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 China: Bulldozing of Xiaoshan church (9 seconds) | type: wmv | size: 4 MB |
| This brief video clip shows the Chinese authorities bulldozing a Christian church in Dangshan town, Xiaoshan on July 29 2006. Courtesy: China Aid. | China: Secret Video Footage | type: wmv | size: 2 MB |
| Chinese authorities bulldozing an unregistered church in June 2003 (2 minutes) | China: Shuang Shuying 1-minute video alert (July 2007) | type: wmv | size: 3 MB |
| Join the campaign to free Chinese Christian 75-year-old Shuang Shuying. Download this short, fast-moving video, and pass it on to your friends. Updated July 2007. | Conference report: Don't Stand in Silence (2004) | type: wmv | size: 3 MB |
| 2004 conference on the persecuted church (3 minutes) | Eritrea: Pray for Eritrea | type: wmv | size: 11 MB |
| RI's latest report on the persecution of Eritrean Christians (8 mins) | Eritrea: Pray for Eritrea (Broadband version) | type: wmv | size: 21 MB |
| RI's latest report on the persecution of Eritrean Christians (8 mins) | Special Report from Vietnam | type: wmv | size: 34 MB |
| Special report from Vietnam, filmed on location. It features interviews with two wives whose husbands have been tortured and jailed for calling for freedom of worship and the return of land seized by the authorities. An ex-prisoner also paints a picture of brutality and overcoming faith behind bars. | Uzbekistan: former prisoner Pastor Salavat Serikbayev (Jan 2008) | type: wmv | size: 18 MB |
| Pastor Salavat Serikbayev describes in this short video how he was arrested and jailed for eight years just for conducting Bible studies and having Christian books in his home. Duration: 4m 49s. Jan 2008. | World Update Webcast 01 (May 2006) | type: wmv | size: 22 MB |
| Get informed about the persecuted church around the world by watching this NEW WORLD UPDATE webcast, presented by journalist Andrew Boyd. Features special video news reports from Eritrea and Vietnam, plus news from China, India and Pakistan (8 mins). | World Update Webcast 02 (June 2006) | type: wmv | size: 25 MB |
| Our June 2006 webcast features video news reports from Nigeria and Eritrea, plus news from Pakistan, Indonesia and India (10 mins) | World Update Webcast 03 (July 2006) | type: wmv | size: 26 MB |
| RI's 10-minute webcast features a special report from Nigeria, where Christians in Maiduguri have been the targets of orchestrated violence. Plus news from Pakistan, and Vietnam, where members of the so-called 'Mennonite Six' have been attacked yet again by the authorities. Includes prayer points. | World Update Webcast 04 (August/September 2006) | type: wmv | size: 20 MB |
| This 8-minute webcast features special reports from Nigeria and Eritrea, plus news reports about the persecuted church from around the world. CHINA: Pastor Zhang Rongliang sentenced to 7 1/2 years. INDONESIA: church attacked for second time. PAKISTAN: Christian couple lose home and son during dispute. Includes prayer points. | World Update Webcast 05 (October 2006) | type: wmv | size: 22 MB |
| Features special reports about North Korean refugees in China, and how Nigerian Christians are choosing to forgive their persecutors. The webcast also includes news about the persecuted church from around the world: INDONESIA Three Christians executed by firing squad. VIOLENT BACKLASH after Pope's comments about Islam. CHINA Church bulldozed by authorities, leaders charged. IRAN Muslim-background believer released on bail. ERITREA Almost 2,000 evangelicals imprisoned for their faith. Includes prayer points. | World Update Webcast 06 (November 2006) | type: wmv | size: 35 MB |
| RI's 9-minute video webcast features special reports about the latest wave of riots against Christians in Nigeria; and how Christians are coming under fire in Iraq. The webcast also includes news about the persecuted church from around the world. INDONESIA: Christians & Muslims unite against extremists. CHINA: Trial of church leaders postponed. PAKISTAN: Teachers beat Christian teenager for wearing cross. Includes prayer points. | World Update Webcast 07 (December 2006) | type: wmv | size: 18 MB |
| This 9-minute video webcast features news about the persecuted church from around the world. SRI LANKA: Christians continue to face persecution from militant Buddhists. PAKISTAN: Bodies of missionary couple found. PAKISTAN: Ranjha Masih acquitted of blasphemy - after eight and a half years in jail. VIETNAM: Secret training manual confirms religious repression. | World Update Webcast 08 (January 2007) | type: wmv | size: 17 MB |
| Our latest 9-minute webcast features news from the persecuted church around the world. INDONESIA: Parents forgive the murderers of their children. CHINA: Secret executions anger relatives. AUSTRALIA: Christian pastors accused of vilifying Islam win appeal. PAKISTAN: 13-year-old Christian housemaid raped. The next webcast will be available from the beginning of February. | World Update Webcast 09 (February 2007) | type: wmv | size: 18 MB |
| BURMA SPECIAL REPORT. Our 10-minute webcast features a special report on Burma's underground believers. Journalist Andrew Boyd reports from Burma. | World Update Webcast 10 (March 2007) | type: wmv | size: 16 MB |
| RI's 9-minute video webcast features special reports from Ethiopia and Burma, as well as news from India, Mexico and Turkey. | World Update Webcast 11 (April 2007) | type: wmv | size: 17 MB |
| RI's 10-minute video features special reports from Nigeria and Ethiopia, as well as news from Indonesia, India, and China. | World Update Webcast 12 (May 2007) | type: wmv | size: 17 MB |
| This 10-minute video report features the latest news of the persecuted church from around the world. Turkey: Church leaders claim growing nationalism and religious intolerance fuels the torture and murders of three workers at a Christian publishing house. Iraq: Christians have been fleeing their homes after Sunni militia threatened to kill them unless they converted to Islam within 24 hours. Nigeria: Christians warn that persecution could increase after a landslide election victory for a Muslim president. | World Update Webcast 13 (June 2007) | type: wmv | size: 21 MB |
| RI's 13-minute video webcast features special reports from Burma, Ethiopia and India. Burma: ‘They tried to stop me to publish any Christian book. In the letter they say several times that if you publish more… any more, we’ll sentence you for 12 years.’ Burmese Christian publisher. Ethiopia: 41-year-old Evangelist ‘Balay’ knows the dangers of being actively involved in spreading the gospel. India: Hindu extremists are stepping up their campaign of violence against Christians. Militants have been calling in TV crews to film them attacking missionaries and pastors. | World Update Webcast 14 (July 2007) | type: wmv | size: 36 MB |
| RI's 10-minute video webcast features special reports from Indonesia and North Korea. Indonesia: Three Indonesian Sunday school teachers have been released from jail after serving nearly two years for allowing Muslim children to attend their Sunday School - even though their parents had given their permission. North Korea: A new report accuses North Korea of committing genocide against Christians. Two North Korean defectors, including a former prison guard, have been telling of the brutal treatment meted out to Christians and political prisoners. | World Update Webcast 15 (August 2007) | type: wmv | size: 56 MB |
| RI's webcast for August 2007 features special reports from Burma and Ethiopia. Burma: Pastor Stephen was forced to pull down his own Christian orphanage by the Burmese authorities. Ethiopia: Muslim-backround believers describe the pressures they face. | World Update Webcast 16 (September 2007) | type: wmv | size: 56 MB |
| RI's 10-minute video webcast features special reports from Nigeria and China. Nigeria: The Bishop of Jos, Rt Rev Dr Benjamin Kwashi, narrowly escapes death after the second violent attack on his family in 18 months. China: A Human Rights lawyer describes some of the pressures facing Christians in China today. | World Update Webcast 17 (October 2007) | type: wmv | size: 36 MB |
| RI's 10-minute video webcast features a special report from Pakistan about the plight of Christians who are in hiding from militants who are determined to kill them. Plus news from Indonesia, China and Eritrea. | World Update Webcast 18 (November 2007) | type: wmv | size: 38 MB |
| RI's webcast features a special report from Nigeria as Christians in Maiduguri prepare for the possibility of further attacks against them. Eritrean gospel singer Helen Berhane is granted asylum in Denmark. Chinese house church activist Hua Huiqi has been brutally attacked by security guards. Plus news from Pakistan. | World Update Webcast 19 (December 2007) | type: wmv | size: 38 MB |
| RI's 10-minute webcast for December features a special report on our late President Rev Dr Rob Frost - a passionate campaigner on behalf of the persecuted church. Indonesia: A court has ruled that it is blasphemous to pray that Muslim leaders would become Christians. Forty-one Christian leaders have been sentenced to five years. Pakistan: Death threats by militants force a Christian school to close. North Korea: A group of nine young Christians have disappeared in the capital Pyongyang. | World Update Webcast 20 (Jan/Feb 2008) | type: wmv | size: 38 MB |
| RI's latest webcast features a Global Overview of the persecuted church for 2008, featuring North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, China and India. In addition this webcast features Uzbekistan: Pastor Salavat Serikbayev is jailed for holding Bible studies. | World Update Webcast 21 (March 2008) | type: wmv | size: 38 MB |
| RI's March webcast is a special report from Vietnam, filmed on location. It features interviews with two wives whose husbands have been tortured and jailed for calling for freedom of worship and the return of land seized by the authorities. An ex-prisoner paints a picture of brutality and overcoming faith behind bars. | World Update Webcast 23 (May 2008) | type: wmv | size: 70 MB |
| RI's May 2008 webcast includes a special report from Vietnam, filmed on location. Andrew Boyd finds that some of the harshest persecution is reserved for the ethnic Hmong people, who sided with the United States in the Vietnam War. The authorities regard evangelical Christianity as an American import intended to undermine the communist revolution. | World Update Webcast 24 (June 2008) | type: wmv | size: 71 MB |
| RI's latest 10-minute video webcast features the latest news from the persecuted church around the world. Nigeria: Muslim leaders are calling for blasphemy laws which could encourage extremists to launch further attacks on the Christian community. Pakistan: A Christian doctor is behind bars and his family in hiding after being accused of insulting Islam. Indonesia: Freedom for Abraham Bentar Rohadi - a Christian clothes trader accused of blasphemy by his own relatives is set free. | World Update Webcast 25 (July 2008) | type: wmv | size: 71 MB |
| RI's July/August webcast features: Nepal - Christians are hoping the change from a kingdom to a republic will lead to greater religious freedom; Indonesia - Churches in Maluku province fear extremists may be reviving a campaign of anti-Christian violence after four believers were murdered in one village; Eritrea - There are reports that the regime is planning to bring treason charges against several Christian pastors held without charge for the past four years. | World Update Webcast 26 (September 2008) | type: wmv | size: 71 MB |
| Our 10-minute webcast features: China - How the government is sending North Korean refugees back to their deaths - plus a secret Directive confirms crackdown on church leaders. Laos - Her husband was murdered, but Abigail continues his Christian work. Saudi Arabia - A father murders his own daughter for becoming a Christian. Iran - Christian couple killed after police raid house church. | World Update Webcast 27 (October 2008) | type: wmv | size: 70 MB |
| India - At least 56 people have been killed and up to 70,000 forced to flee their homes as riots against Christians rock Orissa. Iran: The Iranian parliament votes overwhelmingly for a new law to execute Muslims who convert to another religion. Pakistan: We're focusing on Pakistan for the International Day of Prayer on November 16. | World Update Webcast 28 (November 2008) | type: wmv | size: 80 MB |
| India: At least 56 Christians have been killed and 18,000 injured in unprecendented anti-Christian violence. Plus a special report on how Dalits - the lowest of the low in India's caste system - are coming to Christ. Indonesia: Christian students driven from campus. | World Update Webcast 29 (Dec 2008/Jan 2009) | type: wmv | size: 71 MB |
India: Hindu militants are being offered rewards to kill Christians and destroy their churches and homes. Afghanistan: The family of a Christian charity worker murdered by the Taliban say they forgive her killers. Iraq: Militants trying to drive out Christians from Mosul gun down a mother and her two daughters in the street. |
World Update Webcast 30 (February 2009) | type: wmv | size: 71 MB |
Malaysia has passed a landmark legal decision to deny a person's right to change their faith. India: Thousands of Christians are still in displaced camps afraid to return to their homes. China: Release International partner Tim Peters, of Helping Hands Korea, foresees a tough time ahead for Chinese church leaders. Eritrea has rounded up more than 100 Christians in what appears to be a fresh wave of mass arrests across the country. |
World Update Webcast 31 (March 2009) | type: wmv | size: 70 MB |
Iraq: Islamic extremists have bombed dozens of churches since the US-led invasion in 2003. They've killed or kidnapped many Christians and thousands have fled the country. Karzan became a Christian after Jesus appeared to him in a dream. Militants kidnapped and tortured Karzan to try to make him return to Islam, but his new-found faith in Christ proved too strong. North Korea again heads the list of the world's worst persecutors of Christians – according to new reports. China: 79-year old Shuang Shuying describes being tortured in jail. Her elderly husband clung on to life until she was eventually released. He died the following day. India: Anti Christian violence continues as hard-line Hindus force nearly half the families in a single village to convert or be killed. |
World Update Webcast 32 (April 2009) | type: wmv | size: 71 MB |
Pakistan: A gang brandishing guns and wooden clubs have killed a Christian woman and injured 17 in an attack against Christians in Punjab. China: Christians kept behind bars even though judges rule no case to answer… Vietnam: Concern grows for the missing Christian prayer leader seized by officials. |
World Update Webcast 33 (May 2009) | type: wmv | size: 70 MB |
A British Christian minister has been attacked on the street and threatened with death after sharing the Christian message with Asians on a TV show. Turkey: Two Christians are standing trial for ‘insulting Turkishness’ – arising from their Christian witness. And the authorities have thrown another charge at them which could prevent churches across Turkey from raising funds. The United Nations is calling for laws to ban the criticism of religion. Opponents say it would have a chilling effect on free speech and increase tension between faiths. |
World Update Webcast 34 (June 2009) | type: wmv | size: 70 MB |
North Korea: A new report claims up to 70,000 Christians are held in prison camps. India: A court has been hearing how a nun was abused and paraded naked thorough the streets of Orissa by Hindu militants. China: Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the massacre in Tiananmen Square, Christian leaders call for forgiveness and reconciliation. |
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