Turkey: House arrest for Andrew Brunson

Turkey: House arrest for Andrew Brunson

NEW DELHI, July 31, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Pastor Sagar Baizu, 46, had finished one meeting and had an hour before the next one, so he decided to stop at a café on a major thoroughfare in Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, on July 19. As he was about to sip a coffee in...
Iran: Further arrests in Rasht

Iran: Further arrests in Rasht

July 25, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Three Christians in Iran were arrested from their homes today and yesterday following the violent arrest of pastor Yousef Nadarkhani on Sunday (July 22), according to advocacy group Middle East Concern (MEC). Pastor Nadarkhani, a...
Turkey: Judge refuses to release Andrew Brunson

Turkey: Judge refuses to release Andrew Brunson

NEW DELHI, July 19, 2018 (Morning Star News) –Brandishing hockey sticks and a gun that was fired on house-church grounds, masked Hindu extremists assaulted Christians in Uttar Pradesh, India. After the July 2 assault that terrorized families and sent nine of about...
Authorities in Algeria Seal Shut another Church Building

Authorities in Algeria Seal Shut another Church Building

TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria, July 17, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Church leaders didn’t get an explanation for why the seventh worship building to be closed in Algeria since November was sealed last week, but they suspect lack of registration was the pretext. It is virtually...
Iran: Pastor’s son receives verdict

Iran: Pastor’s son receives verdict

HYDERABAD, India, July 16, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Three church buildings were set ablaze in six weeks in the state in southern India with the most attacks against Christians this year, sources said. In one case, a church building in southern India’s Tamil Nadu...
3rd Hearing of Andrew Brunson

3rd Hearing of Andrew Brunson

​JUBA, South Sudan, July 12, 2018 (Morning Star News) – Authorities in Khartoum, Sudan have handed back a church building that they had padlocked four years ago and threatened to seize, Christian leaders said. A Sudanese church leader involved in the return of the...
Pressure on Christians Heats Up in Nepal

Pressure on Christians Heats Up in Nepal

​NEW DELHI, July 11, 2018 (Morning Star News) – In a rash of recent actions against Christians in Nepal, an alcoholic who became violent during an intervention had Christian leaders arrested on forcible conversion charges, and a foreign couple was deported. Isak...