Officials of China’s Shandong province are requiring students and their families to complete surveys detailing information about each individual’s religious beliefs and activities.
Chinese authorities sentenced a Christian woman to 10 days of detention after her non-Christian husband reported her for tutoring children.
Three Christian tourists were killed and an evangelist was beaten unconscious in separate attacks in Uganda.
In India, a pastor was jailed on a claim that he violated India’s anti-conversion laws, even after the magistrate reprimanded police for the arrest.
A Ugandan teen who was starved for four months for becoming a Christian is recovering, while an elderly Christian couple had to flee their village to save their lives.
Killings and kidnappings of Christians appear to have increased significantly in September in Nigeria, with 27 believers slain and more than 49 abducted.
Morning Star News reports that 17 Christians in Nigeria were recently killed and 35 were kidnapped in violence that often targets believers in the African nation.
A Christian family in Laos was expelled from their village for their faith and, in another province, a worship service was disrupted and members threatened with arrest.
