AIN-DEFLA PROVINCE, Algeria — An Algerian court sentenced and fined a Christian man July 8 for allegedly accepting unauthorized donations to spread Christianity. Ahmed Beghal
SHANXI PROVINCE, China — The Chinese Community Party charged a Christian father July 7 with “illegally holding materials promoting terrorism and extremism.” According to a
KARAJ, Iran — Three men, on June 26, became the first Christians punished under a newly-amended Iranian law to stop growth of Christianity and non-Muslim
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Uzbekistan’s new religion law went into effect July 6 and maintains almost all the previous law’s restrictions on religious freedom. The government
The Taliban’s August takeover of Afghanistan has filled many in the secretive underground Christian church with fear and uncertainty. “We are telling people to stay
DOVZHANSK, Ukraine — Two books by prominent Protestant preachers were added in July to a list of extremist materials in Luhansk People’s Republic (a territory