Even though a pastor — who is a permanent United States resident — was released from a Chinese prison more than a year ago, the Chinese government refuses to let him return to the U.S.
The leader of the rights group ChinaAid says persecution of Christians in China has intensified but that believers are persevering and that Christianity is increasing.
An attorney in Pakistan reports that a 14-year-old boy appears to have been forced by his employer to convert to Islam and is being kept from his family.
India’s Catholic bishops this week strongly condemned law enforcement for failing to prosecute a state legislator who publicly reportedly offered up to $12,663 USD (1.1 million rupees) for violent attacks on Christian leaders.
Five Christians were slain and three others wounded July 11 in an attack upon a Nigerian church.
Even though an Indonesian church has been granted the appropriate construction permit, hundreds protested at the site, saying they were not allowed a voice in the planning process.
A court order to form a government inquiry commission to investigate misuse of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws is hailed by attorneys for the accused as a “huge ray of hope.”
Nigerian Christians, who face escalating persecution in their country, devoted a special time in July for prayer.
