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01-12-2009 Somalia: Extremists execute Christian for alleged evangelism
01-12-2009 Pakistan: Shop bombed for stocking 'Jesus film'
01-12-2009 Egypt: Violent mob launches three-day assault on Coptic communities
01-12-2009 China: Uyghur Christian released from prison
19-11-2009 Iranian Christian women released - but keep praying
17-11-2009 Indonesia: Evicted theology students take to the streets in protest
17-11-2009 Egypt: Coptic Christians arrested for praying at home
17-11-2009 Uganda: Extremist violence leaves church fearful
12-11-2009 Christmas help for Christian orphans of Burma
06-11-2009 Coffee, popcorn and prayer for Eritrea
03-11-2009 China: Yet more Fushan Church leaders arrested in Shanxi
03-11-2009 Pakistan: Christian mother appears in court on blasphemy charge
03-11-2009 Eritrea: Ten more Christians detained by security forces
03-11-2009 Indonesia: 'Homeless' theology college facing closure threat
20-10-2009 Pakistan: Christians dismayed by courts' leniency towards Gojra suspects
20-10-2009 Indonesia: Jakarta churches receive bomb threats
20-10-2009 China: Detained church leaders face anxious wait over prosecution threat
20-10-2009 Iran: Christians charged with apostasy but not 'anti-state activity'
15-10-2009 The nightingale sings of persecution in Eritrea
13-10-2009 Anti-state charge dropped against women Christians in Iran
12-10-2009 Call to prayer for the persecuted Church at NEC
06-10-2009 Sudan: Church appeals for help after Christians crucified by militants
06-10-2009 China: Prominent pastors detained during Communist celebrations
06-10-2009 Pakistan: President speaks out against misuse of blasphemy laws
06-10-2009 North Korea: Prayers answered as defectors given asylum by Danes
02-10-2009 Conference call: Women's courage under persecution
25-09-2009 Release helps North Korean refugees seek sanctuary - nine flee famine, torture, brutality
22-09-2009 Pakistan: Extremist attacks sow fear in Christian community
22-09-2009 China: Christians given long jail terms for helping North Korean refugees
22-09-2009 Iraq: Christians in Mosul dogged by 'fear and loneliness'
22-09-2009 India: Hindu extremists accuse hostel director of forced conversion
08-09-2009 Pakistan: Christian men acquitted of murder after years in jail
08-09-2009 Indonesia: Fears over rise of Sharia-inspired laws
08-09-2009 China: House churches targeted ahead of anniversary
08-09-2009 India: Hindus falsely accuse pastor of murder in revenge for his evangelism
04-09-2009 Still in fear of going home - Orissa's refugees one year on
25-08-2009 Iran: 'Apostates' sent back to jail as crackdown on Christians intensifies
25-08-2009 Somalia: Extremists behead more Christians for refusing to deny Christ
25-08-2009 Sri Lanka: Attacks on Christians on the increase as civil conflict ends
25-08-2009 India: Attacks on Christians continue one year after outbreak of Orissa riots
11-08-2009 Nigeria: Christians attacked in militants' rampage across north Nigeria
11-08-2009 Eritrea: Yet another Christian prisoner of faith dies in custody
11-08-2009 Vietnam: Thousands protest over police attacks on pastors
11-08-2009 Pakistan: Militants mount vicious attacks on Christian communities
03-08-2009 Nigeria: No satisfying the extremists
28-07-2009 Iraq: Christians face a new wave of violence
28-07-2009 Somalia: Extremists hunting down Christians to extend Sharia
28-07-2009 Vietnam: Pastor escapes 'house arrest' to speak out about police's abuse
28-07-2009 China: Pressure mounts on Beijing to release lawyer Gao Zhisheng
13-07-2009 Iran: Hopes rise that apostasy Bill will be scrapped
13-07-2009 Release supports Christian village targeted in 'blasphemy' attack
13-07-2009 China: Christian woman jailed for smuggling in North Korean refugees
13-07-2009 India: Orissa Christians pretending to be Hindu for fear of further attacks
13-07-2009 Eritrea: Rap CD highlights plight of Eritrean Christians
06-07-2009 Egypt's Christians face fresh attacks and legal battles
02-07-2009 Mob throws acid on Christian women in Pakistan during 'blasphemy' attack on village
01-07-2009 Christian murdered for drinking from a Muslim’s cup
01-07-2009 Orthodox patriarch remains under the ‘most severe’ house arrest
01-07-2009 Beijing bookstore owner sentenced to three years in prison
01-07-2009 Prominent Christian lawyer accused of being enemy of the state
30-06-2009 Eritrean Christians describe torture, imprisonment, to make them renounce their faith
03-06-2009 Tiananmen massacre - Chinese Christians call for reconciliation and forgiveness
03-06-2009 As a pregnant British woman is sentenced to life in Laos, Release warns of appalling conditions in Laos jails
02-06-2009 Iraq – Five-year-old Christian boy kidnapped and killed
02-06-2009 India – Church's push for justice and restoration begins
02-06-2009 Iran – Urgent calls for release of two Christian women jailed without charge
02-06-2009 Indonesia – Christian families driven from their villages
19-05-2009 Share the fellowship of his sufferings
19-05-2009 Eritrea: Three women prisoners freed in run-up to Release day of prayer
19-05-2009 Vietnam: Hmong church threatened with demolition yet again
19-05-2009 China: Officials hit back at claims of rising religious intolerance
19-05-2009 Indonesia: Bible college still waiting for a home
08-05-2009 Determined to vote - though driven from their homes
01-05-2009 Why a boy's death in Pakistan concerns us all
01-05-2009 Pakistan: Fears of 'Talibanisation' of Pakistan's largest city
01-05-2009 Eritrea: Release calls Christians to pray for repressive African regime
01-05-2009 Iraq: Three Christians gunned down in 'co-ordinated' attacks
01-05-2009 China: Beijing bookstore owner's hopes of release dashed again
01-05-2009 Vietnam: Christian celebration hailed as a 'breakthrough'
27-04-2009 11-yr-old boy killed in Taliban attack against Christians - Update
21-04-2009 China: Pastor 'Bike' arrested for questioning yet again
21-04-2009 India: Religious liberty in the balance as India goes to the polls
21-04-2009 Sudan: Bashir supporters hit back at Christians
21-04-2009 Iraq: Four Christians killed in two days
17-04-2009 Attacks against Christians in Sri Lanka fuel global call to prayer
17-04-2009 Christians attacked, churches burnt in Easter violence in Nigeria
14-04-2009 Release joins call for global prayer over humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka
07-04-2009 Pakistan - Christians wary of Sharia in Swat Valley
06-04-2009 China - Partner calls for release of imprisoned lawyer
06-04-2009 India - Christian orphanage attacked in Orissa
06-04-2009 North Korea - Underground church prepares for growth
06-04-2009 New documentary by Release International reveals state torture of Christians in Vietnam and Laos
03-04-2009 Concern grows for Chinese Christian held on spying charges
23-03-2009 China: Government reviews case of Uyghur Christian Alimjan Yimit
23-03-2009 Vietnam: Concern grows for missing Montagnard Christian
23-03-2009 India: Three church leaders brutally attacked
23-03-2009 Pakistan: Christian rights activist remains in jail
18-03-2009 Sri Lanka: Parliament defers anti-conversion bill debate
10-03-2009 Nigeria: Hundreds of Christians made homeless in Bauchi
10-03-2009 India: Karnataka plans to introduce anti-conversion laws
10-03-2009 Pakistan: Woman killed as armed gang attacks Punjabi Christians
10-03-2009 Burma: Army tries to force Chin people to become Buddhist
06-03-2009 Gunmen attack church in Pakistan, killing one, injuring 17
05-03-2009 Release petition calls on China to show compassion to North Korean refugees
26-02-2009 Petition and Day of Prayer launched for persecuted Christians in Eritrea
24-02-2009 China: Shuang Shuying was tortured in jail
24-02-2009 Nigeria: Blasphemy conviction is overturned
24-02-2009 North Korea: underground university trains missionaries
24-02-2009 India: Orissa Christians may be unable to vote in forthcoming elections
16-02-2009 Shuang's husband dies the day after she is released from jail
10-02-2009 Pakistan: Crowds demand death penalty for Christian activist
10-02-2009 Iran: Nationwide crackdown on church
10-02-2009 Indonesia: Christians alarmed by fatwa
10-02-2009 Burma: Christians forced to meet in secret
09-02-2009 Shuang (79) finally set free in China - but describes being tortured for her faith
01-02-2009 Time to abolish law that targets Christians
27-01-2009 Sri Lanka: Proposed anti-conversion Bill threatens religious freedom
27-01-2009 China: Shuang Shuying is denied access to dying husband
27-01-2009 Pakistan: Christian teenager and four relatives acquitted of blasphemy
27-01-2009 Burma: Authorities crack down on churches in Rangoon
21-01-2009 Vietnam: On Anger and Emmanuel
14-01-2009 In the Land where Baptists are Banned
13-01-2009 Pakistan: CLAAS appeals for release of paralysed Christian prisoner
13-01-2009 China: Pastor Bike arrested again - and freed
13-01-2009 India: Hindus help promote peaceful Christmas
13-01-2009 Eritrea: new wave of mass arrests
06-01-2009 Christmas relief in India as threat of violence passes
05-01-2009 Challenges facing the persecuted Church in 2009 - and answered prayer
25-12-2008 Nigeria: Wife forgives killers of her husband
25-12-2008 India: Christmas strike banned
25-12-2008 Indonesia: Christian teacher accused of blasphemy
25-12-2008 China: Two pastors freed for medical reasons
22-12-2008 India: Christians braced for Christmas violence as Hindu militants call for strike action
10-12-2008 North Korea: escalating tensions with neighbours
10-12-2008 India: Christians are forced to go home
10-12-2008 China: Government abolishes House Church Alliance
10-12-2008 Nigeria: Christian leaders say insurgents caused violence in Jos
25-11-2008 News and Prayer Alert from Release International - Iraq, India, Pakistan, China
25-11-2008 China: Uyghur church leader languishes in jail
25-11-2008 Pakistan: Christian doctor freed
25-11-2008 Hindu militants offer rewards to kill Christians, destroy houses in Orissa
25-11-2008 India: Hindu militants offer rewards for killing Christians
25-11-2008 Iraq: two Christian sisters murdered in Mosul
13-11-2008 News and Prayer Alert from Release International - India, Indonesia, China, Pakistan and Iran
11-11-2008 Iran: Released Christians 'did not deny Christianity'
11-11-2008 Pakistan: Punjab jail allows Christian prayer room
11-11-2008 China: Unregistered house churches come under pressure
11-11-2008 Indonesia: Christians prepare for possible attacks
04-11-2008 Abducted, forced to convert at gunpoint, married against her will and raped repeatedly… ‘Pray for the Christian women of Pakistan’ - Focus for International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church
03-11-2008 Christian 'untouchables' describe attacks by Hindu militants in India - Pix available
28-10-2008 Pakistan: Pastor is beaten by police - five times
28-10-2008 India: Displaced Christians get poor treatment
28-10-2008 China: Pastor Bike's son brutally attacked
28-10-2008 Iraq: Radical Muslims terrorise Christians in Mosul
25-10-2008 News and Prayer Alert from Release International - Iraq, China, India, Pakistan
24-10-2008 Iran: Two Christians accused of apostasy freed
23-10-2008 Iranian church leader released - son of hanged pastor bailed on charges of anti-govt activity
14-10-2008 News and Prayer Alert from Release International - Iran, India, China, Vietnam
14-10-2008 Vietnam: Government bulldozes historic church building
14-10-2008 China: Pastor 'Bike' returns to lead his church
14-10-2008 India: Anti-Christian violence spreads
06-10-2008 Harness the Internet to save Christian converts from execution in Iran
02-10-2008 Iran: Bill makes death penalty for apostasy mandatory
02-10-2008 Iran: Two Christians released on apostasy charges, Release launches appeal (press release)
01-10-2008 North Korea: 'no change' despite likely illness of Kim Jong-il
01-10-2008 Indonesia: Christians in land dispute attacked
01-10-2008 India: Anti-Christian violence continues
30-09-2008 News and Prayer Alert from Release International - Breaking news India, plus Iran, Indonesia and North Korea
25-09-2008 Highlighting the plight of persecuted Christians for 40 years – Celebrations in London, Glasgow and Belfast
25-09-2008 Laos widow forgives husband's killers as state cracks down
16-09-2008 Pakistan: Christian man continues his fight for justice
16-09-2008 Indonesia: Christian students and staff have 'nowhere to go'
16-09-2008 China: health of imprisoned Christian bookseller deteriorates
16-09-2008 India: 56 killed in Orissa riots
16-09-2008 News and Prayer Alert from Release International
03-09-2008 Pakistan: Death of young Christian to be investigated
03-09-2008 Indonesia: Theology school forced to move
03-09-2008 Nigeria: Islamist radicals attack Christians
03-09-2008 China: New crackdown planned for October?
02-09-2008 News and Prayer Alert from Release International
20-08-2008 Call for 31 days of prayer for China
20-08-2008 China petition: 'Stop sending North Korean refugees home to their deaths.' Pix, audio, video available
05-08-2008 Indian Pastor charged with forced conversion
22-07-2008 Vietnam: Two Montagnard Christians killed
22-07-2008 Pakistan: Government troops attack extremists
22-07-2008 Indonesia: Hardline Islamic groups increase influence
22-07-2008 China: Hua Huiqi evicted from his home
21-07-2008 News and prayer alert from Release International, featuring China, Indonesia, Pakistan and Vietnam
16-07-2008 Sri Lanka - Anti-Christian violence escalates. Church destroyed, pastor attacked
15-07-2008 Christian teenager allegedly tortured to death in Pakistan - for phoning a Muslim girl. Latest 'honour killing' highlights plight of Christians in Pakistan
08-07-2008 Sudan: Government troops accused of witholding food aid from Christians
08-07-2008 Indonesia: Officials try to demolish church buildings
08-07-2008 China: President of Chinese House Church Alliance arrested
08-07-2008 Pakistan: Taliban militants release 16 Christians
08-07-2008 News and prayer alert from Release International
01-07-2008 Nepal Christians hope for religious freedom from new republic – and tell of persecution by Maoists and Hindu militants – Pix available
25-06-2008 Sudan: Politicians try to prevent violence
25-06-2008 Vietnam: Thugs harass Christian protestors
25-06-2008 Pakistan: Taliban militants pardoned in North West Frontier Province
25-06-2008 Indonesia: tensions mount in Papua
16-06-2008 Fresh attacks against Christians in India as Hindu militants expliot anti-conversion laws
10-06-2008 Eritrea: Pastors may face treason charges
10-06-2008 China: Nine Christians detained
10-06-2008 Sudan: Northern troops occupy border town
10-06-2008 Indonesia: Four Christians murdered
06-06-2008 Starved and beaten for their faith - former prisoners in Vietnam tell of brutality behind bars
27-05-2008 Sudan: Northern and southern fighters clash at Abyei
27-05-2008 Pakistan: Christians lobby for greater representation in government
27-05-2008 Vietnam: Officials seize land and home of Christian evangelist
27-05-2008 China: Uyghur Christian faces possible death sentence
22-05-2008 Burma denies relief aid to Christians - Release Intl launches urgent appeal
11-05-2008 Pakistan: Christian doctor accused of blasphemy
11-05-2008 China: authorities accuse Christian bookseller of being a 'dangerous religious element'
11-05-2008 Nigeria: Muslim leaders call for blasphemy laws
11-05-2008 Indonesia: freedom for Abraham Bentar Rohadi
06-05-2008 Released - Christian accused of blasphemy in Indonesia
05-05-2008 Olympics crackdown on Chinese Christians
29-04-2008 Sudan: controversial census prepares way for north-south split
29-04-2008 Vietnam: evangelical churches appeal for prayer
29-04-2008 Pakistan: North West Frontier Province agrees to introduce Sharia law
29-04-2008 China: House church leader could face execution
15-04-2008 Indonesia: Report documents church closures
15-04-2008 Sudan: Christians fight to preserve cemetery
15-04-2008 China: House church leader Zhou Heng freed
15-04-2008 Christians dismayed as Nigeria joins OIC
03-04-2008 Bollywood gospel comes to London for Pentecost
01-04-2008 Indonesia: Islamist terror network appears to be regrouping
01-04-2008 China: Christian suffers abuse in prison full of Muslims
01-04-2008 Pakistan: Christians protest over attack on church
01-04-2008 Laos: 15 Hmong Christian families arrested
28-03-2008 'Pray for freedom for Chinese Christians during Olympics'
19-03-2008 Indonesia: Radicals force churches to close
19-03-2008 Pakistan: Partner attacked while rescuing Christian teenager
19-03-2008 China: PSB detains 11 teenagers
19-03-2008 Sudan: North accused of provoking clashes with South
19-03-2008 Christian executed in Pakistan after confession under torture
19-03-2008 Laos - Fears for Christian families in communist roundup - investigation finds severe persecution
19-03-2008 The Vietnam War rumbles on - with Christians as 'the enemy' - pix, video, audio available
04-03-2008 Algeria: Campaign to Limit Evangelism
04-03-2008 China: Twenty-One Pastors Sent to Labour Camps
04-03-2008 Nigeria: Christian Policeman Dead, Two Teenagers Injured
04-03-2008 Indonesia: Christian Peace Activist Cautiously Optimistic
19-02-2008 Burma: Karen people plead for help
19-02-2008 China: Ethnic Uyghur Christians arrested
19-02-2008 Nigeria: Kano State increases enforcement of Sharia law
19-02-2008 Vietnam: Christian lawyer baptised in jail
05-02-2008 Turkey: Widow of Christian martyr plans to visit murder suspects
05-02-2008 Pakistan: Young Christian evangelist shot dead by gunman
05-02-2008 North Korea: Detained Canadian Christian worker released
05-02-2008 China: Director of labour camp apologises for wrongfully jailing Christians
22-01-2008 China: Two house church leaders arrested in Gansu
22-01-2008 Pakistan: extremists shoot Christian in Punjab
22-01-2008 Indonesia: mothers forgive their daughters' killers
22-01-2008 Sudan: North fails to withdraw troops from South
21-01-2008 VIDEO: Former prisoner Pastor Salavat Serikbayev
21-01-2008 UZBEK PASTOR JAILED AND DESERTED, BUT STILL FAITHFUL - PIX AVAILABLE
08-01-2008 India: Investigators of Christian violence barred from Orissa
08-01-2008 China: Christian bookseller arrested in Beijing
08-01-2008 North Korea: Yoo Sang-Joon now safe in S Korea
08-01-2008 Pakistan: Pressures likely to increase on Christians
07-01-2008 TRIAL OF FAITH IN 2008 – GLOBAL SURVEY OF CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION, PICTURES AVAILABLE
31-12-2007 PAKISTAN TURMOIL: GROWING DANGER FOR CHRISTIANS, WARNS RELEASE INTERNATIONAL – Pictures available
11-12-2007 Nigeria: RI documentary to be screened on God TV over Christmas
11-12-2007 North Korea: 'Cautious optimism' for Yoo Sang-joon
11-12-2007 Pakistan: Christian teacher receives death threats
11-12-2007 China: Church leader urges president to protect the church
11-12-2007 Vietnam: Two Christian lawyers have sentences reduced
11-12-2007 Nigeria: Christian teacher killed in Kano State
29-11-2007 INDIA: HINDU EXTREMISTS CALL IN TV CREWS TO FILM ATTACKS AGAINST CHRISTIANS
27-11-2007 North Korea: Nine young Christians disappear
27-11-2007 Sudan: President calls on militia to train 'Holy Warriors'
27-11-2007 Nigeria: Christians take governor to High Court
27-11-2007 'END THE DEATH PENALTY FOR MUSLIMS WHO CHANGE THEIR FAITH'
27-11-2007 GROUND-BREAKING VIDEO NEWS ON THE PERSECUTED CHURCH LAUNCHED
27-11-2007 NIGERIAN PASTOR FORGIVES ATTACKERS WHO TORCHED HIS CHURCH
27-11-2007 BRITAIN NUMBER ONE TARGET OF ISLAMIC STRATEGISTS – FORMER IMAM AND ISLAMIC LAWYER
27-11-2007 RI PRESIDENT REV DR ROB FROST PASSES AWAY: A LIFE WELL LIVED
27-11-2007 China: Fears that Xu Shuangfu Will Be Sentenced to Death
27-11-2007 Indonesia: Arrest in Beheading of Three Schoolgirls
27-11-2007 NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE FOR RELEASE INTERNATIONAL AIMS TO RAISE PROFILE OF PERSECUTED CHURCH
27-11-2007 STEP INTO THE PERSECUTION ZONE
27-11-2007 Indonesia: Seventeen Christian on Trial for Murder
27-11-2007 Pakistan: Petty Children's Squabble Escalates
27-11-2007 Vietnam: 60-Year-Old Pastor Accused of Trying to Undermine the Government
27-11-2007 Nigeria: Extremists Stir Up Schoolchildren Against Their Christian Teacher
27-11-2007 China: Prominent Lawyer Continues to Document Religious Persecution Despite Threats
27-11-2007 Peace in Sudan Under Threat
27-11-2007 Indonesian Government Steps Up Security Operations
27-11-2007 Pakistan: RI Partners Join in Protest Against Failure to Provide Justice
27-11-2007 Indonesia: Armed Guard Protects Workers on Damaged Church
27-11-2007 Pakistan: RI Partners Aid Couple Whose Newborn Son Was Killed
27-11-2007 China: Three Prominent Church Leaders Sentenced to death
27-11-2007 Nigeria: Woman Stoned and Clubbed to Death
27-11-2007 Eritrea: Christian Woman Tortured to Death in Jail
27-11-2007 Nigeria: Local Authorities May Try to Seize Church Land
27-11-2007 Chinese Authorities Intercept Illegal Bible Delivery
27-11-2007 Indonesia: Hundreds of Extremists Attack Pastor and Church
27-11-2007 RI Calls for US and WTO To Rethink Decision on Vietnam
27-11-2007 Indonesian Authorities Step Up Security
27-11-2007 Believers in Nairobi, Kenya Fasting in Response to Threat of Attack on a Christian Radio Station
27-11-2007 China: Relatives of Executed Church Leaders Kept in the Dark
27-11-2007 Senior US Official Refutes Persecution of Vietnam's Ethnic Minorites
27-11-2007 India: Christian Murdered for Challenging Youths About Offensive Slogans
27-11-2007 Indonesia: Koranic Exams Required to Graduate from School
27-11-2007 China: Liu Fengang Freed After Three Years
27-11-2007 Sudan: Tribal Chief Warns of a Holy War
27-11-2007 UN Calls North Korea to Account for Scheduled Execution
27-11-2007 Pakistan: Taliban Threaten People Engaging in Un-Islamic Activities
27-11-2007 China: Pastor Gong Shengliang Beaten Up Again
27-11-2007 India: Himachal Pradesh Seventh State with Anticonversion Laws
27-11-2007 Vietnam: Two More Religious Rights Activists Arrested
27-11-2007 North Korea Toughens Policy on Defectors
27-11-2007 Nigeria: Muslim Students Try to Prevent Rebuilding a Chapel
27-11-2007 China: Christian Leaders Locked in Cage for Insisting on Independence from the Official Church
27-11-2007 Indonesia: Islamist Hardliner Loses Election for Governor
27-11-2007 Pakistan: Christians Ordered to Turn to Islam or Be Killed
27-11-2007 Vietnam: Laotian and Vietnamese Forces Search for Christians Fleeing Vietnam
27-11-2007 Vietnam: Few Signs of Building Bridges with the Church
27-11-2007 China: Retrial for Church Leaders Facing Execution
27-11-2007 Indonesia: Authorities Arrest 15 Over Violence in Central Sulawesi
27-11-2007 Pakistan: Ranjha Masih Acquitted of Blasphemy
27-11-2007 Sri Lanka: Pastor Shot Dead, Allegedly By Security Forces
27-11-2007 2007 Declared Year of Prayer for North Korea
27-11-2007 Sudan: Anglican Leaders Demand Justice
27-11-2007 Vietnam: New Attack Against Mennonite Church
27-11-2007 Vietnam: 62-Year-Old Dies in Prison from Torture and Deprivation
27-11-2007 Sudan: Christians Abandon Church Under Construction Amid Fears
27-11-2007 China: At Least 12 Arrests Over the Past Month
27-11-2007 Indonesia: Suspected Terrorists Confess to Beheading
27-11-2007 Indonesia: Christian Face Up to Five Years for Insulting Islam
27-11-2007 Pakistan: Proposed Apostasy Legislation Unlikely to Go Through
27-11-2007 China: House Churches Brace for Crackdown in Run-Up to Olympics
27-11-2007 North Korea: Brother of Christian on Death Row Pleas for His Release
27-11-2007 Pakistan: Muslim Teachers Accused of Beating a Student
27-11-2007 China: Two Christian Lawyers Counting the Cost for Defending Human Rights
27-11-2007 Nigeria: Christian High School Teacher Being Tried for Blasphemy
27-11-2007 Indonesia: Christians and Muslims Stand in Unity Against Extremists
27-11-2007 Nigeria: Two Christian Students Not Seen Since Beaten Unconscious
27-11-2007 Indonesia: Second Appeal Allowed for Three Christians on Death Row
27-11-2007 China: Verdict Deferred for House Church Leader in Custody for 16 Months
27-11-2007 Pakistan: Parvez Masih Cleared of Blasphemy Charges
27-11-2007 Pakistan: Protection Demanded for Christians Expelled from Nursing College
27-11-2007 Eritrea: Twenty Christians Including Young Children Remain in Custody
27-11-2007 Indonesia: Sunday School Teachers Say Time Behind Bars Was Worth It
27-11-2007 North Korea: Defectors Underline the Need for Prayer
27-11-2007 Pakistan: Christian Teenager Suspected of Theft Focus of Blasphemy Case
27-11-2007 China: Imprisoned Christians Demand Right to Read Bible and Worship
27-11-2007 Sudan: Peace Deal Appears in Jeopardy
27-11-2007 Indonesia: Pastor and Wife in Hiding After Church Burned Down
27-11-2007 China: House Church Leader Freed
27-11-2007 Nigerian State Seeks Help to Train Jihadists
27-11-2007 Pakistani Cleric Offers Reward for Killing Cartoonist
24-11-2007 Pakistan: Female Teachers and Students Told to Wear Burqa or Risk Death
24-11-2007 Sudan: Six Children Die From Grenade
24-11-2007 China: Nine House Church Leaders Sent to Labour Camps in Hubei
24-11-2007 Nigeria: Christian Student Describes How He Ran For His Life
23-11-2007 Eritrea: Eighty Members of a Church in Asmara in Custody
23-11-2007 Nigeria: Governor Announces All Schoolchildren to Wear Islamic Dress
23-11-2007 China: Pastors and Visiting Americans Arrested
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Woman Charged with Blasphemy Released on Bail
23-11-2007 Indonesia: Reconstruction of Church Marked
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Protests in Punjab Against Demolition of Church
23-11-2007 Vietnam: Montagnard Christian Apparently Tortured to Death
23-11-2007 China: Believers Detained After Demolition of Church
23-11-2007 China: Bible School Resumes Business as Usual
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Muslim Seminarians Jailed for Murder of Christian Youth
23-11-2007 Nigeria: Christians Urging World to Stand With Them in Prayer
23-11-2007 Vietnam: Pastor Pham Ngoc Thach Released
23-11-2007 Eritrea: 75 Christians Jailed at Military Training Camp
23-11-2007 Nigeria: Fourteen Churches Earmarked for Demolition
23-11-2007 Sudan: Government Accused of Violating Peace Deal
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Christians Brace for Reaction to Cartoons
23-11-2007 Vietnam: Mixed Reactiosn on Legalised Church Groups
23-11-2007 North Korea: UN High Commissioner Challenges China for Policies on Defectors
23-11-2007 Sudan: International Donors Fail to Meet Pledges
23-11-2007 Eritrea: Christians Around the World Gather to Pray
23-11-2007 China: Trial of Hua Huiqi Likely Imminent
23-11-2007 Vienam: Long Jail Sentences to Christian Lawyers
23-11-2007 Pakistan's Parliament Aligns with Hardliners
23-11-2007 China: Large Firm to be Shut Down
23-11-2007 Indonesia: Christian Leaders Sentenced for Prayers
23-11-2007 Sudan: Recommitment to Peace
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Greater Risk for Christians Under State of Emergency
23-11-2007 China: Six House Church Leaders Charged
23-11-2007 Pakistan: New Hope for Christian Mum
23-11-2007 Vietnam: Prominent House Church Leader Freed from Jail
23-11-2007 Indonesia: Muslims Rally to Demand Immediate Execution of Three Christians
23-11-2007 Indonesia: God's Protection from Swordwielding Extremists
23-11-2007 Nigeria: Justice Demanded for Murdered Schoolteacher
23-11-2007 China: Sixteen House Church Leaders Remain in Detention
23-11-2007 Pakistan Threatens to be Consumed by Islamist Extremism
23-11-2007 China: Authorities Condemned for Secret Court
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Another Church Attacked
23-11-2007 Indonesia: Supporters of Death Row Christians Launch Last-Ditch Attempt
23-11-2007 Vietnam: Hre Christians Face Destruction of Parts of the Community
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Brutal Treatment of Christians Brought Into Focus
23-11-2007 Indonesia: Hundreds of Police Reinforcements Sent to Poso
23-11-2007 Nigeria: Christians Told to Relocate the Homes and Places of Worship
23-11-2007 Indonesia: Christians Call on Indonesian Authorities to Help Them Find Land
23-11-2007 China: Eight House Church Leaders Still in Detention
23-11-2007 Vietnam: Premier Receives Frosty Welcome in the US
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Animosity Toward Christians Reaching Alarming Proportions
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Christian Woman Accused of Blasphemy Forced to Flee
23-11-2007 Indonesia: Christian Politicians Oppose Sharia Law in Aceh
23-11-2007 North Korea: Protestors Gather Around the World to Protest Death Sentence
23-11-2007 Nigeria: Armed Militants Attack Home of Anglican Bishop
23-11-2007 Indonesia: Notorious Extremist Praises Government's Handling of Unrest
23-11-2007 China: House Church Leader Sentenced to Two Years
23-11-2007 Sudan: UN Enjoy Expelled
23-11-2007 Indonesia: Bodies of Missionary Family Found
23-11-2007 Indonesia: Conference of Nuns Postponed by Protest
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Young Man Gunned Down for Refusing to Become a Muslim
23-11-2007 China: Hua Huiqi Freed from Jail
23-11-2007 Nigeria: Nigerian Bishop Stands Firm Despite Attack
23-11-2007 Sudan: Southern Politicians Move Office to Khartoum to Save Peace Process
23-11-2007 Eritrea: Another Eritrean Christian Has Died in Prison
23-11-2007 Indonesia: Islamic Militants Claim to be Brainwashed
23-11-2007 Vietnam: Religious Rights Campaigner Arrested Again
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Islamist Group Funded by Kidnapping Christian Boys
23-11-2007 Sudan: Priest Released in Khartoum
23-11-2007 Nigeria: Church in Stand-Off Over Fence
23-11-2007 Vietnam: Quang Threatened with Legal Action
23-11-2007 Eritrea: Sixty-Eight Christians Jailed Since the New Year
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Shahbaz Masih Released
23-11-2007 China: Unprovoked Attack on House Church Leader and His Mother
23-11-2007 Indonesia: Government Cracks Down on Extremists in Poso
23-11-2007 Vietnam: U.S. President Pushes for Religious Freedom
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Woman Forced from Home After Acquitted
23-11-2007 China: South Korean Aid Worker Released After Four Years in Prison
23-11-2007 Indonesia: Parents of Murdered Girls Forgive Attackers
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Christian Girls Abducted and Foribly Converted to Islam
23-11-2007 Sudan: UN Calls for Withdrawl of Troops
23-11-2007 Indonesia: Authorities Called on to Uphold Rights
23-11-2007 China: Christians Urged to Pray for Shuang Shuying
23-11-2007 North Korean Refugees Handed Over to South Koreans
23-11-2007 China: Church Leader Arrested for Literature
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Rape Victim in Hiding
23-11-2007 Indonesia: Trader Jailed for Sharing His Faith
23-11-2007 China: Elderly Woman Jailed to Punish Son
23-11-2007 Sri Lanka: Gunmen Raid Christmas Eve Service
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Father Faces Death Threat from Son's Killers
23-11-2007 China: Twelve Church Leaders Arrested
23-11-2007 Indonesia: Church Leader Imprisoned
23-11-2007 Nigeria: Girl in Hiding After Scalded for Converting
23-11-2007 Indonesia: International Community Urged to Stand with Church
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Christian Teenager Cleared of BlasphemY Charges
23-11-2007 China: House Church Leader Freed
23-11-2007 Vietnam: Bribe Demanded for Body
23-11-2007 Sudan: Fighting Could Threaten Peace Deal
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Father Not Giving Up Hope for Children
23-11-2007 China: House Church Leaders Likely to be Sent to Labour Camp
23-11-2007 China: Church Leaders to Sue Over Treatment
23-11-2007 Nigeria: Fear of Persecution Following Election
23-11-2007 Vietnam: Report Raises Concern For Christian Lawyers
23-11-2007 Turkey: Growing Nationalism and Intolerance Behind Murders
23-11-2007 North Korea: First Russian Orthodox Church Opens
23-11-2007 Pakistan: Christians Fight to Remain on Land
23-11-2007 China: Torture Provokes International Protest
23-11-2007 Indonesia: Authorities Agonise Over Whether to Execute Christians
23-11-2007 Eritrea: Helen Berhane in Denmark
23-11-2007 Nigeria: Police armoured tanks are again patrolling the streets of Maiduguri
23-11-2007 China: Hua Huiqi Brutally Attacked
22-11-2007 North Korea: Work on North Korea's first church for foreigners on hold
22-11-2007 Indonesia: Eight house churches in a housing complex in West Java received official letters on the same day ordering them to stop meeting.
22-11-2007 Pakistan: Muslim Cleric Accused of Torture Arrested
22-11-2007 China: A prominent religious rights lawyer from Beijing has survived an assassination attempt.
21-11-2007 MILITANT HINDUS PERSECUTE CHRISTIANS IN RELIGIOUS CLEANSING
21-11-2007 'TALIBAN' MILITIA ATTACK CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA
21-11-2007 INDIA: MAN MURDERED AFTER CHALLENGING YOUTHS SHOUTING ANTI-CHRISTIAN SLOGANS OUTSIDE HIS HOME - Persecution news roundup
21-11-2007 NIGERIAN CHRISTIANS FACE BACKLASH AFTER POPE CRITICISES ISLAM
21-11-2007 MAJOR NEW TV DOCUMENTARY ON PERSECUTED CHURCH IN NIGERIA
21-11-2007 PAKISTAN: CHURCH ATTACKED FOR RELAYING PRAYERS THROUGH LOUDSPEAKER – IN RETALIATION SEVEN MOSQUE LOUDSPEAKERS CALL FOR WAR ON CHRISTIANS – PIX AVAILABLE
02-11-2007 NIGERIAN CHRISTIAN LEADER LATEST VICTIM OF CHURCH MASSACRE
02-11-2007 PAKISTAN: MILITANTS WARN USA: PULL OUT TROOPS OR WE KILL CHRISTIANS
02-11-2007 VIETNAM: WOMAN EVANGELIST DRIVEN INSANE BY TORTURE - MENNONITE SIX BRUTALISED IN JAIL
02-11-2007 VIETNAM: RI URGES 'LET GOD'S PEOPLE GO'
02-11-2007 VIETNAM: SUPREME COURT TO HEAR APPEAL BY MENNONITES
02-11-2007 MENNONITE SIX - SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER RELEASED AFTER TORTURE AND MENTAL BREAKDOWN
02-11-2007 'TALIBAN' ATTACK ON CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA FEARED IMMINENT
02-11-2007 SUPPORT FOR WIDOWS ATTACKED BY EXTREMISTS IN NIGERIA
02-11-2007 NIGERIA: MILITANTS WARN 'NOT ONE CHRISTIAN WILL SURVIVE'
02-11-2007 VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES TEAR DOWN CHURCH AND HOME OF PASTOR
02-11-2007 SRI LANKA: CHRISTIANS ORDERED TO STOP WORSHIP AS GOVERNMENT PREPARES ANTI-CONVERSION LAW
02-11-2007 NIGERIA - MAJOR CHRISTIAN COMPLEX TARGETED, 15 CHURCHES SERVED NOTICE TO QUIT
02-11-2007 MENNONITE SIX - PASTOR QUANG RELEASED, BUT CAMPAIGN CONTINUES
02-11-2007 SRI LANKA: PETITION LAUNCHED TO HALT BAN ON RELIGIOUS CONVERSION
02-11-2007 AID TO THE PERSECUTED CHURCH IN IRAN
02-11-2007 ERITREAN PASTOR WHO SUFFERED A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN RATHER THAN RENOUNCE HIS FAITH IS RELEASED
02-11-2007 SRI LANKA: 23,000 PROTEST BAN ON RELIGIOUS CONVERSION
02-11-2007 ANGRY MOBS THREATEN CHURCHGOERS IN SRI LANKA
02-11-2007 NIGERIAN CHRISTIANS BEAR BRUNT OF BACKLASH OVER DANISH CARTOONS
02-11-2007 PETITION TO FREE ERITREAN CHRISTIANS JAILED FOR THEIR FAITH
02-11-2007 PRESSURE BUILDS ON ERITREA TO FREE JAILED CHRISTIANS
02-11-2007 ATTACK AGAINST NIGERIAN CHRISTIANS 'CAREFULLY ORCHESTRATED'
02-11-2007 MORE THAN 100,000 TELL ERITREA: 'LET GOD'S PEOPLE GO'
02-11-2007 ERITREAN GOSPEL SINGER RELEASED
02-11-2007 N KOREAN REFUGEES RISK ALL TO BRING CHRIST BACK TO THEIR COUNTRY
02-11-2007 KOREAN CHRISTIAN RELEASED AFTER JAIL AND TORTURE IN CHINA FOR HELPING NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES
02-11-2007 CHRISTIANS UNDER PRESSURE AS SRI LANKA SLIDES TOWARDS CIVIL WAR
02-11-2007 VIETNAM: CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION STILL FLOURISHING DESPITE INTERNATIONAL ALL-CLEAR
02-11-2007 ISLAMIC EXTREMIST TELLS COURT STRING OF MURDERS WAS 'A GIFT' TO CELEBRATE END OF RAMADAN - Top story in Persecution Now news roundup
02-11-2007 TURKISH CHRISTIANS FACE TRIAL FOR BEING UNTURKISH AFTER CONVERSION FROM ISLAM - Persecution Now news roundup
02-11-2007 DEATH THREATS INCREASE AGAINST MEXICAN CHRISTIANS WHO REFUSE TO SUPPORT TRADITIONAL FESTIVALS - Persecution news roundup
02-11-2007 CHALLENGE FOR PAKISTAN'S CHRISTIANS: BOMB THREAT TO SCHOOLS THAT REFUSE ISLAMIC DRESS Top story in Persecution Now news roundup, plus news from Eritrea, Egypt and Kazakhstan
02-11-2007 INDIA: ANOTHER PASTOR MURDERED AS ATTACKS BY HINDU EXTREMISTS CONTINUE Top story in Persecution Now news roundup, plus news from Iraq, China and Kazakhstan
02-11-2007 BURMA: RELEASE INTERNATIONAL CALLS FOR RELEASE OF IMPRISONED CHRISTIANS - Undercover investigation reveals brutal persecution at hands of junta
02-11-2007 NIGERIA: MUSLIM STUDENTS PREVENT CHRISTIANS REBUILDING SCHOOL CHAPEL TORCHED BY MILITANTS Top story in Persecution Now news roundup, plus news from Uzbekistan, China and India
02-11-2007 CHINA: OLYMPIC GAMES POLICE BEAT AND ARREST ELDERLY MOTHER OF IMPRISONED PASTOR
02-11-2007 INDONESIA: KILLERS OF CHRISTIAN SCHOOLGIRLS JAILED Top story in Persecution Now news roundup
02-11-2007 INDIA: POLICE ARREST 22 CHRISTIANS AS ANTI-CONVERSION LAW NET TIGHTENS Persecution news - Upsurge in Hindu nationalism fuels intolerance towards Christians, plus news from Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and China
02-11-2007 ETHIOPIA: MUSLIM EXTREMISTS KILL CHRISTIAN SHARING HIS FAITH NEAR A MOSQUE Plus news from India and Pakistan
02-11-2007 IRAN: THE UNDERGROUND CHURCH IS GROWING AS EVANGELISTS REACH OUT TO SHARE THEIR FAITH Release International supports training and women’s fellowships
02-11-2007 TURKEY: GROWING RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE BLAMED FOR MURDER OF THREE CHRISTIANS AT PUBLISHING HOUSE Plus news from Nigeria, Iraq and Mexico
02-11-2007 PAKISTAN: CHRISTIANS IN BLASPHEMY CASE RELEASED INTO PROTECTIVE CUSTODY TODAY AS MILITANTS SEEK TO KILL THEM - Pictures available
02-11-2007 TURKEY: ‘MISSIONARIES MORE DANGEROUS THAN TERROR ORGANISATIONS’ CLAIMS SENIOR JUSTICE OFFICIAL - Plus news from India, Pakistan and Eritrea
02-11-2007 IRAQ: CHURCH HEAD CONDEMNS COALITION FORCES FOR STANDING BY WHILE CHRISTIANS ‘CHASED FROM HOMES’ Plus news from India, Uzbekistan and Eritrea
02-11-2007 CHINA: JAILED GRANDMOTHER’S CONDITION NOW ‘VERY SERIOUS’ Mother of Christian activist arrested by Olympic Games police to put pressure on family ­ Plus news from India, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan
02-11-2007 CHINA: ELDERLY JAILED MOTHER NOW ‘SERIOUSLY ILL’ BEHIND BARS - Video alert available
02-11-2007 ETHIOPIAN EVANGELISTS DESCRIBE MURDER PLOTS AS ISLAMISTS RENEW ATTACKS AGAINST CHRISTIANS - Video and audio available
02-11-2007 DREAMS OF JESUS LEAD MUSLIMS TO CHRIST IN ETHIOPIA - MILITANT DEATH THREATS FOLLOW
02-11-2007 ‘UNTIL MY TIME IS UP I WILL STAND ON THE GOSPEL’ – BISHOP OF JOS, NIGERIA, WHO HAS SURVIVED A FRESH ATTACK ON HIS LIFE
02-11-2007 AFGHAN HOSTAGE DEAL PUTS CHRISTIAN AID WORKERS AT RISK – RELEASE INTERNATIONAL
02-11-2007 Olympics opportunity to press China for religious freedom - Release Intl. launches petition
02-11-2007 BEIJING CHRISTIAN WHOSE HOUSE WAS PULLED DOWN FOR THE OLYMPICS BRUTALLY BEATEN - WHILE ELDERLY MOTHER IS DYING IN CUSTODY
02-11-2007 PAKISTAN CHRISTIAN STILL HIDING FROM MILITANTS WHO WANT TO KILL HIM - DESPITE BEING CLEARED OF BLASPHEMY CHARGES… AND THE 16-YEAR-OLD FUGITIVE IN FEAR OF HIS LIFE AFTER A SCHOOLBOY SQUABBLE - VICTIMS OF BLASPHEMY CHARGES
02-11-2007 NEW CARTOON RIOTS KILL CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA… ACCUSED STUDENT DESCRIBES FLEEING FOR HIS LIFE… RELEASE INTERNATIONAL PROVIDES AID TO CHRISTIANS BURNED OUT OF THEIR HOMES…
02-11-2007 BURMA: FEARS THE MILITARY MAY TARGET CHRISTIAN LEADERS NEXT - REPORTS THAT DEATH TOLL MAY BE ‘HUNDREDS’ AND HOSPITALS FULL
08-08-2007 Nigerian Extremists Kill University Student
08-08-2007 BURMESE PASTOR FORCED TO TEAR DOWN ORPHANAGE – LEAVING CHILDREN IN TENT AMONG RUINS
08-08-2007 BURMA: CHRISTIAN PUBLISHER THREATENED WITH 12 YEARS IN JAIL Reports that the military junta is compiling a list of Christians – Pics / audio / video available
08-08-2007 PAKISTAN: GANG-RAPE OF YOUNG CHRISTIAN MAN WHO REFUSED TO CONVERT TO ISLAM
08-08-2007 PAKISTAN CHRISTIANS WARNED: CONVERT TO ISLAM OR DIE. SHANTI NAGAR, DEVASTATED TEN YEARS AGO, UNDER THREAT FROM MILITANTS AGAIN - Copy of death threat attached
08-08-2007 PAKISTAN: CHRISTIANS FEAR BACKLASH AS SECURITY FORCES CLASH WITH MOSQUE EXTREMISTS
08-08-2007 INDONESIA: MILITANTS BURN & BESIEGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL Top story in Persecution Now roundup, plus news from Burma, Nigeria and Sri Lanka
14-03-2007 RELEASE INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNS INDONESIA EXECUTIONS - WARNS THEY WILL SPARK MORE VIOLENCE
07-11-2006 INDONESIAN CHRISTIAN JAILED AFTER SHARING HIS FAITH
07-11-2006 FEARS THAT INDONESIA THREE COULD BE EXECUTED TOMORROW (Sept 21)
19-09-2006 DRAMATIC REPORTS FROM NORTH KOREA AND NIGERIA FOCUS PRAYER FOR THE PERSECUTED CHURCH
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