16-Year-Old Christian Girl Rescued from Slave Trade in India
A 16-year old Christian girl was rescued on August 9, 2010, after being held captive for two years, Worthy News has learned.
...continue reading this storyMonth: August 2010
Man Dies in Vietnam Crackdown On Christian Villagers
Eight arrested Christians remained in Vietnamese police custody Sunday, August 29, after a violent government crackdown on Christian villagers in which one person was killed and several others injured, including a pregnant woman who lost her child, rights activists said.
...continue reading this storyChristian Rights Groups Supports UN Inquiry
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is urging all European Union (EU) foreign ministers to call for the formation of a United Nations (UN) Commission of Inquiry to investigate claims of crimes against humanity in North Korea, Worthy News has learned.
...continue reading this story12 Believers Attacked and Arrested in India
After an attack on an Indian believers home in Karnataka, India, 12 believers, including the pastor and an evangelist were arrested by police Worthy news has learned.
...continue reading this storyChristians Celebrate in Streets to Demand Religious Freedom
Christians of the Yasmin Church celebrated Sunday service on the streets of Bogor, West Java, to protest the illegal closing of their building by the city in March.
...continue reading this storyThree U.S. Christian Aid Workers Killed in Pakistan, source
Suspected Islamic militants have killed three American Christian aid workers who were helping victims of Pakistan's worst floods in recent memory, a well-informed source in the Pakistani military told Worthy News Saturday, August 28.
...continue reading this storyPastor Attacked in Delhi
A pastor and his church in India were attacked by a mob Sunday, Worthy News has learned.
...continue reading this storyMuslims Kidnap Pakistan Christian House Maid
The parents of a Christian Pakistani girl were still searching for their daughter Thursday, August 26, nearly half a year after she was reportedly kidnapped, forced to marry a Muslim men, and pressured into embracing Islam.
...continue reading this storyEx-President Carter in North Korea to Release Christian
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter arrived in North Korea Wednesday, August 25, to try to win the release of a devoted American Christian who has been jailed for illegally entering the isolated state earlier this year. Aijalon Mahli Gomes, aged 30 from Boston, Massachusetts, entered North Korea on January 25 to protest human rights abuses in the communist nation, fellow rights activists said.
...continue reading this story'Blasphemy' Threats Send Pakistani Worker, Married Couple Into Hiding
Accusations of "blasphemy" in two Pakistani provinces have sent several people into hiding, according to Compass Direct.
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