Chinese Pastor, Detained in December, Comes Under New Charges From Regime
Chinese pastor Wang Yi, who was arrested in December on charges of ‘inciting subversion of state power,’ has now been charged again by the Chinese government with ‘illegal business activities.’
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7 Iranian Christians Suffer Detention Without Legal Representation, 5 Others Accused of ‘Propaganda Against the Regime’
Seven of the Christians arrested by Iranian intelligence services on July 1st in the city of Bushehr are being held in solitary confinement with no access to lawyers, Middle East Concern reports.
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5 More Chinese House Churches Shut Down in Campaign ‘Unprecedented Since the End of the Cultural Revolution’
A handful of new house churches have become casualties of the Chinese government’s ‘sinicization’ campaign since April, as the communist regime seeks to stamp out all remnants of unofficial Christianity.
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8 Christians Arrested in Iran, One Elderly Woman Freed
Eight Iranian Christians were arrested by Iranian intelligence officials at the beginning of July, and are currently being held at an undisclosed Intelligence Ministry site in Bushehr, a southern port city on the Persian Gulf.
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Indian House Church in Telangana State Harassed for Third Week in a Row
A house church in India was violently attacked Sunday, June 30th during a worship service, marking the third Sunday in a row the church was harassed by Hindu radicals.
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Pompeo: State Department Report on Non-Existence of Religious Freedom in Iran ‘Shocks the Conscience’
The thinning oxygen in the atmosphere for Iran’s religious minorities came to light Friday with the State Department’s release of its 2018 Report on International Religious Freedom, which detailed the level of suppression suffered by Christians and Baha’i under the Ayatollahs.
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