Christian Persecution Archives
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• Taliban Imposes Islamic Law In Pakistan Region Minority Christians and other non-Muslims faced potential persecution Tuesday, December 30, as militants linked to Taliban and Al-Qaeda groups imposed Shariah, or Islamic law, in the Orakzai Agency tribal region of the restive Pakistani North West Frontier Province (NWFP), officials told BosNewsLife. Added: Jan 1st, 2009 3:17 AM • China Court Case Against Officials Banning Worship Services In a unprecedented move, a Chinese court has agreed to hear a case filed by a pastor against government officials who prohibited worship services in his house church, observers familiar with the trial said Wednesday, December 31. Added: Jan 1st, 2009 3:14 AM • China Christian Workers And Survivors Missing In Earthquake Zone Several Christian volunteers and survivors of China's worst earthquake in a generation remained missing Sunday, December 28, after Christmas Eve police raids on homes under construction in the devastated Sichuan province amid anger among authorities over the involvement of churches in relief efforts, an advocacy group said. Added: Dec 31st, 2008 5:27 AM • Cuba Prominent Church Leader On Trial A prominent evangelical church leader in Cuba will be put on trial next week and is facing a one-year prison sentence as part of what his supporters call "a government campaign to silence and discredit him," because of his refusal to work with the state-backed church organization, a Christian advocacy group confirmed Saturday, December 27. Added: Dec 29th, 2008 3:46 AM • China Launches Christmas Crackdown On Christian Worship Christians in several parts of China were behind bars on Christmas Day after a police crackdown on worship services and Bible study, a Christian advocacy group said Thursday, December 25. Added: Dec 26th, 2008 4:01 AM • Two Chinese Pastors Say Bye to Jail, Spend Christmas at Home In a good turn of events, two Chinese pastors Wang Weiliang and Zhu Baoguo will be spending this year's Christmas at home after their miraculous release from jail by the authorities in China for medical reasons. Added: Dec 26th, 2008 2:15 AM • Pakistan: Policeman Tortures, Paralyzes Christian A Pakistani Christian boy's quarrel with a Muslim policeman's son has led to his father's imprisonment, torture, paralysis, and five-year prison sentence. Added: Dec 26th, 2008 1:53 AM • Tajikistan Churches Facing Closure In New Year A major Christian rights group warned Tuesday, December 23, that many churches in the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan in 2009, if a new draft law requiring them to re-register under restrictive conditions is adopted by parliament. Added: Dec 26th, 2008 1:31 AM • Eritrea Christians Apparently Killed In Massive Detentions Several churches in Eritrea were without their leaders or other believers Sunday, December 21, as a government-backed campaign of mass arrests reached the capital Asmara amid fears several detainees died of mistreatment, Christians said. Added: Dec 22nd, 2008 7:47 AM • Bangladesh: Buddhist Clerics Take Christians Captive Buddhist clerics and local council officials are holding 13 newly converted Christians captive in a pagoda in a southeastern mountainous district of Bangladesh in an attempt to forcibly return them to Buddhism. Added: Dec 22nd, 2008 7:46 AM • Pakistan Police Raid Christian Slum; Women Injured Pakistani police ransacked run-down homes of Christians living in a slum of Pakistan's 10th largest city and "severely tortured Christian women" leaving several of them "critically injured", local residents told BosNewsLife. Added: Dec 19th, 2008 3:32 AM • Massive Arrests Of Christians In China Over a dozen Christians will spend Christmas behind bars in China after police raided a Christian leaders gathering in Henan province, while in the capital Beijing two officials of the banned Chinese House Church Alliance were detained, an advocacy group and Chinese Christians confirmed Thursday, December 18. Added: Dec 19th, 2008 3:31 AM | |
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