Christian Persecution Archives
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• Tajikistan Protestant Church Threatened With Destruction Amid Crackdown Across Former Soviet Union In several former Soviet republics Christians were detained or facing their last worship service in their church building Sunday, June 29, as authorities stepped up a crackdown on mainly Protestant Christians, including believers involved in evangelism or unauthorized gatherings. Added: Jun 30th, 2008 2:04 AM • American And Other Christians Facing "Torture" In Yemen Prison Seven arrested Christian missionaries, including an unknown number of Americans, apparently remained detained in Yemen Sunday, June 29, and there was international concern they may face torture for spreading Christianity, several sources said. Added: Jun 30th, 2008 2:02 AM • Sri Lanka Buddhist Militants Attack Churches And Pastors, Investigators Say Buddhist militants in Sri Lanka are stepping up attacks on Christian pastors and churches across Sri Lanka, rights investigators said Friday, June 27. Added: Jun 30th, 2008 2:00 AM • Evangelist Due in Algeria Court for "Shaking Muslim Faith" A Christian evangelist was due to appear in an Algerian court Wednesday, June 25, on charges related to "attempting to shake the Muslim faith," after allegedly receiving death threats. Added: Jun 26th, 2008 3:10 AM • Iran Police Tortures And Detains Couple For Converting To Christianity Iranian security police in Tehran have detained and tortured a married couple who recently converted from Islam to Christianity and threatened to put their 4-year-old daughter in an institution, a Christian news agency reported late Wednesday, June 25. Added: Jun 26th, 2008 3:09 AM • Government Forces Attack Pastor In Sri Lanka, Christians Say An evangelical pastor in eastern Sri Lankia was receiving treatment in hospital Tuesday, June 24, a day after he was attacked by militant government forces because of his Christian activities, local believers and investigators said. Added: Jun 25th, 2008 4:46 AM • Indonesia: Islamists try to Destroy Church Buildings Local authorities accompanied by an Islamist mob attempted to demolish two buildings in a church compound used by three congregations in Jatimulya village, West Java province on June 14. Added: Jun 25th, 2008 4:44 AM • Taliban Kidnaps 16 Christians The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org has just learned that 16 Christians were kidnapped at gunpoint in Peshawar, Pakistan on June 21, 2008, and have since been released. Added: Jun 24th, 2008 3:30 AM • China Cancels Court Hearing Of Frail House Church Leader A frail prominent Chinese house church leader and Christian bookstore owner already detained for three months remained in a Chinese prison Sunday, June 22, after a court hearing was unexpectedly cancelled, Chinese Christians said. Added: Jun 23rd, 2008 2:49 AM • Muslims Fight to Keep Church Out of Village Muslim fundamentalists in a village 192 kilometers (119 miles) north of the capital have threatened to kill a pastor as part of an effort to keep his church from constructing a church building, according to the head of the Isha-e-Jamat Bangladesh (Jesus' Church) denomination. Added: Jun 19th, 2008 3:37 AM • Sri Lanka: Large Anti-Christian Rally Planned Buddhist extremists have invited residents of Middeniya, a town in Hambanthota district, southern Sri Lanka, to attend a huge anti-Christian rally this Sunday (June 22), where they have promised to "expose the great [Christian] conspiracy." Added: Jun 19th, 2008 3:36 AM • China: Bookstore Owner Due to Appear in Court Christian bookstore owner Shi Weihan, detained in a Chinese prison without his medication for diabetes, is due in court Thursday (June 19) to face as yet unspecified charges. Added: Jun 19th, 2008 3:34 AM | |
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