Iranian pastor’s fate unclear
IRAN (WordNews.org) Feb. 27, 2012 — Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani received a death sentence last week for converting to Christianity, leading to an international outcry for his immediate release. But there have been not updates on his fate. The American Center for Law and Justice is urging American Christians to call their lawmakers to press for […]
Read More →Imprisoned Chinese Christian newspaper editor released early
JINMEN, Hubei, China (WordNews.org) Feb. 24, 2012 – A Chinese house church leader and the editor of a newspaper has been released five years early, ChinaAid president Bob Fu said. Li Ying, of the South China Church in Hubei, was released on Christmas day. She’d been sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2002 for […]
Read More →Congress to hear testimony surrounding Christian’s imprisonment in China
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) Feb. 13, 2012 — “Bob” Xiqiu Fu, founder and president of China Aid Association, and the wife of imprisoned Chinese political dissident Guo Quan will testify before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China Tuesday. The two will testify at a hearing entitled “The Case and Treatment of Prominent Human Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng.” […]
Read More →A virtual blood drive aimed at helping Israel?
JERUSALEM (WordNews.org) Feb. 5, 2012
Read More →Home schoolers face stiff fines, opposition in Sweden
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (WordNews.org) Jan. 17, 2012
Read More →Open Doors releases its ‘World Watch List’
SANTA ANA, Calif. (WordNews.org) Jan. 4, 2012 — Open Doors released its World Watch List for 2012 and it may look similar to past lists. North Korea takes the top of the list again, the spot it’s occupied for the past decade. Open Doors said in North Korea, Christians face the most severe persecution. Open […]
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