Iranian news website suspended after reporting burning of new testaments
Mohabat News, the only active news agency inside Iran reporting on the recent mass arrests of Christians in the country, was suddenly suspended today. It is unclear why the website has been disabled, however in the past the authorities have been known to shut down websites run by human rights groups and critics of the regime under the guise of defending the nation against \"cyber warfare". .
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Campaign to end persecution of Christians in North Korea
Release International has launched a new campaign calling upon North Korea to protect the human rights of Christians.
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Christians in Turkey face harassment; murder trial stalls
Though the horrific scale of the 2007 Malatya murders has not been repeated in Turkey's Protestant church, a recent report shows harassment continues to be a daily problem for the country's Christians and churches.
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Muslim cleric assassinated in northern Nigeria for speaking out against Islamist militia
A prominent Muslim cleric was assassinated on 13 March in Maiduguri, Borno State, by members of the Boko Haram Islamist militia.
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Blasphemy prisoner in Pakistan found dead in prison cell before appeal could be heard
Qamar David, a Christian awaiting appeal against a blasphemy conviction in 2010, has been found dead today in his prison cell in Karachi, Pakistan. Although prison authorities say that he died of a heart attack, church leaders and human rights activists have expressed scepticism about this claim and demanded that the cause of death be ascertained independently.
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Christian Woman freed from Muslim kidnappers in Pakistan
A Christian mother of seven here who last August was kidnapped, raped, sold into marriage and threatened with death if she did not convert to Islam was freed this week.
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Orissa legislative assembly member returned to custody in 2008 rioting case after bail rejected
Manoj Pradhan, a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Orissa, India, was remanded in judicial custody on Wednesday, after being convicted last year for his role in the murder of Bikram Nayak by a mob on 27 August 2008. He surrendered himself six weeks after the Supreme Court overturned his bail, which had been granted by the Orissa High Court.
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Tensions persist in Bauchi state, Nigeria, following armed attack
Tensions remain high in the Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area (LGA) of Bauchi State following an armed attack in the early hours of 10 March.
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Christians in Iran sentenced for "crimes against the Islamic order"
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has learned that on 8 March, five Iranian Christians were sentenced to one year's imprisonment for "Crimes against the Islamic Order".
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Light sentences for attack on Christians in Indonesia condemned
Human rights and Christian leaders said a West Java court's light sentence for Islamic extremists who injured a church pastor and an elder will encourage more violence and religious intolerance.
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Pakistani officials back Muslim land-grabbers, Christians say
Christians in south Punjab Province are accusing senior district officials of supporting local Muslims who allegedly demolished 150 Christian graves and desecrated holy relics – and are now threatening Christians seeking legal redress.
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Youths win people to Christ during Brazil's Carnival
Young Christians in Brazil say they have brought more than a thousand people to Christ in the northeastern city of Salvador during Carnival, the country's biggest annual festival.