China hires agents to spy on churches
China turns pastors into political pawns The Chinese government is reportedly employing ordinary citizens as paid informants to report on church activities, in addition to police and secret services. According…
Suspicious death of Christian Chinese lawyer
“Bold and compassionate”: the late Dr Li Baiguang (left) defended Chinese pastors An internationally-recognised Chinese human rights lawyer has died suddenly under suspicious circumstances. Dr Li Baiguang, 49, an outspoken…
It’s ‘Year of the underdog’ for millions of Chinese Christians
As crosses are torn down, churches demolished and pastors arrested, persecution is set to reach highest level “since Cultural Revolution”
Persecution Watch Oct – Nov 2017
Rebuilding hope in Iraq Christians are slowly returning to the town of Karamles in Iraq after Islamic State (ISIS) was ousted. Over half of the houses in the town are…
PERSECUTION WATCH: APRIL – MAY 2017
Somalian family attacked in their sleep Terrorists wound father, kill wife and son Islamic extremists in Somalia shot a Christian family as they slept, seriously wounding the husband and killing…
Release International has joined leading jurists from around the world in calling on China to stop the torture of human rights lawyers
Leading jurists from around the world are calling on China to stop the torture of its human rights lawyers, many of whom are Christians. Lawyers who have been tortured include…
PERSECUTION WATCH: FEBRUARY – MARCH 2017
Suffering Christians: an average of five churches are attacked every Sunday in Nigeria Plea to halt genocide in Nigeria Christian leaders and human rights campaigners in Nigeria are warning that…
REVIVAL HITS STATE CHURCHES IN CHINA
100 metre queues for services It is illegal for under-18s to attend state churches in China, but many of these churches are now seeing young people attend An unprecedented Christian…
PERSECUTION WATCH Oct – Nov 2016
Girl kidnapped by ISIS appears on Facebook Two years after her abduction by ISIS, little Christine, whose kidnap we reported in HEART, is still missing – but hopes rose for…
FEARS THAT EVERY CHURCH CROSS IN ZHEJIANG, CHINA, COULD BE DEMOLISHED BY EASTER
Petition to free Christian lawyer Zhang Kai As China continues to tear down crosses from churches in Zhejiang there are fears that every church cross in the province could be…
Bible lessons in a Chinese school
Paul’s class of 18 year olds We often hear of the revival in China, but one Sussex man has seen it first-hand. After many years of travelling regularly to support…
Chinese Christians still face arrest, loss of property and jobs
Strictly business: Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond in cordial conversation with the Chinese President; human rights were not on the official agenda After that glittering State visit by the Chinese president,…
Lady missionary to China
A Sussex-connected woman has been making regular visits to China for the past four years. Supported only by individuals and her local church, she goes with the purpose of studying…