Christian Persecution Info. News Alert

Twin bombings apparently targeting Shiite Muslims in Pakistan's financial capital Karachi also killed at least five members of a Christian family, including a pregnant woman, Worthy News established Wednesday, February 10.

Survivors Christian Violence Meet EU Officials

Survivors of India's worst anti-Christian violence in recent memory have met European Union delegates over the weekend, urging them to help them in their fight for justice.

BREAKING NEWS: North Korea Releases American Missionary

Amid international pressure, North Korea released an American missionary Saturday, February 6, and sent him to China after holding him for more than a month, officials confirmed.

NEWS ALERT: Street Preachers Killed In United States

A religious liberty group warned Saturday, February 6, that "Anti-Christian hostility is getting increasingly deadly" in the United States after two street preachers were shot and killed by a teenager who apparently opposed their message.

BREAKING NEWS: India State Removes Christian Refugees Ahead Of EU Visit

Authorities in India's state of Orissa have forced nearly 100 survivors of anti-Christian violence to leave a local market complex where they stayed since the closure of refugee camps, Christians and officials told Worthy News, Thursday, February 4.

Muslim Mob Storms Pakistan Church; 65 Injured

Protestant Christians in Pakistan's Punjab province were searching for a place of worship Wednesday, February 3, after angry Muslims apparently attacked their partly constructed church, injuring scores of worshippers.

Chinese Christian Rights Lawyer 363 Days Missing

A Chinese Christian human rights lawyer was missing for 363 days Tuesday, February 2, but an advocacy group said it now believes he is still alive.

Cuba Pastor Remains Behind Bars After Losing Appeal Right

There was international disappointment Monday, February 1, that the leader of a growing network of independent churches in Cuba has been denied the right to appeal his six-year prison sentence by the Supreme Tribunal in Havana.

Army Moves In After Muslim Mob Burns Indonesia Churches

The army patrolled the streets of a village on Indonesia's Sumatra island Wednesday, January 27, after two churches were burned down by a Muslim mob.

India Militants Attack Christian Birthday Party, Pastor

Hindu militants in south-eastern India halted a Christian birthday celebration and prayer meeting and attacked an evangelical pastor involved in the festivities saying he was trying to forcibly convert non-Christians to Christianity, one of India's national Christian organizations said Saturday, January 30.

Nigeria Christians Rebuilding After Massive Killings

A tense calm returned to the Nigerian city of Jos Saturday, January 30, after hundreds of people were killed in days of clashes between Muslims and Christians, missionaries said.

BREAKING NEWS: Pakistan Court Hears Case About Murdered Christian Servant

A court hearing was underway Friday, January 29, in Pakistan against the main suspect in the murder of a 12-year-old Christian domestic servant, her family's representatives said.

2009 "Worst Year" For Pakistan Christians

Last year was the worst period of persecution against Christians in Pakistan in thelast decade, with attacks, arrests and detentions that reportedly killed some 130 Christians across the Islamic country, an advocacy group said Thursday, January 21.

Pakistan Christian Receives Life Imprisonment For "Blasphemy"

A young Christian man was behind bars Saturday, January 23, after being sentenced tolife imprisonment for having "insulted and desecrated" the Koran, seen as a holy book by Muslims.

Hindu Militants Attack Prayer Service; 11 Injured

Indian police have released on bail Hindu militants who allegedly attacked a Christian prayermeeting in Western India, seriously injuring at least 11 Christians, a rights group said Friday, January 22.

NEWS ALERT: Over 40 Killed After Attack On Nigeria Church

Over 40 people have been killed in the Nigerian city of Jos in the country's Plateau State, after around 200 Muslim youths attacked Christians near a Catholic Church sparking retaliatory violence, Christian rights investigators said Monday, January 18.

China Confirms Christian Rights Lawyer "Missing"

Concerns remained Saturday, January 16, over the whereabouts of Chinese Christian human rights lawyer, Gao Zhisheng, after Chinese authorities for the first time admitted he went missing amid reports that he was tortured to death, Christian rights activists said.

BREAKING NEWS: Survivors Of India's Communal Violence Ordered To Evacuate By Government

About 100 survivors of anti-Christian violence in India's Orissa state have been ordered by the local government to leave a local market complex where they stayed since the closure of relief camps.

Islamists Burn, Loot Algerian Church

Islamists burned and looted a Protestant church in northern Algeria in an attack that was fueled by violence against Christians elsewhere in the Muslim and Arab world, church officials said Monday, January 11.

NEWS ALERT: Malaysia Police Identify Suspect In Spreading Church Attacks

Malaysian police said Tuesday, January 12, they have identified their first suspect in attacks on some 10 churches and Christian buildings amid a dispute over the use of the word "Allah" by non-Muslims.