BANMETHUOT, Vietnam — Just hours after the prime minister’s office assured denominational leaders that there were no plans to destroy their Protestant church building, authorities
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Uzbekistan continues to harass and fine Christians, Muslims and Jehovah’s Witnesses who exercise their freedom of thought, conscience or belief. In a
KOTTE, Sri Lanka — An anti-conversion bill that would have criminalized humanitarian assistance provided by religious groups has been tabled in Sri Lanka’s Parliament. The
SEATTLE — An Episcopal priest who professed two years ago that she was also a practicing Muslim has been defrocked by the Episcopal Church. Bishop
ALMALYK, Uzbekistan — Police in Uzbekistan decided to invite a Russian Orthodox priest to take part in a raid on a group of Baptists, a
SHIRAZ, Iran — Declaring three Iranian Christians guilty of cooperating with “anti-government movements” March 10, a court in Shiraz ordered the converts to discontinue Christian
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan — In Tajikistan’s latest attack on religious property, the members of Grace Sunmin Protestant Church in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, have been
NUKUS, Uzbekistan — Uzbekistan continues to penalize people who distribute religious literature. In two separate cases, Baptists from registered and unregistered churches are facing prosecution,
