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May 15, 2008, 02:30:16 PM Country: Eritrea It behooves Eritrea to know that the country’s youth will continue leaving the country as long as their freedom of worship and other freedoms are not respected. The country which has imprisoned 2000 Christians because of their faith shouldn’t expect its citizens to stay in the country.
May 15, 2008, 02:24:29 PM Country: India Police fail to take action even after 3 days.
May 15, 2008, 02:10:09 PM Country: Islam, Sudan Though the war between the government of Sudan and the mainly Christian and animist South Sudanese came to an end with the singing of Comprehensive Peace Agreement three years a go, the government of Sudan is failing to respect the agreement and the Christians and animist Southerners are still suffering as the result of actions of the Islamist government of Sudan.
May 15, 2008, 01:56:18 PM Country: Bahrain, Islam Some churches face the possibility of closing down in gulf State of Bahrain.
May 15, 2008, 01:31:22 PM Country: Turkey Accused ringleader blames other culprits; letter reveals alleged masterminds.
May 14, 2008, 02:14:47 PM Country: Iraq, Islam Radical groups are fighting to Islamize the all of Iraqi and in the process killing and expelling the country’s Christians and other minorities. In order to save Christians from disappearing form Iraq, they have to be protected from attacks of radical Muslims.
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May 14, 2008, 02:06:03 PM Country: Vietnam Vesak, a Buddhist celebration marking the "birth, enlightment, and the passing away" of the Buddha, is to be held in Vietnam for the first time, but human rights activists criticize the decision on the grounds of the government's worsening record on religious freedom. Particular attention is drawn to Buddhist persecution as well as the Hmong and Montagnard Christians who are routinely persecuted for their faith.
May 14, 2008, 02:00:08 PM Country: Lebanon "Both Christian camps (in the opposition and the ruling majority) are convinced that they should not pay the price of the coup led by the Hezbollah,"
May 14, 2008, 01:52:28 PM Country: China The trial of Uyghur Christian Alimjan Yimit has been delayed until early June, apparently due to difficulties in translating court documents. Yimit was arrested in January on charges of "endangerous national security," but is believed by friends to have actually been arrested because of his conversion from Islam and growing involvement in the Uyghur Christian church.
May 14, 2008, 01:37:49 PM Country: Pakistan All the Christians in the area, especially Dr. Sardar's family members, are living in fear because the local Muslim clerics have been regularly using the mosque amplifier to call on people to kill the relatives of the Christian doctor.
May 14, 2008, 12:23:32 PM Country: Zimbabwe In Zimbabwe, church leaders are facing harassment from government officials who suspect them of supporting opposition political parties.
May 13, 2008, 02:52:23 PM Country: Egypt, Islam Christian students at Cairo University are taught only Islamic perspective to various religions including Christianity.
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