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• China: Uyghur Christians Arrested, Jailed in Xinjiang
Last January 12, state security officials arrived at the home of Alimjan Yimit, a Muslim convert, ethnic Uyghur and Christian house church leader in Xinjiang province, northwest China.
Added: Feb 12th, 2008 12:31 AM
• Vietnam: Pastor Visits Jailed Christian Lawyers
Imprisoned Christian lawyers Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan, their sentences reduced by one year due to international pressure, received a rarely granted visit from non-family members when four pastors managed to see them on January 31.
Added: Feb 12th, 2008 12:29 AM
• Chad: Convert Loses Family Members for His Faith
A little over a year after becoming a Christian in Ngudungudu, Chad in December 1995, Jeje Nehamiah Baki left the town to meet up with his nomadic family in the wilderness.
Added: Feb 8th, 2008 3:32 AM
• Jordan Increases Pressure On Christians; Closing Church
Jordan has closed down an evangelical church after expelling many devoted Christians from the country, an influential mission group said Thursday, February 7.
Added: Feb 8th, 2008 3:09 AM
• Pastor attacked and three believers injured and hospitalized
A group of 25-30 Hindu fundamentalists attacked Shalom Full Gospel Church in Kumbara Halli village, Hosadurga in Karnataka state around 11am on Sunday, February 3.
Added: Feb 7th, 2008 4:32 AM
• China Increasing Crackdown On House Churches, Report Shows
China's Communist government increased its crackdown on house churches, detaining hundreds of Christians across the country throughout 2007, according to a new report released Wednesday, February 6.
Added: Feb 7th, 2008 4:30 AM
• Bangladesh: Elderly Convert From Islam Dies from Burns
A 70-year-old woman convert from Islam died on Friday (February 1) from burns she suffered when unknown assailants in a Muslim-majority area about 150 miles northwest of the capital set her home on fire last month.
Added: Feb 5th, 2008 4:51 AM
• India Hindu Militants "Force" Orissa Christians To Convert "At Gunpoint"
Hindu militants have "forced" Christian families to "convert" to Hinduism and threatened to resume attacks against Christians in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, where up to nine people were killed in religious clashes last month, an advocacy group said Sunday, February 3.
Added: Feb 4th, 2008 1:21 AM
• North Korea Christians Face More Persecution Than Ever, New Report Shows
Christians in North-Korea have faced more persecution in 2007 than ever before, according to a major human rights report released Friday, February 1.
Added: Feb 4th, 2008 1:18 AM
• Egypt: Court Rules Against Convert
In a blow to religious freedom in Egypt, a Cairo court has ruled against a Muslim convert to Christianity who requested that his religious affiliation be changed.
Added: Feb 1st, 2008 4:09 AM
• Jordan: Authorities Expel Foreign Christians
Jordan has increased pressure on foreign Christians living in the kingdom, expelling many long-time residents over the past 13 months in what local churches see as an attack on their legitimacy.
Added: Jan 31st, 2008 3:54 AM
• China Police "Burning" Bibles and "Beating" Christians in Yunan Province
Members of a house church in China's Yunan Province were "severely beaten" by police officials, who earlier "burned" the church's Bibles, a Christian rights group said Wednesday, January 30.
Added: Jan 31st, 2008 2:45 AM
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