Chinese Christians Forced to Stop Activities
GUIYANG CITY, GUIZHOU PROVINCE, CHINA (ANS) -- Authorities in China have accused Christians in Guizhou of carrying out “illegal religious activities” and forced them...
Vietnamese Prisoners of Conscience on Hunger Strike
VIETNAM (ANS) -- Vietnamese human rights defender Nguyen Bac Truyen and other prisoners of conscience held in An Diem prison in Vietnam are on...
Arrested Christian convert held in unknown location, parents worried
A Christian convert arrested last week remains in detention in an unknown location, according to a report by an Iranian Christian news site.
Iman Golzar...
ChinaAid Founder Bob Fu receives William Wilberforce Award
FORT WORTH, TX (ANS) -- Pastor Bob Fu, founder of ChinaAid, received the William Wilberforce Award from the Colson Center for Christian Worldview on...
Letter Calls for Renewal of UN Special Rapporteur
NEW MALDEN,UNITED KINGDOM (ANS) – Christian Solidarity Worldwide and Human Rights Concern Eritrea have written to member states of the Human Rights Council (HRC)...
China Rises 16 places in Open Doors World Watch List
By Michael Ireland, Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service www.assistnews.net
LONDON, UK (ANS – Jan. 16, 2019) -- Asia is the new hotbed of persecution...
Iran: 60 yr old woman in prison for leading house church...
Sixty-year-old Christian prisoner of conscience Mina Khajavi is reported to be struggling
with pain and unable to access the medical care she requires inside Tehran’s...
Two Reuters Journalists Released from Prison in Burma
BANGKOK, THAILAND (ANS) --Two journalists who reported on the massacre of Rohingya Muslims during a campaign of ethnic cleansing have been released from prison...
Cleric Charged With Terrorism
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - Dec.3, 2018 - A hardline cleric has been charged with terrorism and sedition offenses by the Pakistani government after he led violent...
Letter-writing and prayer campaign launched for persecuted believers
By Christopher Proudlove --
A letter-writing and prayer campaign that helped free a Christian dissident in Russia stamped a lasting impression on me.
The late award-winning...
