UN called to investigate North Korea human rights abuses by 40 human rights groups
Human rights organisations are campaigning for the United Nations to launch an investigation into crimes against humanity in North Korea..
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Christians in China suffer for supporting Shouwang church
Last Sunday (Aug. 28) five members of a house church in Fangshan, Hebei township woke at 4 a.m. and traveled for two hours to a public square in Beijing in order to worship with members of the embattled Beijing Shouwang house church.
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Iranian authorities free Christian after a year in Prison
Iranian authorities on Monday (Aug. 29) released a Christian after 359 days of detainment on charges of spreading Christianity among Farsi-speaking Iranians and having ties with foreign Christian organizations, according to Mohabat News.
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Jos death toll rises, Christian family of eight among dead in Nigeria
The death toll in Jos, Nigeria, is rising as violence continues. A Christian family of eight was murdered over the weekend, and partners of Release International, a ministry to persecuted Christians, report a further 14 have been killed.
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Tanzania Christians live in cloud of fear in Zanzibar
On Tanzania's semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar, Christians live in a climate of fear. It's a place where a young man flees the island to escape death threats from his Muslim family, and a Christian who accidentally burned pages of the Quran opts for jail by entering a guilty plea rather than face certain death from a furious mob.
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Pakistani Muslims attack Christians in attempt to force them to convert to Islam
Two Christian men were seriously injured by young Muslims in Karachi when they refused to convert to Islam, a family member told ANS.
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Dr John Song LWFCI Global Director for Asia
Lay Witnesses for Christ International's Board of Directors have unanimously endorsed its Presidents' (Dr. Sam Mings, Sr.) recommendation to appoint Dr John Song as LWFCI Global Director for Asia. He will also serve as National Director for South Korea.
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Nigerian Army said to help in slaughter of Christians
Muslim extremists with the alleged help of Nigerian army personnel killed 24 Christians this month in central Nigeria's Plateau state, area sources said.
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Church leaders in Bangladesh beaten at police station
Hundreds of Christians this month protested the hitting of two church leaders at a police station in southern Bangladesh after a Christian reported a local ruling party activist had occupied his house.
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North Sudan church still too fearful to rebuild
More than seven months after Muslim extremists burned its church building, a Presbyterian Church of the Sudan (PCOS) congregation is still afraid to meet for worship, according to Christian sources.
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Iran: further arrests of Christians and Bibles confiscated
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has received reports that Abdolreza 'Matthias' Haghnejad, a pastor in the evangelical Church of Iran denomination from the city of Bandar Anzal, was re-arrested on the morning of 17 August by Iranian authorities in Rasht whilst making a pastoral visit.
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Nepal: new CSW briefing highlights risks posed by anti-conversion proposals in new constitution and penal code
With only five days until the latest deadline for the new constitution to be agreed in Nepal, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has argued in a new briefing that current proposals on religious freedom are inconsistent with international human rights treaties, and has proposed amendments to the wording.