesi and the Malukus, has announced that it is disbanding.
...continue reading this storyA mob has destroyed a church in the predominantly Muslim city of Makassar in South Sulawesi, according to a report from The Barnabas Fund.
...continue reading this storyThree Gospel for Asia Bible school students in Bangladesh were sharing Christ in the village of Vasu during a six-month ministry assignment. Muslim extremists, angry to see a Gospel witness in their village, went to the police with false claims that the young men were terrorists.
...continue reading this storyReports out of Vietnam indicate that tribal believers, especially among the Hmong, are being cruelly pressured by the government to give up their faith and return to animism.
...continue reading this storyIndigenous Christian ministries in Myanmar (formerly Burma) continue to effectively proclaim the gospel despite pockets of severe persecution.
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