China prevents discussion of censure
May 4, 2000
BEIJING — Introducing a “no-action” motion that passed by a 22-18 vote, China successfully prevented the U.N. Human Rights Commission from discussing a U.S. motion
Bible available in 21 additional languages
May 4, 2000
READING, England — The Bible was made available in an additional 21 languages for the first time last year, according to the 1999 Scripture Language
Secret police send Baptist leaders home
April 20, 2000
A Baptist leader who had been held in prison by Turkmenistan’s secret police (KNB) since Feb. 2 was deported from the Central Asian state
Mongolian man arrested for witnessing
April 20, 2000
Mongolian man arrested for witnessing A Mongolian citizen of ethnic Kazakh descent has been sentenced to 13 years in a prison labor camp in western
Uzbek pastor receives beatings for witnessing
March 30, 2000
A Christian Uzbek pastor jailed since February 1999 on contrived fraud charges is being subjected to physical beatings for witnessing to his cellmates, church sources
Sex trafficking a growing problem
March 9, 2000
The trafficking of women and children, many who are forced into prostitution, is a worldwide human rights problem that may involve 2 million people a
Hindus attempting to slow Christianity
March 2, 2000
KATMANDU, Nepal — A Hindu organization in Nepal announced plans Jan. 17 to launch a campaign to stop conversions by Christians. The coordinator of the
Lutheran church growth high in 1999
February 24, 2000
GENEVA, Switzerland — An estimated 1.6 million people became Lutherans last year, reports the Lutheran World Federation, bringing the total populations of Lutherans in the
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