USCIRF cites 15 countries for religious freedom violations
May 9, 2013
It can be hard to come up with a list of countries with the most egregious records on religious freedom when some of the world’s
Sudan intensifies arrests, deportations of Christians
May 9, 2013
JUBA, South Sudan — Sudan has stepped up its arrests and deportations of Christians, with interrogation including threats to bury them alive, sources said. Besides
Kazakhstan tightens government control of religion
May 9, 2013
Astana, Kazakhstan — As part of its controls on free speech in the area of religion, Kazakhstan’s government agency controlling religion — the Agency of
Kazakh police raid Easter service, fine participants
May 9, 2013
ZHASKENT, Kazakhstan — Within 48 hours of a claim by Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev that “religious freedom is fully secured,” seven members of a small
Baptists launch relief efforts for China earthquake survivors
May 2, 2013
Hearts around the world leaped when TV viewers saw rescuers pull a 3-month-old baby alive from the rubble of a house in China’s Sichuan province,
Baptist Bible school in Thailand rebuilds after fire
May 2, 2013
MAE LA, Thailand — A graduation ceremony of the Kawthoolei Karen Baptist Bible School and College in the Mae La Refugee Camp in Thailand, which
Muslim-turned-believer an answer to prayer in sub-Saharan desert
May 2, 2013
Late one night in the sub-Saharan desert, Ibrahim had an “epiphany.” He felt God leading him to read John 14, which begins: “Your heart must
Islamist militants kill widow of slain Christian man
May 2, 2013
BELEDWEYNE, Somalia — Islamist militants in Somalia have killed the widow of a Christian who was slain for his faith in December 2012, leaving the
