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Kenya. Two pastors burned to death in Jomvu area Mombasa
Last Tuesday, May 8, two pastors were burned to death in Jomvu area Mombasa, Kenya. Police arrested five suspects who may have instigated the attack. Otieno Awour, the Officer Commanding Police Division, Changamwe Division Mombasa said the five suspects will be arraigned in court once the investigations are complete. It’s the most recent in a [...]
Egypt. Court sentenced Muslim man to death for killing and wounding Christians.
An Egyptian court in Minya sentenced a Muslim man to death for the killing and wounding of six Christians. Judge Mahmoud Salama pronounced the sentenced against 29-year-old policeman Amer Ashour Abdel-Zaher. During its previous session, the court had referred the case to the Egyptian Grand Mufti, as is usual with a death penalty verdict, who [...]
Indonesia. Dozens of Christian families have fled their homes for fear of attacks.
Unidentified persons set fire to houses and cars. Dozens of families have fled their homes for fear of new attacks. The clashes began last May 14 during the celebrations of the Indonesian hero Thomas Matulessy. Police rule out the Islamists. For the third straight day there have been attacks in Ambon (Moluccas), where last night [...]
Eritrea. Protest Vigil Marks Tenth Anniversary Of Church Closures.
Representatives of seven organizations from the UK and Ireland will be taking part in a protest vigil outside the Eritrean embassy in London on Thursday 17 May, to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the mass detentions of Eritrean Christians, which began after the government’s closure of every church except those belonging to three denominations. The [...]
Iran. Ali Golchin, a Christian who spent 87 days in solitary confinement tells his story.
So far, a great number of Iranian Christian converts have left their homeland due to social problems, pressures and threats, arrests, imprisonment and being sentenced to prison. Ali Golchin is a Christian who spent 87 days in solitary confinement in Evin prison. Even after he was released, security authorities didn’t leave him alone. Ali Golchin [...]
Syria. Armed jihadist ordered 10 Christian families to leave empty handed.
Armed jihadist seized control of Qastal al-Burg village on Thursday, May 10, and ordered its 10 Christian families to leave, according to a report published by UPI on its Arabic language website. A resident of the village, who did not wish to be identified, said “armed jihadist (expiatory) group came to the village and ordered [...]
IRAN. Pastor Behnam Irani is still beaten in prison – his family expressed concerns he may die.
TEHRAN. Prominent Iranian house church pastor Behnam Irani is still beaten in his prison but less frequently, an official assisting him with advocacy said Monday, just weeks after his family expressed concerns he may die. “We have learned that the beatings are still happening, however they no longer happen on a daily basis, but periodically,” [...]
INDONESIA. Local Protestant church torched – residents blame Islamists
The attack took place last Wednesday in a village called Picuan (East Minahasa). No one knows why the attack was carried out, but some blame outsiders who also set fire to some local houses and cars parked in front of the local police station. Someone set fire to a local church in Picuan, East Minahasa [...]
Pakistan. Muhammad Kamran and his wife are living in constant fear.
Muhammad Kamran isn’t sure who sent the men to beat him after his Muslim wife told both her family and his that he had become a Christian. The 34-year-old native of Karachi said his wife’s brothers had begun coming to his office to threaten him before unidentified assailants attacked him as he was returning home [...]
Sudan. Council of Churches closed down without explanation. Government has declared jihad against Christians.
JUBA, South Sudan. Security agents in Sudan’s South Darfur state have closed down the Nyala offices of the Sudan Council of Churches (SCC) and relief group Sudan Aid, sources said. Agents from the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) arrived at the organizations’ compound in Nyala at 8 a.m. on April 22, ordered SCC [...]
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