Saudi Arabia Releases Five Christian Prisoners

Five East Africans arrested and detained for a month for leading a private Christian worship service in Riyadh have been released and allowed to return to their jobs in the Saudi Arabian capital.

Uzbekistan Christian Teacher Jailed After Church Raid

Christian Nail Kalinkin of Uzbekistan’s embattled Baptist leaning Bethany Church in the capital Tashkent was believed to be in jail Saturday, June 18, after he was sentenced to 15 days in prison last week for “illegally” teaching his faith, a human rights groups said, citing Protestant sources.

India Deports US Missionaries After Hindu Attacks

Three American missionaries who were reportedly beaten by “Hindu fundamentalists” in Mumbai for preaching the Gospel there, will be deported by India because they “violated” the terms of their tourist visa’s, police said Tuesday, June 14.

Christian Lecturer in Nigeria Disappears After Death Threat

Andrew Akume, a Christian lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) in Zaria city, Kaduna state, northern Nigeria, has disappeared since the issuance of a death sentence against him. A militant Muslim group at ABU passed the sentence on him claiming he blasphemed Mohammed, the prophet of Islam.

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