Compass Direct News
- 05/19/2012
Life Sentences for 'Blasphemy' in Pakistan Overturned
A court acquitted a Christian couple of "blasphemy" charges Thursday, overturning their life sentences, their lawyer said.
4 comments - 05/17/2012
Harsh Era Looms in Aceh, Indonesia
The election of a hard-line Islamic governor in Indonesia's Aceh Province last month appears to have opened the way for a crack-down on the minority Christian community, which saw 17 churches sealed shut in early May.
- 05/06/2012
Burma Reforms Offer No Respite for Ethnic Christians
- 04/25/2012
Bombers Attack Center in Christian Area of Jos, Nigeria
Some 10 minutes after the bombing, security agents evacuated the injured to Janvak Hospital just a few meters away. Medical personnel at the hospital were treating four of them under strict supervision of police and other security agents. Plateau state spokesman Pam Ayuba reportedly said one person died in the blast.
1 comments - 04/21/2012
Muslim Assailants in Egypt Escape Prosecution
A recent "reconciliation meeting" between members of a Muslim mob that attacked a Christian-owned school in Egypt and school administrators was nothing less than an attempt at legalized extortion, the director of the school said.
- 04/20/2012
South Sudanese Christians Trapped in Hostile North
As tensions between Sudan and South Sudan turn into military combat on the border, predominantly Christian citizens of southern origin trapped in Sudan fear the Islamic government and Muslims in general will turn on them, sources told Compass.
- 04/17/2012
Christian Acquitted of 'Blasphemy' Charge in Pakistan
A Pakistani Christian falsely charged with "blasphemy" after rescuing his 8-year-old nephew from a beating at the hands of Muslim boys has been cleared of the charge.
2 comments - 04/12/2012
Pakistani Woman Accused of 'Blasphemy' Illegally Held in Jail
The mother of a 6-month-old girl has been wrongly jailed for more than a month, as Pakistani authorities have failed to file a charge sheet within the mandatory 14-day period against the young Christian woman falsely accused of "blaspheming" the prophet of Islam, her attorney said.
4 comments - 04/09/2012
Lao Officials Confiscate Church Buildings
Lao officials on Thursday (April 5) confiscated and sealed a church building in southern Laos after holding a two-day seminar warning against religious belief, according to advocacy group Human Rights Watch for Lao Religious Freedom (HRWLRF).
- 04/06/2012
Southern Sudanese Christians Fear Forced Repatriation
Christians from South Sudan who have until Easter Sunday (April 8) to try to become citizens of Sudan or be deported fear authorities will use the occasion to rid the country of Christianity, church leaders said.
- 04/05/2012
Explosion at Christian Meeting in Kenya Kills Boy, Woman
- 04/01/2012
Drive to Release Rights Attorney in China Pushes Forward
Confirmation this week of China's assertion in December that human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng is alive and serving out a prison sentence is key as efforts continue for his release, a human rights attorney said.
Tags Persecution - 03/28/2012
Lao Officials Arrest Five Christians in Southern Village
Officials in a village in southern Laos on Sunday (March 25) arrested and detained five Christians during worship and charged them with leading a religious movement without official approval, according to advocacy group Human Rights Watch for Lao Religious Freedom (HRWLRF).
Tags Persecution - 03/21/2012
Christians Targeted in Sudan's 'Ethnic Cleansing'
The "ethnic cleansing" that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has undertaken against black Africans in the Nuba Mountains is also aimed at ridding the area of Christianity, according to humanitarian workers.
1 comments - 03/18/2012
Crackdown in Iran Hits Official Churches
In a rare crackdown on a concentrated area, Iranian authorities have arrested Christians living in the country's third largest city in what is seen as a tactic to discourage Muslims and converts to Christianity from attending official churches.
