Recently, good news has come out of Syria including the rebuilding of a church and the release of hostages taken captive by ISIS. An organization, “Aktion für verfolgte Christian,” (Action for persecuted Christians, AVC) has reconstructed a church in Kobane, along with a school and a bakery. Perhaps most surprisingly, the rebuilding of the church …
Earlier this month we had sent you an update about conditions in Sudan for Christians. Unfortunately, events have happened since. On December 18th, Sudanese security officials arrested two Sudanese pastors in the Khartoum area. Both pastors, who belong to the Sudan Church of Christ, were arrested from their homes. Reverend Kowa Shamaal and Reverend Hassan …
With much joy we announce that Iranian pastor, Farshid Fathi, was released on December 21st after spending five years in prison. Farshid was arrested the day after Christmas in 2010 in a surge of arrests. He was charged with “acting against national security through membership of a Christian organization, collection of funds, and propaganda against …
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PRESS RELEASE Tuesday, December 15, 2015 The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) and AllSource Analysis (AllSource) Launch Report Based on Satellite Imagery of North Korea’s Political Prison Camp No. 16 Report Identifies Likely Increase in Prisoner Population. Have Preparations Been Made for Intense, Prolonged Use of Deadly Force against …
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Despite the international attention and pressure Sudan has received in recent years, conditions to worsen for Christians in the country. This past October in separate incidents, two more churches were destroyed. The first act of destruction occurred on October 17. A Lutheran church was burned down in Gadaref, East Sudan along with all of its …
Indonesia is the most populous Muslim nation, comprising of 12.7% of the world’s Muslims. The country has an overwhelming majority of Muslims, with 87.2% of its people following Islam and a mere 7% professing to be Christians. The disparity has led to conflicts between the Muslim and Christian communities. The churches in several areas of …
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Eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo are undergoing continued attacks from a jihadist group, Muslim Defense International (MDI), previously known as ADF-NALU. Many Christian communities have been targeted, especially in the town of Beni and surrounding areas, as MDI seeks to advance its Islamist dominance. The most recent reports, which record 19 deaths …
Throughout the terror of ISIS, numerous reports of abductions by the terrorist group have been released. However, this past weekend good news was reported by the Assyrian International News Agency that 37 Assyrian Christians have been released. The Assyrians were kidnapped by ISIS on February 23rd when ISIS attacked 35 Assyrian villages along the Khabur …
On September 10, hundreds of Pakistani Christian asylum seekers in Bangkok were arrested in a raid conducted by Thai police, immigration authorities, and the Army. The asylum seekers, which included children, nursing women, sick and elderly, were transported directly to the Immigration Detention Center. The arrests follow the visit of Lord David Alton last week, …
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Last week, British Independent Peer, Lord David Alton, visited Bangkok’s Detention Centre for Refugees and met with Pakistani Christians who are detained there. Below is a report of Lord Alton’s findings: “Earlier today, Friday September 4th, during a visit to Bangkok’s Detention Centre for Refugees, the British Independent Peer, David Alton (Lord Alton of Liverpool), …
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